Thursday, October 16, 2008

DECLARATION OF PEACE

AS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES I do not support the war in Iraq. I see Iraq and its people as no enemy of the people of the United States and I see no reason to continue the military occupation of any part of Iraq. 
Until the administration names someone as the enemy and declares war on them our troops should be withdrawn, the legitimate government of Iraq should assume responsibility for the security of the people of Iraq and our men and women should be returned to our country, perhaps to support the war on our real enemies on the streets of our cities.
Why not put our military personnel on the streets in plain clothes in high crime areas and order them to combat the gangsters who have taken over territory and continue to hold Americans hostage in their own homes in neighborhoods all over America.
Oh yes, of course, the military can't be used against citizens in internal conflicts.
Shades of Kent State.
But this time the enemy is real, armed, threatening and in many cases, alien.
Why are we spending billions of dollars and wasting many lives fighting an imaginary enemy in a foreign land while our cities are being invaded by thugs and killers here at home?
I hereby declare the so-called War in Iraq ended and I want my brothers and sisters to come home where they are needed.

1 comment:

Ed Slavin said...

We could always ask the military pick flowers instead of violating the Posse Comitatus Act by patrolling city streets.
In Morte d' Arthur, Sir Lancelot asks why King Arthur's knights are picking flowers.
King Arthur replies, "well, somebody has to do it."
What do you reckon?