[pjnews] Republicans Oppose the War With Iraq
The Full-page Ad from the Wall Street Journal, Monday, January 13, 2003 [Note: The Wall Street Journal is the largest circulation newspaper in the United States] A Republican Dissent on Iraq. To President Bush, his advisors and the American People: Lets be clear: We supported the Gulf War. We supported our intervention in Afghanistan. We accept the logic of a just war. But Mr. President, your war on Iraq does not pass the test. It is not a just war. The candidate we supported in 2000 promised a more humble nation in our dealings with the world. We gave him our votes and our campaign contributions. That candidate was you. We feel betrayed. We want our money back. We want our country back. War is the most extreme action a society can take. It can only be unleashed after exploring every other road. You have not explored all the roads. How many young American lives will be lost in this dubious war? How many more innocent Iraqis will be killed and maimed and made homeless? Havent they suffered enough, after two decades of terrible wars and sanctions? Among the one billion Muslims in the world there is now a steady trickle of recruits going to Al Qaeda. You will turn the trickle into a torrent. A billion bitter enemies will rise out of this war. And out of war may rise an Iraqi regime every bit as brutish as the present one. What will you do then? Our jaws drop when we read that you may decide we have to occupy Iraq for years, that the next ruler of Iraq may be an American general! Is there anyone who thinks that will work? Your odds of success are infinitesimal! The world wants Saddam Hussein disarmed. But you must find a better way to do it. Why would you lead us into a situation where we are bound to fail? You cannot keep proclaiming peace while preparing for war. You are waltzing blindfolded into what may well be a catastrophe. Pride goeth before a fall. Show the humility and compassion that led us to elect you. A BILLION BITTER ENEMIES WILL RISE OUT OF THIS WAR. War with Iraq is not inevitable. Now is the time to stop it. Speak out at your place of worship, at your business, among your friends and relatives. Make your convictions known to your Mayor and Governor andabove allto your elected leaders in Washington. The following are listed as signers: * Edward H. Hamm, Republican Regent, former Chairman, The Northland Company * Richard S. Johnson, Founder, former CEO, Hotjobs.com * Barbara Lifflander, President, Hastings Art Ltd. * Huyler C. Held, Esq. * John C. Haas, Rohm Haas (Ret.) * Howard S. Brembeck, Founder, CTB Inc., Chairman, Fourth Freedom Forum * Betty B. Blauner * Peter A. Benoliel, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Quaker Chemical Corporation * Vice Admiral (ret.) John J. Shanahan * Chris Berghoff * Starr Tomczak, Attorney * George Zeo, Psy. D. * Professor Jeffrey G. Barlow, Ph.D. * Linda and Larry Black, Owners, College Park Bicycles, Inc. and Mt. Airy Bicycles, Inc. * Albert Lowe * Roger Mumford, President, Matzel and Mumford Org. * Martin Resick, Chapter President, World Federalist Assn., Pittsburgh, PA * Paul Hally, Esq. * Elizabeth Viering * Peter B. Viering, Atty. * Brenda Ungerland, M.A., LifePath * Brooks Jealous * Nancy F. Puls * Pamela Davis * Frank K. Martin, CFA, Managing Partner, Martin Capital Management, LLP Affiliations for identification only. It has a clip-out donation form, giving the address as: BUSINESS LEADERS FOR SENSIBLE PRIORITIES P.O. Box 1976 Old Chelsea Station New York, NY 10113 Enclosed is my tax-deductible contribution of $___. Please use it to help prevent a potentially disastrous war in Iraq. TrueMajority.com TrueMajority is a partner in Win Without War.
