YNKYH8R
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The reality Ben knows in Iraq today is very different from the made-up version that the Bush administration tries to shove down our throats.
The Iraqis do not want us to occupy their country. They are angry at us for devastating their country, for killing and maiming their citizens and for destroying their economy.
'STOP LOSS' EQUALS SERVITUDE
I have seen the disgraceful pictures of a butchered Fallujah, images that my country is ashamed to show its citizens. Do Americans really approve of what are usually classified as crimes against humanity? Why won't Sen. Collins hold public meetings on the war in Iraq to discuss this, and the torture, and the slaughter, and the obscene costs of this war?
I recently met with Sen. Olympia Snowe and asked her if she understood "stop loss," the term for the military's authority to hold onto troops after their enlistments are up, a virtual license to enslave soldiers. She said she knew the term.
'ADDICTED TO RE-ELECTION'
Rep. Tom Allen is proud of voting against the war in Iraq. He blames the Republicans who control government for avoiding an inquiry into the Bush administration's stated justifications for the war in Iraq.
Unfortunately, Allen has supported the war by voting for the supplemental budget requests to finance the war ever since, and he has done this in virtual silence. Why doesn't Allen recognize that the war in Iraq isn't just a Republican or Democratic problem?
- Special to the Press Herald
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/viewpoints/mvoice/051128mv.shtml
The Iraqis do not want us to occupy their country. They are angry at us for devastating their country, for killing and maiming their citizens and for destroying their economy.
'STOP LOSS' EQUALS SERVITUDE
I have seen the disgraceful pictures of a butchered Fallujah, images that my country is ashamed to show its citizens. Do Americans really approve of what are usually classified as crimes against humanity? Why won't Sen. Collins hold public meetings on the war in Iraq to discuss this, and the torture, and the slaughter, and the obscene costs of this war?
I recently met with Sen. Olympia Snowe and asked her if she understood "stop loss," the term for the military's authority to hold onto troops after their enlistments are up, a virtual license to enslave soldiers. She said she knew the term.
'ADDICTED TO RE-ELECTION'
Rep. Tom Allen is proud of voting against the war in Iraq. He blames the Republicans who control government for avoiding an inquiry into the Bush administration's stated justifications for the war in Iraq.
Unfortunately, Allen has supported the war by voting for the supplemental budget requests to finance the war ever since, and he has done this in virtual silence. Why doesn't Allen recognize that the war in Iraq isn't just a Republican or Democratic problem?
- Special to the Press Herald
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/viewpoints/mvoice/051128mv.shtml
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