As veterans of U.S. military interventions, wars and occupations, we have something to say about war. What we have learned, we have learned the hard way, as instruments of war. Our shared experiences cause us to hold strong opinions about war - from avowed pacifism, to "only for self-defense," to nationalism, even to the need for revolutionary change. It also unites us under the common pledge of "Never Again!"

Like most of the people in this country, we started out believing in what our government said and did. We believed that we were fighting for "freedom" and "democracy" and that the Saddam Husseins of the world were the only bad guys. But for us, these illusions were shattered by the murder of innocent people by our hands--people who happened to be in the way of the economic or political interests of the U.S.

We found out first hand that it is not the Saddam Husseins of the world that pose the biggest threat to the people of the world, it is the U.S. as it "levels the playing field" and protects it own interests. With aggressions like the war against Vietnam, the support for the contras in Nicaragua, the invasions of Grenada and Panama, the U.S. has clearly demonstrated the lengths it will go to in maintaining control of what it calls "the American Century." (Since the end of World War 2, the U.S. has carried out over 200 overt military and 6000 covert interventions.) As a result of these U.S. actions millions around the world have died. Countries, families, and cultures have all but been obliterated. Currently, the U.S. imposed sanctions on the people of Iraq are killing 5000 children a month.

When asked on "60 Minutes" in May of 1996 about the deaths of half a million children, more than died in Hiroshima, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright responded, "We think the price is worth it." Worth what? Mouthing weak condemnations about "weapons of mass destruction," the U.S. subverted the UN inspection teams to spy on President Hussein and plot their military attacks. The U.S. says that Saddam Hussein should be punished for crimes against his own people and the Kurds. But let's not forget that the major genocide against the Kurds in Iraq was commited during the period of friendly relations with the U.S. at the conclusion of the Iran-Iraq War. As soon as Hussein had plans of his own for the region, then to the U.S. he became evil incarnate and had to be stopped at all costs, even if those costs included the deaths of innocent children.

Albright's response is acceptable to the people of this country because we have been lied to and deceived for so long we are blinded to the realities of the true consequences of the actions of our country. It also allows the government to threaten and attack people of conscience who are trying to oppose these actions and wake the citizens of this country up to reality. Voices in the Wilderness has been threatened with tens of thousands of dollars in fines and long prison sentences for taking medicine and toys to Iraq. Under this administration, compassion for dying children is apparently a criminal activity. We owe these courageous activists our support.

As Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Edward Herman, and Edward Said recently stated, in their national statement, "The time has come for a call to action to people of conscience. We are past the point where silence is passive consent--when a crime reaches these proportions, silence is complicity."

We will work with others to strategize, organize and take whatever actions necessary toward this end:

• We denounce sanctions against the people of Iraq as immoral and illegitimate. We call for an immediate end to the ongoing sanctions war against the people of Iraq.
• We vow our support for all those threatened or prosecuted for violating the sanctions and opposing intervention.
• We will oppose all US interventions, overt or covert, in the sovereign affairs of other nations.

