- As I listened to clips of Obama's speech to the VFW on
August 17th, 2009, I was wondering if his speechwriters were on vacation
and they just recycled an old Bush/ Cheney/ Rumsfeld/ Rice speech.
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- While the so-called left is focused on the health care
debacle and is allowing the so-called right to define the debate when it
should be: Medicare for all, and all for Medicare; Obama and his neocon
foreign policy team are preparing for a decades long, bloody foray in Af-Pak.
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- As Yael T. Abouhalkah, an editorial writer for the Kansas
City Star, put it:
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- President Barack Obama did his best imitation of former
President George Bush Monday at the VFW national convention in Phoenix.
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- Obama sounded downright hawkish -- and, yes, presidential
-- when he addressed the issue of terrorism in front of the veteran-laden
crowdDick Cheney could not have said it better.
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- This is one of the reasons I am leading protests next
week on Martha's Vineyard where President Obama will be vacationing. The
anti-war movement cannot allow itself to be co-opted by the Democratic
Party any longer.
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- We cannot allow the War Party and other elites to define
the terms of the War Debate.
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- Obama actually had this to say in his speech in front
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW):
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- We must never forget. This is not a war of choice. This
is a war of necessity. Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting
to do so again. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an
even larger safe haven from which al Qaeda would plot to kill more Americans.
So this is not only a war worth fighting. This is fundamental to the defense
of our people.
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- <http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=1&url=h
ttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastvalleytribune.com%2Fstory%2F143101>He also made
a lot of other crazy Bushian statements, but this one has to take the cake
and lead the charge for peace!
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- One thing that we must NEVER forget is that the Taliban,
and especially the people of Afghanistan (26 members of a WEDDING party,
not WAR party, but WEDDING party were bombed and killed yesterday) DID
NOT attack us on 9/11. Even if Osama did plan the attacks from someplace
in Afghanistan (not likely) this war of choice is not about defending America.
Remember: profit is not a consequence of war, it is the reason for war.
And how can we as a nation allow the War Party to sacrifice innocent babies
for the illusion of safety? Afghanistan is just as much a war of choice
as Iraq is, and Obama is choosing to continue it by exploiting the lies.
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- What is fundamental to the defense of our people is a
sane foreign policy, not more war crimes brought to the world by the War
Criminals in DC. What is fundamental to our health and prosperity is to
bring the troops home from Iraq-Af-Pak and reduce the Pentagon budget so
we can afford such basic human rights as health care, housing and education.
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- Besides Afghans and Pakistanis being killed and displaced
at a Bushian clip, these days, our troops are increasingly being killed
and wounded so the War Profiteers can squeeze more bucks out of violence.
More of our families will be harmed while most of the anti-war movement
stands down for Obama.
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- This is unconscionable.
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- I don't care if you love Obama, or hate him, or something
in between (he has the lowest approval ratings of any President after 7
months in office), we must loathe his wars and his crazy hate speech directed
at our brothers and sisters in war torn regions.
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- Please join us on Martha's Vineyard from August 26th-30th
to demonstrate to the world that there are still some people here in America
who want peace no matter who's inhabits the Oval Office.
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- For more information please email, or call:
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- Laurie Dobson
- lauriegdobson@yahoo.com
- (207) 604-8988
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