United for Peace and Justice – A Shame Becoming Shameful
United for Peace and Justice – A Shame Becoming Shameful
By Gabriele Zamparini
United for Peace and Justice’s National Coordinator Leslie Cagan wrote an open letter to PUPPET Iraqi Prime Minister AL-MALIKI.
The Iraqi People don’t need the hypocrisy of UFPJ and its selfish, self-complacent, racist and outrageous move will result in more wars, invasions and occupations.
Now that “the largest coalition of peace and justice” [sic] in the USA is openly and shamefully recognizing the Iraqi Puppet sectarian regime of Al-Maliki and betraying the Iraqi People’s JUST STRUGGLE for freedom and independence and the universal ideals and principles of peace, justice and self-determination, will the American people of good will and honestly committed to peace and justice object to this new low?
The deafening silence of too many American intellectuals and activists adds to the shame and must be recognized for what it is and resisted.
What a shame!
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OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER AL-MALIKI
Dear Prime Minister Al-Maliki,
On behalf of United for Peace and Justice, the largest coalition of peace and justice organizations in the U.S., which includes more than 1,400 national and local groups united in opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq, it is our pleasure to welcome you in the United States.
We are writing to request a meeting with you during your visit in New York City on Thursday, July 27, 2006, in order to brief you about the U.S. peace movement's efforts to end the military occupation of Iraq and to discuss how to work together to bring about a troop withdrawal, promote reconciliation, and begin the process of reconstruction and development.
We have been heartened by the Iraqi reconciliation plan put forth by numerous Iraqi leaders to end both the occupation and sectarian tension within Iraq. We are dismayed, however, that due in part to U.S. pressure, the plan does not include a demand for a timetable for withdrawing the troops -- a point that is essential for any true reconciliation plan.
A poll earlier this year showed that 87% of Iraqis support a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. A solid majority of people in the United States agree: a June poll by CNN showed that 53% supported a timetable for withdrawal, and other major polls have found similar results.
We oppose the interference of the Bush administration in your country's domestic policies. We support your recent independent and courageous stand criticizing the aggressive Israeli attacks on Lebanon, and we hope you will continue to take independent stands that prioritize the desires of the Iraqi people over foreign interests.
There is a strong movement in the United States to end the continuing military occupation of your country, and we hope that you will have time to meet us during your visit to the United States. We would, of course, be prepared to meet at whatever time or location is best for you.
Sincerely,
Leslie Cagan
National Coordinator
United for Peace and Justice
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REPLY FROM DAVID CLINE - PRESIDENT VETERANS FOR PEACE
I think your comments are misguided, David Cline
MY REPLY TO DAVID CLINE
Thanks David.
I know your personal history and I have great respect, admiration and esteem for you.
Maliki is not the prime minister of Iraq. He does not represent anyone in Iraq but the Bush junta and its warlords in the green zone who do whatever the Bush junta tells them to do.
In Iraq the situation is absolutely awful. Sectarian bands are mass murdering everybody. People are terrified and don’t leave their homes.
Legitimizing this Iraqi PUPPET government is outrageous for the Iraqi People and their right to decide their own lives. Self determination.
UFPJ has made a very racist, patronizing and racist move.
I write this with great respect for the people of UFPJ and their commitment.
Outside the US almost everyone agrees with me and I am getting dozens of emails from the States who agree with what I write. Even from Vietnam veterans and activists like you.
Please, think again. Nothing good can come from this new course UFPJ seems to have taken.
People, activists are very unhappy with UFPJ.
Peace and solidarity,
Gabriele
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EMAIL TO CINDY SHEEHAN
Dear Cindy,
We met briefly in London the evening before the Peace Conference in that welcoming party.
I admire you very much and want to send you my warmest hugs, solidarity and gratitude for what you have been doing, writing and saying.
I have been very critical lately of UFPJ's new course, particularly the recognition of the Iraqi Puppet Government and the last Open Letter to PM Maliki.