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A. Mzilikazi Al-Qadri AY8364	Vietnam, 3rd Rangers 1967-71, VVAW AI, Vietnam Vets Legal Eagles
David A. Anderson	USAF 1976, Committees of Correspondence
Michael Armstry	USAF 1971-80
Mitchell A Ansell	U.S. Army 9/54 -8/56 (active)
Charles L. Atkins	Korean War Artillery Off., Purple Heart, Silver Star, Veterans For Peace
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Ellen E. Barfield	U.S. Army 1977-81, Veterans for Peace & Voices in the Wilderness
Brian Barrett	Maryland Veteran opposed to sanctions
Charles R. Bauerlein	U.S. Navy WWII, Veterans for Peace
Thomas Baxter	U.S. Army 1967-69, Veterans for Peace
F. J. Beasley	SFC E-7 U.S. Army, Southeast Asia, 5th Special Forces Group (Abn), 1st Rangers, 173rd (Abn) 1969-72, Founder Colorado Prison Union
Jerome Berrigan	Maryland Veteran opposed to sanctions
Philip Berrigan	13th Inf. 8th Inf Division, Jonah House
William J. Bires	Korean War Veteran 1952
Bill Bischel	Non-Vet Tacoma Catholic Worker and B.O.P.
David Blalock	Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army 1967-71, STWB & VVAW AI
Ray M. Boehm	25th Infantry Div.-Intelligence, Vietnam 1968-69, My Lai Peace Park Project
George G. Boone	U.S. Air Force, McDill Vigil Group
Bob Bossie, SCJ	USAF 1955-59, 8th Day Center for Justice/Priests of the Sacred Heart
Roy Bourgeois	U.S. Navy 1963-67, Vietnam, founder and co-director of SOA Watch
Thompson Bradley	U.S. Army, Veterans For Peace
Robert T. Brown	U.S. Navy WWII, DAV
Richard M. Burkhart	Vietnam Vet 9th Army, NWVFP
Hosea Butler	U.S. Army 1950-52, 1960-72
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Scotty Cade	facilitator of VVAW AI Hawaii Chapter
Patrick Carkin	U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst 1989-1990, info@proactivist.com, ProActivist.com & Maine VFP
Lawrence Carver	U.S. Army Air Force 1942-45, Vets For Peace
Fredy Champagne	U.S. Army Vietnam '65-'66, A Co/2nd Br/2nd Rgt/1st Inf Div., Vets for Peace, Chapter 022, Garberville, CA
Thomas Chisholm, M.D.	Col. M.C. U.S. Army (Ret.), Veterans For Peace, Chapter 27
Frank Corcoran	U.S. Marines, Vietnam combat veteran, Veterans For Peace, Project Hearts and Minds
James Creaven	U.S. Army 1969-71, Vietnam, Veterans For Peace
Ed Crimmins	U.S. Navy
Thad Crouch	U.S. Army 1987-89, Veterans For Peace
Gerald Curtis	U.S. Army 1953-55, U.S. Air Force 1955-74, Vietnam 1968-69, 1971-72, American Friends Service Committee
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Sean Daly	Vietnam 1968-70
Marv Davidov	U.S. Army 1953-55, M.I.S.T
Norman L. Davis	A2/c, 17 Bomb Wing (L) Korea, 803rd Squadron Tucson DMAFB, Hazmat Review
Mike Dedrick	Washington Veterans for Peace
Lee Demory	Maryland Veteran opposed to sanctions
Dick Dettrey	"Rear" Echelon Mother Fucker (REMF), Vietnam Veteran 1965-66
Peter R. DeVear	U.S. Navy, Quaker
Carl Dix	U.S. Army - Ft. Lewis 6 (WA) 1970; Leavenworth Military Penitentiary 1970-72; Revolutionary Communist Party, USA*   carldix@hotmail.com
Thomas R. Dooley	U.S. Air Force 1943-46, Veterans For Peace Chapter 27
Patrick L. Downey	U.S. Air Force 1952-56, Veterans For Peace Chapter 27 Minnesota
Douglas Drew	Veterans For Peace
Tom F. Driver	A.U.S. 1943-46, Veterans For Peace, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, Witness For Peace
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James Eads	Maryland Veteran opposed to sanctions
Peter Edmunds	U.S. Navy 1961-63, Veterans For Peace
Lawrence Egbert	U.S. Army 1946-47, U.S. Navy 1954-61, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Veterans For Peace
Gary Erb	Sergeant, E-4, USAF 1972-76
Bruce A. Erickson	USMC 1971-75, Veterans for Peace
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Doyle C. Fine II	U.S. Navy/Shellback
Hayden Fisher	VVAW AI-LA, U.S. Navy 1968-72, Rank YN3, Vietnam June 1970-April 1971
