Is this a sign of momentum driven by a growing awareness, or an isolated gesture?
Families of fallen US Soldiers organization demand the immediate resignations of Bush, Cheney, and their cabinet officials so that "A return to private citizen status will mean that the people responsible for so much death and destruction will be able to be held accountable to the laws of our land and for damaging humanity so thoroughly."
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http://www.gsfp.org/
May 7, 2005
As the official casualty count for the occupation of Iraq is rapidly approaching 1600 and on the eve of Mother�s Day, Gold Star Families for Peace issues the following statement to George W. Bush:
We represent families of fallen American troops who oppose the occupation of Iraq and refuse to let George W. Bush continue the killing in our name. We support the immediate withdrawal of American and Coalition Forces from Iraq.
George W. Bush has consistently iterated the hurtful and meaningless phrase: We need to keep our troops in Iraq to finish the mission to honor the sacrifices of fallen heroes. We at Gold Star Families for Peace disagree with George Bush on this and most other of his activities and words. It is too late for our loved ones and our families. Our sons and daughters; brothers and sisters; nieces and nephews; husbands and wives have already been killed in this needless and senseless war. We don�t want one more innocent person murdered, especially in our names. Just because our soldier�s blood has already been spilled does not mean we families are thirsty for more. We insist that George W. Bush stop justifying his bloodlust by assuming we families are blood thirsty also.
We demand that George W. Bush honors our family�s sacrifices by admitting to the �mistakes and miscalculations� (Washington Post, Jan. 17, 2005) of this invasion and occupation of Iraq by ending the occupation immediately and bringing our troops home now. This is not a request and it is not negotiable.
We individually, and as a group, are dismayed and broken-hearted anew as the memo from Great Britain dated 23 July, 2002 has recently surfaced. This invasion and occupation of a sovereign country was prefabricated and has resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of human beings, has destroyed the lives of millions, and demolished a country that was no threat to the USA. In addition to withdrawal of the troops, we call for the immediate resignation of George Bush, Dick Cheney and the entire Cabinet. A return to private citizen status will mean that the people responsible for so much death and destruction will be able to be held accountable to the laws of our land and for damaging humanity so thoroughly.
Gold Star Families for Peace.
Cindy Sheehan
Founding Member of GSFP
Scindy121@aol.com
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