I think that was a very bad political move from UFPJ and it offended many Iraqis and peace activists.
But my esteem, respect and admiration for you is as always very high and I keep learning from you and your example.
Thank you.
Warmest and best wishes in solidarity, peace and justice.
Gabriele Zamparini
By Gabriele Zamparini
United for Peace and Justice’s National Coordinator Leslie Cagan wrote an open letter to PUPPET Iraqi Prime Minister AL-MALIKI.
Dear Prime Minister Al-Maliki,UFPJ is now asking for money to “place an advertisement based on the following Open Letter to Prime Minister Al-Maliki in one of the largest newspapers in Iraq, Assabah Al-Jadid.” The shameless UFPJ continues “This is not only a great way to pressure the Prime Minister for a meeting, but it is also a way to reach out to the Iraqi people to let them know that we stand with them in their call to end the occupation of their country.”
On behalf of United for Peace and Justice, the largest coalition of peace and justice organizations in the U.S., which includes more than 1,400 national and local groups united in opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq, it is our pleasure to welcome you in the United States.
The Iraqi People don’t need the hypocrisy of UFPJ and its selfish, self-complacent, racist and outrageous move will result in more wars, invasions and occupations.
Now that “the largest coalition of peace and justice” [sic] in the USA is openly and shamefully recognizing the Iraqi Puppet sectarian regime of Al-Maliki and betraying the Iraqi People’s JUST STRUGGLE for freedom and independence and the universal ideals and principles of peace, justice and self-determination, will the American people of good will and honestly committed to peace and justice object to this new low?
The deafening silence of too many American intellectuals and activists adds to the shame and must be recognized for what it is and resisted.
What a shame!
* * *
OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER AL-MALIKI
Dear Prime Minister Al-Maliki,
On behalf of United for Peace and Justice, the largest coalition of peace and justice organizations in the U.S., which includes more than 1,400 national and local groups united in opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq, it is our pleasure to welcome you in the United States.
We are writing to request a meeting with you during your visit in New York City on Thursday, July 27, 2006, in order to brief you about the U.S. peace movement's efforts to end the military occupation of Iraq and to discuss how to work together to bring about a troop withdrawal, promote reconciliation, and begin the process of reconstruction and development.
We have been heartened by the Iraqi reconciliation plan put forth by numerous Iraqi leaders to end both the occupation and sectarian tension within Iraq. We are dismayed, however, that due in part to U.S. pressure, the plan does not include a demand for a timetable for withdrawing the troops -- a point that is essential for any true reconciliation plan.
A poll earlier this year showed that 87% of Iraqis support a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. A solid majority of people in the United States agree: a June poll by CNN showed that 53% supported a timetable for withdrawal, and other major polls have found similar results.
We oppose the interference of the Bush administration in your country's domestic policies. We support your recent independent and courageous stand criticizing the aggressive Israeli attacks on Lebanon, and we hope you will continue to take independent stands that prioritize the desires of the Iraqi people over foreign interests.
There is a strong movement in the United States to end the continuing military occupation of your country, and we hope that you will have time to meet us during your visit to the United States. We would, of course, be prepared to meet at whatever time or location is best for you.
Sincerely,
Leslie Cagan
National Coordinator
United for Peace and Justice
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REPLY FROM DAVID CLINE - PRESIDENT VETERANS FOR PEACE
I think your comments are misguided, David Cline
MY REPLY TO DAVID CLINE
Thanks David.
I know your personal history and I have great respect, admiration and esteem for you.
Maliki is not the prime minister of Iraq. He does not represent anyone in Iraq but the Bush junta and its warlords in the green zone who do whatever the Bush junta tells them to do.
In Iraq the situation is absolutely awful. Sectarian bands are mass murdering everybody. People are terrified and don’t leave their homes.
Legitimizing this Iraqi PUPPET government is outrageous for the Iraqi People and their right to decide their own lives. Self determination.
UFPJ has made a very racist, patronizing and racist move.