Fernand Fernando	Vietnam Era Veteran
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John F. Galliher	USAF 1955-58
Randell L. Gamble	U.S. Navy Ret.
Louis Godena	U.S. Air Force 1969-72, Communist Party USA
Edward William Goosmann	HM3 - USNR-R (8404), Fleet Hospital 500, 4th F.S.S.G., 4th ANLICO, Fox Company 2/25 Marines, 4th MARDIV, Veterans For Peace, F.O.R., CISPES, CASA
John W. Grant	U.S. Army 1965-69, Veterans For Peace
Mary Green	Maryland Veteran opposed to sanctions
Robert Gregory	1989 Ft. Lewis, Washington "Soldier of the Year," Panama Invasion Veteran
Peter Gunn	Editor of FighT bAck--The Revolutionary Voice of GIs in Europe
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Jackson T. Hammer	Yankee Station Vietnam Veteran 1971-75
John W. Harmon	U.S. Army Reserve 1982-86 (Armour Division), Veterans For Peace
David Harris	USAF 1965-67, Witness For Peace
Edwin Hart	USMC WWII, Veterans For Peace
Robert Heberle	Veterans For Peace
Wally Hedrick	HQ CO, 223 Rgt. 40th Inf Div., 1950-52 Korea
Thomas J. Hooley	U.S. Navy (Lt) 1950-58, Veterans For Peace MN
Kenneth E. Humphrey	U.S. Air Force 1947-51, Veterans For Peace CT
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Eli Jaffe	U.S. Army WWII, Pres. Eleanor Roosevelt Chapter, Veterans For Peace
David Johnson	U.S. Marines
George Johnson	U.S. Navy 1962-66, Vietnam 1965, Veterans For Peace
Howard Johnson	U.S. Army 1958, 1961-62, Sp-5E-5ha22d Log Command Signal Section, NLG, Veterans For Peace
Joseph W. Johnson	U.S. Navy 1965-68, Vets For Peace Chapter 27
Christopher N. Jones	Louisiana Veteran opposed to sanctions
DeAndre Jones	Maryland Veteran opposed to sanctions
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Philip Kahal	U.S. Navy (Ret.), Pastors For Peace
James M. Kearney	U.S. Army 1962-65, WA Vets for Peace
Mike Kemekih	Maryland Veteran opposed to sanctions
Raymond Kell	U.S. Army 1945-46, Veterans For Peace, Chapter 74 Detroit
Sanford Kelson	U.S. Army 1963-66, Sgt E-5, Veterans For Peace
Jim Keyser	U.S.M.C., Vietnam 1966-67, 1st Bn. 12th Marines, KMUD Radio
Theodore A. Kieser	Army Veteran 1967-68 CuChi, NWVFP
Henry Knecht	U.S. Army/AirCorps WWII, 1943-46
Theresa P. Koenig (Jarvinen)	U.S. Army Nurse Corps WWII, Veterans For Peace #27, #80 & National
Robert L. Koenig	U.S. Navy WWII, Veterans For Peace #80 & #27 M.N.
Louis Korn	U.S. military veteran
Marty Kunz	U.S. Navy 1970-76, VVAW AI
Yvonne Kunz	U.S. Army 1997-2000
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Raymond Laport	U.S. Army - WWII, Veterans For Peace
David Lawler	U.S. Army, E4 MACU TM 28 Tuy Hoa, Vietnam, Veterans For Peace, Minneapolis
William N. Leonard	U.S. Navy, 1952-56, Maine Veterans For Peace
Fred Louis	U.S. Army, Vietnam 1967-69, Veterans For Peace
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Linda J. McClenahan, OP	U.S. Army - WAC, Natl Conf of Vietnam Veteran Ministers, NamVetNun@juno.com
O'Kelly McCluskey	WWII USN, Korea USAF
Steve McGrath	U.S. Army 9th INF DIV 1968-69, VVAW 1971
Thomas S. McMahon	U.S. Army 1962-74
Jason R. Miller	Conscientious Objector, Conscience Canada
Donald E. Mills	U.S. Army, Vietnam Veteran
John H. Moffett	WWII - Korea - U.S. Army Reserve 1955-67, Veterans For Peace
David R. Morgan	A/C1 Royal Air Force, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms
Terry Moses	Vietnam 1966-67, VVAW AI Cincinatti Outpost
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Michele Naar-Obed	Maryland Veteran opposed to sanctions
R. D. Nashold	Korea 1953, 5th Reg. Combat Team
Lewis R. Nelson	U.S. Army 1Lt., 1967-68 Veterans For Peace, F.O.R.
William (Bill) Ney	U.S. Army 1954-56, Indianapolis Peace & Justice Center
Randall G. Nichols	U.S. Army 1/83FA Vietnam Phu Bai 1969-71
Harold R. Nielsen	WWII Merchant Marine, Veterans For Peace
Stan Nishimura	U.S. Army 1964-67 Germany, VVAW AI New Haven, CT
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Wayne E. Packwood	U. S. Air Force, 1964-68
