- I recall that Friday, April 15, 2005, when I stood
in front of our local Court House protesting the War in Iraq. It was tax
day and we were trying to make a point about how our tax dollars were being
used. Many cars passed by and gave us an approving honk. Other drivers
gave us a disapproving 3rd finger. Some of the cars had "support our
troops" proudly displayed on their rears. It might have been 2005,
but it seems like only yesterday.
- Has anything changed?
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- Did our protests do any good?
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- There are still people in my county who stand on
a street corner every week protesting "the war." My question
is "which war"?
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- "Support our troops?" Does anyone question
those words when they mindlessly slap the bright yellow sticker on their
vehicle?
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- It was back in 2005, that our small county had its
first fatality in Iraq. His name was Army Spc. Manny Lopez. Because he
expected to be in Baghdad for 18 months, he made a video for his daughter,
Isabella.
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- After the tragedy hit the newspaper, grief stricken people
called the local radio station to give voice to their pain. One woman uttered,
through her tears, "He died for our freedom."
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- He died for our freedom? Perhaps I have been sufficiently
dumbed down, but, as I stumble around in my flouride induced fog, I wish
someone would help me understand how killing innocent people in the middle
east is keeping us free.
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- What has sending soldiers to be poisoned and to die have
to do with our freedom? In my lexicon of logic, the belief that "he
died for our freedom " is just about as meaningless as "support
our troops."
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- On that particular April 15th, we carried signs in front
of the Court House. I chose a sign that featured a picture of an Iraqi
Vet named Herold Noel. Unlike Manny Lopez, Herold Noel came home from the
war. In fact, he came home a hero.....but it was not long before he wound
up homeless.
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- Byron Pitts of CBS News did a report on Herold Noel on
March 25, 2005.
- When "Iraqi Freedom" first began, Private First
Class Herold Noel was a soldier in the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division,
pounding a path into Baghdad. "I fought for this country, " he
said "I shed blood for this country. I watched friends die."
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- Herold was forced to live in his jeep after being robbed
at a homeless shelter. He put in applications for housing but was told
they were lost.
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- Mr Pitts' report talked about how the vets are coming
home with mental health issues and substance abuse problems.
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- "Mental health issues? " Once again I am going
to have to admit ignorance. That phrase is amorphous and ambiguous. I cannot
help but wonder how many of these "mental health issues" are
manifestations of depleted uranium.
- http://www.sfbayview.com/081804/Depleteduranium081804.shtml.
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- Leuren Moret is a geoscientist who has worked around
the world on radiation issues, educating citizens, the media, members of
parliaments and Congress and other officials Ms. Moret calls "Depleted
uranium: Dirty bombs, dirty missiles, dirty bullets: A death sentence here
and abroad"
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- A Japanese professor, Dr. K. Yagasaki, has calculated
that 800 tons of DU is the atomicity equivalent of 83,000 Nagasaki bombs.
The U.S. has used more DU since 1991 than the atomicity equivalent of 400,000
Nagasaki bombs. Four nuclear wars indeed, and 10 times the amount of radiation
released into the atmosphere from atmospheric testing!
- No wonder our soldiers, their families and the people
of the Middle East, Yugoslavia and Central Asia are sick. "
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- "The long-term effects have revealed that DU (uranium
oxide) is a virtual death sentence," stated Arthur N. Bernklau, executive
director of Veterans for Constitutional Law in New York. "Marion Fulk,
a nuclear physical chemist, who retired from the Lawrence Livermore Nuclear
Weapons Lab, and was also involved with the Manhattan Project, interprets
the new and rapid malignancies in the soldiers (from the 2003 Iraq War)
as 'spectacular -- and a matter of concern!'"
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- Herold Noel was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder. Unemployed and married with three kids, he couldn't get a job.
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- Waking people up from the nightmare is not easy. While
the people busily "support the troops" what does the government
do? Does our government "support the troops" as it cuts their
benefits? Does the government "support our troops" when it sends
them into battle with inadequate equipment? Does the government "support
the troops" when it turns its back on the casualties of the war? Does
the government "support the troops" as it casts Herold Noel and
countless others onto the streets?
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- Not long ago I watched a powerful movie on television.
It was called "Homeless to Harvard" and was based on a true story
of a young girl, Liz Murray, whose both parents were drug addicts dying
of AIDS. After dropping out of school and living on the street, this heroic
young woman became determined to get an education. Though she ate out of
dumpsters and slept on the subway, she ultimately finished High School
in two years and got a New York Times Scholarship to Harvard University.
It was a deeply moving story. It was a story filled with hope. And yet,
it was obviously unique. Most young people in Liz's situation succumb to
a life of hopelessness.
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- And on that Friday, April 15th, as I stood in front
of our local Court House protesting war, my personal protest was aimed
at the abuse of ALL people ALL around the globe. My protest was aimed
at the lies and deception and greed of the globalists and the sadly hypnotized
populace that is willing to kill and be killed without knowing why.
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- On that day, I carried a sign that had a picture of Herold
Noel. The sign read "From Hero to Homeless." It was a story filled
with despair. Sadly, Herold's story, unlike Liz', is not unique. As many
as 275,000 veterans will likely sleep out in the cold tonight.
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- The bad news never stops, but is rarely, if ever carried
by the mainstream media. For example, how many Americans have read the
following in their daily newspaper:
- http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/iraq-merc-army/
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- Our boys and girls have slaughtered between 5 and 6 million
- Iraqis and Afghanis since Bush 41. Where are
the cries of outrage? This is, indeed, a real holocaust.
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