I write this with great respect for the people of UFPJ and their commitment.
Outside the US almost everyone agrees with me and I am getting dozens of emails from the States who agree with what I write. Even from Vietnam veterans and activists like you.
Please, think again. Nothing good can come from this new course UFPJ seems to have taken.
People, activists are very unhappy with UFPJ.
Peace and solidarity,
Gabriele
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EMAIL TO CINDY SHEEHAN
Dear Cindy,
We met briefly in London the evening before the Peace Conference in that welcoming party.
I admire you very much and want to send you my warmest hugs, solidarity and gratitude for what you have been doing, writing and saying.
I have been very critical lately of UFPJ's new course, particularly the recognition of the Iraqi Puppet Government and the last Open Letter to PM Maliki.
I think that was a very bad political move from UFPJ and it offended many Iraqis and peace activists.
But my esteem, respect and admiration for you is as always very high and I keep learning from you and your example.
Thank you.
Warmest and best wishes in solidarity, peace and justice.
Gabriele Zamparini
posted by The Cat's Dream at 5:04 PM
29 Comments:
Perhaps, in a moment of clarity, you'd care to specify just how this group's "selfish, self-complacent, racist and outrageous move will result in more wars, invasions and occupations," assuming you actually mean what you write.
Warmest regards,
Daniel
Thanks Daniel.
It's quite obvious and only our "education" can make us so blind and disciplined.
We are supporting this Empire, with our racist hypocrisy. Colonialism, remember?
You may read here
Best wishes,
Gabriele
Thanks Gabriele. I'm well aware of Maliki's shortcomings as well as how they're mediated (he was reported yesterday as "insisting" there'd be no civil war in Iraq after all) and I appreciate that it's hardly inspiring to read the letter you've posted, particularly considering these lines from the story you link:
Most Democrats were in their seats for the speech that was interrupted by applause more than 20 times.
A heckler briefly halted proceedings, shouting "Iraqis want the troops to leave. Bring them home now." Capitol police removed the woman who was wearing a pink T-shirt with the words "troops home now."
But you've nevertheless neglected to address the point I raised. Since you've insisted in the past that you always answer questions, perhaps I ought to rephrase it as one:
How, exactly, "will" United for Peace and Justice's "selfish, self-complacent, racist and outrageous move [...] result in more wars, invasions and occupations"?
While you're at it, you might like to clarify which "our" you keep referring to.
I'd agree with Gabriele Zamparini's comments that UFPJ's recognition of the puppet government of Iraq is a shameless act. It's an act of grandstanding by an organization that seems more intent on maintaining the American status quo than really effectively working to end the cycle of violence and imperialism.
Were Al-Maliki a Saddam Hussein or the Shah of Iran I wonder if UFPJ would be so welcoming and appeasing. Whether they realize it or not, Maliki is the same cookie cutter, propped up American puppet to carry out American policy as the Shah or Saddam.
We need to look at the long history of the U.S. in the Middle East to see we've consistently backed tyrants and puppets against the will of the people in nations we've interfered with in our "diplomacy".
And we can look outside the Middle East to Central America and South America to see our meddling in fledgling democracies that saw through our friendly "Yankee" aid to the real agenda of maintaining control.
We can look to Vietnam and the many opportunities to prevent the slaughter and to work with the popular political movement. Instead we enthroned a Catholic hierarchy in a country predominately Buddhist or other Eastern orthodoxy.
We could have avoided including Cambodia and Laos in the war but instead not only involved them but also created an atmosphere that bred the Khymer Rouge.
Sure Americans will point to the genocide that occurred in Cambodia as proof positive we needed to stay in Southeast Asia.They fail to recognize our actions created the ruthless regimes left behind when we effectively destroyed the will of the people with fruitless wars of aggression.
We bombed, defoliated and displaced millions of Southeast Asians leaving behind opportunity for ruthless thugs to prey upon the battered victims of our superior "firepower".