[pjnews] 1/18 Protest Updates
SATURDAY JANUARY 18 On the Martin Luther Kinganniversary weekend and the 12th anniversary of the Gulf War The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my own government ...for the sake of humanity I cannot be silent Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NO WAR ON IRAQ NATIONAL MARCHES ON WASHINGTON SAN FRANCISCO The people of Iraq and the Middle East are not our enemy. It will be up to the people to stop Bush. Poverty is soaring while social programs are being diverted for a war and occupation of Iraq. The government plans to spend $2 trillion so that ExxonMobil, Chevron, Citibank, Bank of America and other Big Oil and banking corporations profit from the oil of the Persian/Arabian Gulf. Bush's goal of regime change in Iraq is not to create a more democratic or humane government, but a U.S. puppet regime in this oil-rich region. Bush is lying when he says that Iraq poses a grave and imminent danger. Remember these facts: The U.S. bombs Iraq almost every day but Iraq is not bombing the United States. Iraq has never possessed a nuclear weapon but the U.S. government has 6,000 nuclear weapons. A new war will be a catastrophe. In the 1991 Gulf War, as many as 200,000 Iraqis were slaughtered. The Pentagon made massive use of depleted uranium weapons, subjecting civilians and soldiers to vast toxic exposure. According to the Veterans Administration, over 30% of U.S. Gulf War veterans are receiving disability benefits for illness and injury. Nearly 2 million Iraqi civilians, mostly children, have already died from a U.S.- imposed economic blockade in the last twelve years. At the same time, the U.S. daily sends $15 million to support Israel's occupation of Palestinian land. When U.S. war planes and attack helicopters kill innocent people every day in Palestine or in Iraq, this is nothing less than U.S.-supported terrorism. The thousands of people marching in Washington D.C. and San Francisco on January 18 honor Dr. Martin Luther King and his legacy. Like Dr. King did during the Vietnam War, we will demand that hundreds of billions of dollars be spent on jobs, education, housing, healthcare and to meet human needs, not for wars of aggression in the Third World. BECOME A VOLUNTEER! Endorse the mobilization. Help get the word out! Pass out flyers and posters everywhere you go. For flyers download at www.nationalAnswer.org http://www.nationalanswer.org/ or contact a regional organizing center. Bring people to SF or DC! Contact the organizing center nearest you for local meetings and to get on the bus, or begin organizing transportation from your area. $200 BILLION FOR JOBS AND EDUCATION NOTFORWAR IN IRAQ! Millions of people around the world are marching for peace. EMERGENCY RESPONSE In the case of a new U.S. war against Iraq: JOIN THE PEOPLE'S ANTI-WAR REFERENDUM Cast your vote today at www.VoteNoWar.org http://www.votenowar.org/ REGIONAL ORGANIZING CENTERS * San Francisco: 2489 Mission St. Rm. 24, SF, CA 94110 415-821-6545, [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Los Angeles: 213-487-2368 * San Diego: 619-692-4422 * Sacramento: 916-448-7157 * Davis: 530-304-4573 * Chico: 530-893-9078 * Nevada City/Grass Valley: 530-470-9797 * Placerville/El Dorado: 530-642-1120 * Stockton: 209-467-4455 * Modesto: 209-484- 0226 * Fresno: 559-485-6356 * Santa Clara: 408-855-0715 * Santa Cruz: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Salinas: 831-754-5544 * Santa Rosa: 707-579-5867 * Redding/Shasta: 530-275-8559 * Eureka/Arcata: 707-443-7926 * Ukiah: 707-468-1660 * Marin: 415-721-2844 * Walnut Creek: 925-256-8780 * Reno: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Seattle: 206-325-0085 * Spokane: 509-838-7870 * So. Oregon: 541-482- 6543 * Portland: 513-725-2965 * Whitefish/Missoula, MT: 406-863-2004 * Tucson: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Phoenix/Tempe: 480-768-9237 * Washington, DC: 202-544-3389 * and dozens more! To find the organizing center nearest you, check: http://www.iacenter.org -- Your HELP is NEEDED / UPDATE on Jan. 18 Nat'l March There are now buses, vans and car caravans traveling from over 200 cities in over 45 states to be in Washington DC and San Francisco on January 18. Groups are traveling from as far South as Texas and Florida, as far north as North Dakota, Minnesota and Maine, from every state on the East Coast, and from all over the West Coast, to be in Washington DC. The January 18 National March in Washington DC to Stop the War on Iraq Before it Starts will begin at 11 am at 3rd St. on the Mall, which is on the West side of the Capitol Building. We will rally and then march to the Washington Navy Yard. FOR BUSES TO DC SF go to: http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18contacts.html FOR ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS (bus drop off pick up, bus/car/van parking, directions, metro maps, etc.) go to: http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/logistics.html or call our Washington DC office at 202-544-3389 *** HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED in many different areas
