Resolution calling for ending the Iraq War
Resolution calling for ending the Iraq War
Whereas the midterm election is widely viewed as a rejection of the Bush Administration’s Iraq war.
Whereas the vast majority of the American people and the citizens of Michigan support a swift conclusion to the US military engagement in Iraq War.
Whereas the people of Michigan and the 15th Congressional District look to the Democrats elected to Congress to lead the fight to end the war in Iraq.
Whereas the President of the United States, George W. Bush is supporting an escalation in the war in Iraq and the increase in the US troop presence in Iraq.
Whereas the war will continue and soldiers and civilians will needlessly perish unless the Democrats in Congress move now to end this war.
THEREFORE HEREBY WE AGREE AND DECIDE
The City of Ann Arbor Democratic Party (AADP) hereby calls and petitions our elected Senators and Representatives to the Congress of the United States of America, to approve and authorize ending the Iraq war, in particular the funding and financing of the Iraq war, in a manner that safely brings our troops home immediately.
The AADP additionally asks the Chair of the Party on their behalf to send the following letter Senator Carl Levin, Senator Debbie Stabenow, and Congressman John Dingell:
Dear <name of elected official>
It is now time for the Iraq War to end. Despite the election results in November 2006, the Bush Administration seems hellbent on implementing the McCain Doctrine–a serious escalation in the number of US troops deployed in Iraq. The American people, the people of the State of Michigan and the people of the 15th district in Michigan support an end to this conflict forthwith.
The Bush administration will not end this war. No good can come from the additional loss of life an escalation in the war is likely to cause. Due to the malfeasance of the Bush administration, the US has no viable option other than to as swiftly as possible end US military involvement in this most misguided engagement.
We strongly encourage you to use all tools at your disposal to compel the US government to end our nation’s involvement in the Iraq war.
sincerely,
<Chair>, Ann Arbor City Democratic Party
Resolution submitted by Dana Barton, Tim Colenback and Kathy Linderman as amended and passed at the January 13, 2007 meeting, according to my notes (official meeting minutes not published or accepted as of this writing).
see also: Ann Arbor Democratic Party, http://www.aadems.org/
Copyright © 2007 Henry Edward Hardy
Anthem for Doomed Youth
Anthem for Doomed Youth
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
-Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,-
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes.
The pallor of girls’ brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
–Wilfred Owen, KIA, 1918
http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/warpoems.htm#7
Wilfred Owen (wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Owen
WOMDA The Wilfred Owen Multimedia Digital Archive: http://www.hcu.ox.ac.uk/jtap/
Copyright © Henry Edward Hardy 2007
After Pat’s Birthday
Written by former US Army Ranger Spc. Kevin Tillman regarding what would have been his brother, fellow Ranger Cpl. Pat Tillman’s 30th birthday:
After Pat’s Birthday
Somehow our elected leaders were subverting international law and humanity by setting up secret prisons around the world, secretly kidnapping people, secretly holding them indefinitely, secretly not charging them with anything, secretly torturing them. Somehow that overt policy of torture became the fault of a few “bad apples” in the military.
Somehow back at home, support for the soldiers meant having a five-year-old kindergartener scribble a picture with crayons and send it overseas, or slapping stickers on cars, or lobbying Congress for an extra pad in a helmet. It’s interesting that a soldier on his third or fourth tour should care about a drawing from a five-year-old; or a faded sticker on a car as his friends die around him; or an extra pad in a helmet, as if it will protect him when an IED throws his vehicle 50 feet into the air as his body comes apart and his skin melts to the seat.
Somehow the more soldiers that die, the more legitimate the illegal invasion becomes.
from After Pat’s Birthday: http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/200601019_after_pats_birthday/
Kevin Tillman (wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Tillman
Pat Tillman (wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Tillman
A Brother’s Rage
Kevin Tillman’s incandescent statement against the Iraq war reads like poetry, and is part of a tragic tradition.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15403881/site/newsweek/
Copyright © 2007 Henry Edward Hardy
Pakistani Raid In Waziristan
Pakistan: Protests over airstrike against al-Qaida http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1167467749561&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Pakistani airstrike on suspected al-Qaida hideouts sparks tribal protest http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/16-01-2007/86482-pakistan-0
Pakistan: Army kills 25 insurgents http://www.b92.net/eng/news/globe-article.php?yyyy=2007&mm=01&dd=16&nav_category=117&nav_id=39105
Protests against Pakistan army raid http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6A2B9638-8B11-4233-B09D-24EA77F490D4.htm
Pakistan denies US aided airstrike http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/A90B5328-E143-47AD-B92D-7852D255B8CB.htm
Gates Visits Kabul, Cites Rise in Cross-Border Attacks
Defense Secretary May Recommend More U.S. Troops http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/16/AR2007011601093.html?nav=rss_world
Today Against the Taliban http://wolfpangloss.wordpress.com/2007/01/16/today-in-the-counterjihad-against-the-taliban/
Zamzola, S. Waziristan, F.a.T.a., Pakistan
http://www.maplandia.com/pakistan/f-a-t-a/s-waziristan/zamzola/register/
Location: 32° 41′ 39″ North, 70° 5′ 14″ East (actually from looking at Google Earth I suspect it might be the larger and smaller compounds west of there a bit).
Copyright © 2007 Henry Edward Hardy
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