We also left behind our legacy of unexploded bombs and other ordnance that has claimed thousands of lives and thousands of limbs. Most victims were kids unwittingly picking up or disturbing the dangerous explosive devices.
The recognition of the illegitimate leader of the illegitmate government in Iraq is propagating continued wars in the area rather than solving the many issues of self government.
The recognition of the puppet is racist because it is the Christian white man's government dictating to an Islamic nation as if they weren't capable of making their own decisions. And it fails to remind the American people it was "we, the people" by means of our government that installed the dictator Saddam in the first place.
The recognition of illegimate governments by the American peace movement is an act of bad faith toward the hopeful peoples of oppressed countries. They desperately need a voice to speak for them against death squads trained by Americans like Negroponte, Steele and Caseel....all of whom took part in training death squads in Central America. They now train or have trained Iraq police accused of actually being death squads.
The endorsement of puppet governments by UFPJ or any peace and justice movement is a betrayal.
The leader of the largest trade union in Iraq has called for the immediate withdrawal of the American occupation forces.
Iraqis outside the "green zone" Mr. Al-Maliki resides in know it is the festering sore of American occupation that increases the violence and the number of "insurgents" NOT "radical fundamentalism".
The perpetrators of five hundred pound bombs dropped on kids and old people are the only force that has an air force capable of such a deed.
The destruction of infrastructure in Iraq is done by the only force capable of such a wide scale of destruction.
The use of white phosphorous, napalm and depleted uranium is carried out by the only force capable of such use.
The continued imprisonment of military age males guilty of only looking dark-skinned in most cases is done by the only force in authority to do such a deed.
The list is far too long to even remember let alone write down on a page. The only force I'm referring to is, of course, the Americans and their agents...the illegally imposed Iraqi government.
In the last week this is the second example of UFPJ's true agenda. Earlier this week they deplored the Israeli killing and destruction in Lebanon but not before alleging the victims were partly responsible because they identified with Hezbollah forces who UFPJ explicitly said initiated the hostilities.
Clearly UFPJ doesn't want to alienate AIPAC and the Zionist movement. There are mid-terms coming up real soon that need that support.
Clearly UFPJ has selective recall of history and aggressors. They call the Hezbollah out for two abducted Israeli soldiers but didn't mention the thousands imprisoned in Israeli jails facing indefinite incarceration and lack of trials.
There are two buzz words UFPJ refuses to hear or see; Zionist and Palestinian. They're sure the use of the word Zionist is anti-Semitic and the mention of Palestine is anti-Semitic.
Not only is it time to use both words it is an absolute necessity if any peace or justice is to be found in the Middle East. UFPJ has peace and justice in the name but apparently not in the heart.
I'll be radical here and state Zionism and Israel aren't the Jewish religion anymore than America and Evangelicals are the religion of Christ.
Wm. Terry Leichner, RN
USMC combat vet
VVAW Denver member
Hmm. It seems your word is worthless...
Humblest bestliness,
Daniel
Whata ya expect from a liberal.
Ineffectual protests, ineffectual actions... please send money
Dear Daniel Simpson,
Thanks again for your second comment.
I thought I had already replied your question. But it seems I was not clear enough.
However I saw that you posted your second comment so elegantly after Terry Leichner, a Vietnam Veteran and activist, had already posted his comment.
Have you read it?
I have nothing to add to what Terry wrote. I agree with him and I would not know how to be more clear.
Best wishes,
Gabriele Zamparini
Dear Gabriele Zamparini,
You thought wrongly.
Your initial reponse simply declared that it was "quite obvious" what you meant by saying UFPJ's "selfish, self-complacent, racist and outrageous move will result in more wars, invasions and occupations."
On the contrary, you have manifestly failed to establish any causal link whatsoever.
More insightful as Terry Leichner's comment may be, it seems he also prefers rhetoric to facts:
Iraqis outside the "green zone" Mr. Al-Maliki resides in know it is the festering sore of American occupation that increases the violence and the number of "insurgents" NOT "radical fundamentalism".
