- I am not, myself, a veteran but I am the mother of a
veteran (my son served in the navy right at the end of the Vietnam
war) and my family history includes men (and, possibly women) who
from revolutionary times on down fought for and gave their lives for
this country, the one I used to be so proud of.
I have carried signs and pickets against this unjust,
uncalled for, illegal war against a nation of human beings, persons
just like ourselves, persons who just wanted to take care of their
families, see their children grow up to be strong and healthy,
people who never committed any acts of anger against us. Yes,
Saddham was a cruel dictator who committed all sorts of atrocities
against his own people but using that as a justification for war is
simply the pot calling the kettle black. We, for years, gave
Saddham money, components of weapons, viruses and poisons to make
horrible weapons so we have no right to puff out our chests, slap
ourselves on the back and claim ourselves to have done an honorable
thing.
I have four grandchildren ages 18 to 21 who are in dire
danger of being drafted to continue the despicable acts of agression
and torture promoted by an administration which, in the first place,
was too cowardly to, themselves, engage in fighting, which wages
unholy war to enrich themselves and their coconspiritors, which has
made a pariah of our country, which has caused our country, once the
land of freedom and hope to become the land of the real terrorism of
the whole world. I will not allow these precious grandchildren of
mine to be pushed into positions of servitude to this bunch of spawn
of satanic criminals, no matter what action that will take!
We must, all of us who are TRUE patriots, set ourselves
to get rid of this cabal of traitors who are in the process of
destroying everything that is decent and good and humane in this
country.
V. Diane Scott
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