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Veterans Call to Conscience About the Call |
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This statement is the product of a group of veterans representing a variety of different political perspectives and experiences. We feel that as veterans of the U.S. military we need to speak directly to the troops who are being deployed to Iraq for Bush War II. The "idea" for this Statement of Conscience was suggested by Anton Black of VVAWAI. He put out a broad call to veterans to help craft a statement that would represent a unified veterans statement and not be "owned" any one group. 7 Veterans responded to the call. These included veterans of many nationalities (including one from Scotland), members of VVAWAI, VFP, VSA, NION as well as activists with the GI Rights Hotline. Veterans were from "Nam, the '80's and from the Persian Gulf war. There were CO's and resisters from Vietnam as well as the Gulf in the writing group. Many in the writing group were not able to become active organizers for this project. Much of this has been shouldered by VVAWAI in Seattle Washington. If you wish to help strengthen and broaden the direction of this initiative - consider joining in helping with this project.
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Below are links to some of the organizations of which signers of the Call to Conscience are members. These organizations do not necessarily endorse the call but are listed to allow you to see the breadth of veteran opposition to the war against Iraq.
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