Then why are so many fleeing their homes to escape sectarian militias? Regardless of who opened Pandora's box, its contents exist.
The militias Daniel refers to are the often the death squads I refer to in my original post.
As for facts...the facts are clear Negroponte, Steele and Caseel were all involved in Central America training the right wing death squads that opposed the elected governments that happened to be opposed to American foreign policy.
For a good history of that era of policy I refer you to someone who served with the Delta Force in Central America- Stan Goff @ The Feral Scholar website.
If you read Stan's writings and remain unaffected I'd say you've made your mind up without wanting to hear the truth concerning American foreign policy.
While it may seem I'm anti-American because there is so little good to speak about a nation that consumes natural resources wastefully and far out of proportion to its population; the truth is I love my country and insist it is the "duty" of a citizen to be informed on the policies of the government. Patriotism isn't about defending failed policies, it's about defending freedom, justice and moral choices.
As for my information about Iraq, I have a close friend who has family there. The friend has been to Iraq in both Baghdad and southern Iraq twice since the war began. They returned this past March from the most recent journey.
The family and friends of this friend have gone from having a free lifestyle of moving around the country to be isolated, without electricity for long periods of time, having to buy potable water because raw sewage is still running in the streets and having long gas lines in a country with the second largest oil reserve in the world.
That's an example of reconstruction in Iraq.
I've also talked at length with several Iraq veterans who describe guarding Halliburton convoys, running down children in the street, taking part in harassing raids of civilian homes in the middle of the night and lacking the proper body armor still in 2006.
If you want facts I suggest you read the true history of American involvement in the Middle East rather than the revised history of the Western historian. Then you might see the effects American policy has upon this area of the world that has been self-centered and about power and greed.
If you want to read about the American military, I suggest you read Smedley Butler's "War is a Racket". Smedley was a two time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient and served in the Marines. One of his remarks about his time in the Corps was he never had one original thought until he left the service. Even Smedley, after 32 years in the Corps, came to see the myth of war.
I'd also suggest you read Chris Hedges' War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning to better understand the mindset that causes us to become nationalists/Zionists when manipulated by corrupt government.
One last thought- a while back in Basrah (the Iraq spelling of that name) two British soldiers were captured by the local Iraqi police in possession of a large amount of explosives that could be used to make IED's or car bombs. The British soldiers also had black wigs and Arabic clothing in their possession. When the British Army discovered the capture of these two soldiers they stormed the Iraqi jail, killed two "friendly" Iraqi policemen and set free several prisoners while extracting the two soldiers.
While you may not want to hear about the Salvadoran option or the Phoenix program being used in Iraq it's clear such a program is in place. Negroponte, Steele and Caseel were the architects of that plan in El Salvador and it's no coincident all three ended up training the elite forces of Iraqi police that have consistently been accused by Iraqis of being death squads.
Assassination, disruption and deception are the key concepts of the plan. The other key is to make sure the blame is placed on the resistance to turn the population against them.
I'd suggest you look into the Salvadoran option to see the truth about our behaviors.
And maybe you can give us an explanation why the largest American embassy in the world was built in Iraq. Or explain the continued construction of over ten military bases. There's the only true construction going on by American forces.
There's plenty of facts out there Mr Simpson but you'll not find them in the NY Times or the American press.
Wm. Terry Leichner, RN
USMC combat infantry veteran
VVAW member - Denver
Thanks Terry, I'm aware of the history you relate and of the connections between the current government in Baghdad (and its American backers) and the Shi'ite death squads. None of this negates my original point.
You write:
One last thought- a while back in Basrah (the Iraq spelling of that name) two British soldiers were captured by the local Iraqi police in possession of a large amount of explosives that could be used to make IED's or car bombs. The British soldiers also had black wigs and Arabic clothing in their possession. When the British Army discovered the capture of these two soldiers they stormed the Iraqi jail, killed two "friendly" Iraqi policemen and set free several prisoners while extracting the two soldiers.
