- "I grieve for our nation, and the untold suffering
that will be wrought. As history has
- shown, you can possess the greatest armaments in the
world, but if your cause and
- motives are not right, only catastrophe will result."
-- Jack Walters
-
- March 8, 2003
-
- Our Country Above Politics
-
- As the Bush administration moves toward certain war in
the Middle East-a war which I believe nothing good will come from, a war
which is unjust, unnecessary, and a war which will undoubtedly widen, perhaps
even into world war, thereby placing our nation in dire peril-I have made
a decision regarding my position as Boone County Republican Chairman.
-
- Wars are easy to get into, but very difficult to get
out of. They can sap the moral and spiritual fiber of a nation, squander
lives and resources, deplete scarce funds, cause undue hardship on all
involved, destroy families, and engender hopelessness.
-
- I have questioned both the motives for military action
at this time, and the ever-changing, illogical justifications presented
to us in what has to be one of the greatest media propaganda blitzes ever
force-fed a populace. Any time ground troops are deployed, serious questions
must be asked and real answers demanded. The jingoistic rhetoric we are
receiving does not constitute legitimate answers.
-
- The consequences of our planned attack on Iraq (and also
probably Iran, given the size of our forces and their location in proximity
to Iran), should cause us all to pause. The Pentagon has announced that
we will hit Baghdad with a force almost equal to the bombing of Hiroshima.
Obviously many thousands of civilians will perish, with untold thousands
maimed. And for what? To liberate them? To bring them freedom? Or democracy?
Or is it to really secure the world's second largest oil reserve and establish
a base from which to subjugate other Middle Eastern nations? Is it also
the plan for Israel to use the cover of war to forcibly relocate the Palestinian
population (as has been publicly stated by some members of Israel's current
government)?
-
- How on earth have we arrived at this crucial juncture
in our country's history? How has a war on terrorism been converted into
an attack on Iraq? What threat does Iraq pose to us? We must lay the blame
squarely on our congress, who according to our Constitution, only has the
power to declare war. For congress to cede it's war-making power to the
executive branch is unconstitutional on the very face of it and effectively
destroys our three branches of government. Circumventing our Constitution
is very bad, and the undeclared wars, which have resulted in our recent
history, have had disastrous results. Undeclared wars have no declared
objectives, and therefore can widen at will, and our foray into the Middle
East will likely set in motion a long-term wave of retaliation. Indeed,
I believe that the administration would like to entice Iraq into firing
the first blow so some justification could be paraded at the United Nations.
If the United States government can adopt this unreal doctrine of preemptive
attack on any nation, anywhere, at any time, so can other nations! This
is how world wars begin. If the President goes into Iraq alone without
a UN resolution, he will be in violation of the war powers given him last
October by congress which was contingent on UN approval. A constitutional
crisis will occur.
-
- What we are about to do in the Middle East is abhorrent
to me. It is made doubly so since this is a contrived and fraudulently
justified war with hidden objectives. The coming mass slaughter of innocents,
the harm our own troops are being placed in, and the potential for wars
on several fronts have brought home to me the sobering realization that
by remaining Boone County Republican Chairman, I would be giving tacit
approval to this imminent war, and tacit approval to the belligerent and
reckless language coming from the White House. The safety and integrity
of our country outweighs politics.
-
- I therefore resign as Chairman of the Boone County Republican
Central Committee effective at noon, March 10, 2003. I do not wish to be
Chairman when this tragedy starts. I am not resigning to placate those
who have demanded same .I do not fear them in the least. I was quite willing
to stand and face an ouster vote. I am resigning because I cannot support
the Republican position on this war. I only sought the position of Chairman
originally in the hope that I could recruit God-fearing, thinking, pro-life
believers in our Constitution to stand for office.
-
- I grieve for our nation, and the untold suffering that
will be wrought. As history has shown, you can possess the greatest armaments
in the world, but if your cause and motives are not right, only catastrophe
will result.
-
-
- Jack Walters
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