Manuel D. Parsons	Spec 4, Combat Engineer, 577 Construction Bat., 1967-68, Tue Hua Central Highlands
Jeff Paterson	1st Gulf War GI Resister, U.S. Marines, VVAW AI
Arnold O.D. Peterson, Ph.D.	1943-46, Veterans For Peace - WFA
Marshall N. Peterson	WWII Veteran
Utah Phillips	U.S. Army - Korean War, I.W.W. - A.F.L. - C.A.W.
Rudy Pinani	U.S. Air Force Korea
Edward L. Potts	U.S. Navy 1951-57
Edward Powell	USMCR, Pastors For Peace*
Wilson Powell	AFC, USAF 1950-54, Veterans For Peace
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Jerry Rau	U.S. Marine Corps, Vietnam Veteran, Veterans For Peace
Ronald Reichel	1927-52 USMC 1960-63
Patrick E. Reisinger	U.S. Army, Spec 5, Vietnam, Veterans For Peace
Susan Rettig	USAF 1976-80, Veterans For Peace
Dana Richter	U.S. Air Force 1967-71, Vietnam Service Medal
Barry Riesch	U.S. Army, Vietnam 1969-70, 199th Lt. Infantry, 82nd Airborne, VFP
Virginia Robbins	Vietnam-era veteran, 1971-76, SOA Watch, Global Exchange, International Action Center, Peta
John F. Rossback	U.S. Army 1971-73
Hank Roth	a/k/a TheGolem Listmaster: PNEWS-L
Randy Rowland	U.S. Army 1967-70, Presidio 27
Michael Russell	Veterans For Peace, Lake City, FL
Richard Jerry Russell	USMC, Veterans For Peace
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Steven E. Saelzler	U.S. Army Inf. 4th Division, Vietnam 1969-70, Veterans For Peace
Bruce Sanderson	WWII, Army - N. Africa, Sicily, Okinawa 1940-46, Combat Engrs, Signal Corps, Veterans for Peace, N. Mich Chapter #50
Ruth C. Sanderson	WWII, Hospital Dietitian, U.S. Army Medical Unit, Little Traverse League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF Branch #100)
T. Peter Schoonmaker Jr.	U.S. Navy 1977-84, USS DD Eisenhour - Iran '80, Lebanon '83-'84, VVAW AI
Peter B. Shaw	Korean War Veteran, USMC 1951-54, Veterans For Peace Chapter 47*
Paul Sheehan	Panama veteran, 1988-92, USAF, GI resistor, VVAW AI
George Silver	Vietnam, 75th Rangers 1968-71
Marvin Simmons	Portland,Oregon, NWVFP (Northwest Vets For Peace)
Gabe Sinclair	Maryland Veteran opposed to sanctions
James Skinner	Vietnam Vet - 1st Cav
Steve M. Slaby	U.S. Army Airforce 1944-45, Professor Emeritus, Princeton University
Mark de Socio	U.S. Navy 1988-94
Ronald E. Staff	USMC 1966-69, Vietnam 1968-69, Veterans For Peace, Chapter 27
Chris Spotted Eagle	U.S. Army & U.S. Air Force
Ronald E. Staff	USMC 1966-69, Vietnam 1968-69, Veterans For Peace #27
James N. Steinhagen	U.S. Marines - 1st Marine Division, Veterans For Peace, President National B.O.D.
Peggy St. John	Maryland Veteran opposed to sanctions
Kenneth S. St. Thomas	1965-67 (active) 66-67 Vietnam, NW Vets for Peace
Darnell S. Summers	Vietnam Veteran, U.S. Army 1966-70, STWB & VVAW AI
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W. W. Taylor	USMC, Hue (1967-68)
Palmer C. Temple	USAR, 1967-72
Alice J. Thompson	U.S. Navy - WWII, Veterans For Peace
John Tucker	Maryland Veteran opposed to sanctions
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Eric S. Veley	U.S. military veteran
Victor F. Vinkey	USAR SIG C, Vietnam, Veterans For Peace
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Michael R. Walli	U.S. Army 1967-71, Campaign to Eradicate Nazism
Bill Warrick	Gainesville VFP
Kenneth A. Weeks	USMC 1960-64, Veterans For Peace, Inc.
Arnie Welber	U.S. Army 1969-70, Veterans For Peace Chapter 032*
Sonny Williams	Vietnam 1967-68, Germany 1969-70, VVAW AI Cincinnati
S. Brian Willson	USAF 1969
John P. Wirtz	U.S. Army 1943-46, Veterans For Peace, Pax Christi, Maine
Wayne Wittman	U.S. Navy 1948-51, Veterans For Peace
Paul Wright	U.S. Army 1983-87, Prison Legal News*
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Doug Zachary	USMC 1968-70, ExDir Austin Peace & Justice Coalition*
Howard Zinn	8th Air Force, Bombardier, WWII
Greg Zolad	U.S. Army 1967-69, Veterans For Peace