Are you suggesting there are no Sunni bombers at all, or just peddling innuendo?
You go on to say:
I'd also suggest you read Chris Hedges' War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning to better understand the mindset that causes us to become nationalists/Zionists when manipulated by corrupt government.
Then you follow this up by stressing:
There's plenty of facts out there Mr Simpson but you'll not find them in the NY Times or the American press.
I trust you're familiar with Mr Hedges' employment background.
I suspect you're also aware of the arguments laid out by Noam Chomsky and Ed Herman, who seem to find much of interest in the American press despite the way it's framed:
"That a careful reader looking for a fact can sometimes find it with diligence and a sceptical eye tells us nothing," Chomsky and Herman stressed, "about whether that fact received the attention and context it deserved, whether it was intelligible to the reader or effectively distorted or suppressed."
You can read more about this subject here, if you're interested (along with my view of the reporting of Iraq, which you seem to presume is at odds with your own): http://danielsimpson.blogspot.com/2006/04/news-as-if-people-mattered.html
In the meantime, you might be interested in this observation by a renowned investigative journalist and historian:
Sergei Kondrashov, a retired KGB chief of counter-intelligence, told me at a conference in Germany that if the KGB was forced to choose between a Russian mole in the US administration and a subscription to The New York Times, he would take The New York Times any day.
Where else would you find such a rich blend of fact and elite opinion disguised as background? All it takes is a bit of Kremlinology to unpack it.
Daniel,
We obviously see things a little different. I'm not suggesting there aren't bombers from many sects all across Iraq.
Obviously our presence has created an atmosphere of chaos, anarchy and opportunity.
It's good debate to review all the fine points of history and responsibility. But right now my immediate concern is people dying unnecessarily because of imperialistic motives.
I work every day in the American peace and justice movement. I took a year off to dedicate myself to just doing what I can to move toward a true peace and justice. I'm by no means wealthy...I have a home mortgaged to the max to finance trips to Crawford, Mobile and New Orleans.
In Sept. 05 there was a gathering in D.C. to voice opposition to the war. ANSWER and UFPJ got into a snit about who would be in charge and information was changing on a daily basis until the two organizations joined together for a greater cause.
The rally was attended by at least 100,000. Sadly, it was once again preaching to the choir.
Now choir practice is nice once in a while but if we can't grow the movement it's senseless.
A short time after the Sept. event UFPJ decided to distance itself from ANSWER and focus on its priorities. The rancor created by such actions detracts from the greater cause of peace and justice...true peace and justice.
UFPJ has taken a course that very much includes Democratic politicians every bit as complicit in the fiasco in Iraq as the Bush people. Right now the Dems are trying to one up the neocons in blindly supporting the actions of Israel.
Then comes UFPJ with a recognition of Al-Maliki, who is acceptable to them apparently. The elections putting him in power were carried out by the Americans and the Iraqi people didn't know the candidates until the day of election in most cases.
It was also a conditional election subject to American intervention. The voters ended up voting for candidates in groups versus individually. Granted our last two elections were tainted, but the process in Iraq was skewed to produce a majority of elected officials that would follow the American lead.
No bid contracts and exclusion of the Iraqi people from the reconstruction of Iraq further poison the well. Bremer even went so far as to sanction local seed for agriculture so outsiders could come in and make a profit.
The entire involvement of establishing a democracy has been a ruse to establish a large presence in the second largest oil reserve in the world. Leverage against other oil producers is at stake.
In order to accomplish such a feat, the American administration needs leadership that will act like Diem and Thieu did in Vietnam.
So, to return to UFPJ's recognition of Al-Maliki's government....it's an act that demonstrates the moderate or conservative stance of the American peace movement.
Locally, all I hear is a philosophy of not upsetting anybody and not coming across as a fringe group. The determination of fringe groups is subjective.
I could make a case for all the Vietnam vets in the peace movement being a fringe group. Many still wear long hair, beards and mustaches. I had one young Iraq vet tell me in the march to New Orleans my generation was a bunch of "hippies" and didn't take appearances into account when being viewed by the groups of Americans undecided in their thinking.
While I certainly think the death and destruction in the Middle East require the greatest attention we can't leave the oppressed, the poor and disenfranchised of America behind. That's what made the VFP/IVAW march with Katrina survivors so powerful. It included people of the black community and recognized the costs of war to their communities.
I talk with friends who are from communities of color and oppression and they look upon the peace movement as being predominately white and blind to their needs.
My friend with family in Iraq thinks the American peace movement ineffectual and, as Gabriele suggested, doing more harm than good with its actions.
I'll paraphrase something I read by Stan Goff that put things in perspective for me. He said he was an American and loved his country but he was first a citizen of the world in which all humans mattered.
I'm not suggesting no action, I'm suggesting as William Sloane Coffin said in an interview..."if we're not outraged, there's something wrong..."
I'm suggesting we need to upset people about what's happening. I'm amazed American families allow their children to go to the meat grinder without questioning. I'm amazed we allowed two elections to be stolen. I'm not surprised, however.
One of my friends did an interview and was told they were radical and more like Malcolm X than Martin Luther King. They told the group doing the interview, "I'm a Malcolm type of person."
I'd join my friend in saying I'm a Malcom type of person. It's past time for the privileged Americans to be jolted out of their passivity and entitlemet.
The time has come when the dead bodies of children, the elderly and civilians killed are shoved in the faces of Americans too busy watching American Idol to recognize the daily suffering.
The time has come when the Katrinas all over America are constantly hammered into the consciousness of Americans driving SUV's and thinking the Hummer is the ultimate way to "restore your manhood".
The majority of Americans want a return of the troops but won't stand up against the regime of Bush. Time has come for the personal costs to them to be unveiled.
We need to upset people not ingratiate ourselves to corrupt American politicians and illegitimately elected puppets of the regime of Dubya.
I wish you well, Daniel, and thank you for the discourse around this issue. We'll no doubt have to disagree but hopefully we've both given some thought to our views.
Peace and solidarity,
Wm.Terry Leichner, RN
Thanks for sharing your thoughts Terry - I appreciate it.
The rally was attended by at least 100,000. Sadly, it was once again preaching to the choir.
Now choir practice is nice once in a while but if we can't grow the movement it's senseless.
I couldn't agree more and should perhaps couch my critique more overtly in this light.
But right now my immediate concern is people dying unnecessarily because of imperialistic motives.
An admirable concern. But that still can't get in the way of playing it straight with the facts without running into conflict with your objective of preaching beyond the choir.
Locally, all I hear is a philosophy of not upsetting anybody and not coming across as a fringe group.
That's not quite the same thing, however. It's more about thinking about how to be effective, once you've defined your aims.
So, to return to UFPJ's recognition of Al-Maliki's government....it's an act that demonstrates the moderate or conservative stance of the American peace movement.
I wasn't impressed by their fawning letter - it seemed beside the point. But I'm also not impressed by radicalism pissing contests, which is kind of what I was driving at with my initial comment.
My friend with family in Iraq thinks the American peace movement ineffectual and, as Gabriele suggested, doing more harm than good with its actions.
Actually, Gabriele levelled an outrageous charge that he's not even tried to substantiate. The assumptions on which it's based are absurd. This isn't to say it's a Good Thing to kiss Maliki's behind.
The majority of Americans want a return of the troops but won't stand up against the regime of Bush. Time has come for the personal costs to them to be unveiled.
I think that's what they're afraid to stand up against to be honest - but I couldn't agree more that the debate needs to be "gloves off" and dealing in unpalatable truths.
We need to upset people not ingratiate ourselves to corrupt American politicians and illegitimately elected puppets of the regime of Dubya.
There are some hard messages to sell, as the jargon du jour would have it, but they're no less important for that. I wish you well.
All the best,
Daniel
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