Take a Stand
Dear fellow Americans,
In March of 2003, President Bush sent our military to war based on a fallacy, without the proper equipment, without enough troops, and no plan to win the peace.
The president and his incompetent inner circle had no regard for the outcome, the impact on our troops, our country, and the Iraqi people.
Today from coast to coast, thousands of concerned citizens will turn out to attend "Take a Stand" hosted by Americans Against Escalation in Iraq and vigils organized by moveon.org. Sign up here to join us:
These events are the culmination of a nationwide organizing effort called "Iraq Summer" with some 100 organizers and hundreds of volunteers working congressional districts to turn up the heat on nearly 50 members of Congress. Over the past 48 hours citizens have participated in "stake-outs" outside congressional district offices to send a message to Congress: America wants an end to this reckless war.
We, the American people, can no longer allow this president to further dismantle our great nation with his inept and arrogant leadership. The impact of his reckless war in Iraq will be felt for generations to come.
Since the kick-off, "Iraq Summer" organizers have held 362 press events, planted 30,452 lawn signs (often in the member's immediate neighborhood), created 265 YouTube videos, and directly confronted members of Congress on their war votes 125 times.
Last week, I hosted Representative Tom Davis of Virginia at his own "Take a Stand" town hall meeting. Unlike Congressman Davis, the majority of those members of Congress who have supported President Bush's policy of endless war in Iraq refuse to face their constituents. However, some members of Congress will join me and Iraq veterans and thousands of Americans in participating in the town hall forums, including: Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME), Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) at schoolhouses, churches and meeting halls around the country.
Day after day, we hear the sad news of our troops being killed in Iraq while President Bush continues to paint a false picture of Iraq as if the situation is fine and dandy. Iraq has plunged into a religious civil war with multiple warring factions who all want to kill Americans while they are killing themselves in the process. It is endless and we must have the courage to say ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. Stand with me and others who are speaking out.
Join tens of thousands of your fellow Americans who are taking part in over 680 events nationwide to TAKE A STAND against Bush's reckless Iraq policy.
Before he does any more damage, we must send W and Congress a crystal clear message: END THE WAR AND BRING OUR TROOPS HOME SAFELY.
In solidarity,
John Bruhns
Iraq war veteran
P.S. Sign up for the event in your local community
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Tell you what, I'll support a pull out of our troops only if the liberals don't cry and wail over the blood bath that will follow.
I note that you don't mind the slaughter of innocents that the right wing is already responsible for.
Sir: Thank you for your efforts then and now. Sadly it is clear that you are not getting all of the support you deserve, and its embarassing how many are failing. As you've probably noticed the Congressional Democrats (to which I add all 2008 candidates not currently in Congress) took the thing about taking August off seriously, and Bush used the time as a chance to out politic them.
All of the news for the past two weeks has been orchestrated by the Republicans, and it is not likely that the Democrats can overcome this lead in time to keep from being completely bowled over in the coming Petraeus thing. I have seen nothing about "Iraq Summer" in my community, and have been overwhelmed by the press given to that new right wing front group, and Bush saying that we must never repeat the mistakes of Viet Nam. And then there was the fun of watching him sweep the Rove and Gonzalez skeletons out of his closet.
They are currently so dominating the debate that I'm not sure the Democrats will even be able to get comfortably seated back at their desks before they realize that it is officially full speed ahead from now until 2009.
How weird. Only the Congressional Republicans can save us now, and they may just be scared enough to give it a shot.
Yeah, we only got 51 Senators out of a hundred. But remember, out of all the races that were close, the dems won. The republican'ts didn't pick up a single seat that they hadn't had before the election. And they lost enough to lose the majority. Not a very large majority, but still...
"Before he does any more damage, we must send W and Congress a crystal clear message: END THE WAR AND BRING OUR TROOPS HOME SAFELY."
How much clearer could the message have been than the last election?
These people are hellbent on doing what they want to do regardless of the will of the people!
The problem is that the last election wasn't NEARLY clear enough...n
A mere 51 US Senators - less one who remains too ill to vote - is a real sad excuse for the will of the people!
I hope the people muster up some more will before the next election, or we're all doomed.
That explanation would suffice for a political neophyte.
However, for someone who considers himself astute, and for someone who thinks he knows the rules of both the Senate and the House, I can state unequivocally that if the Democrats wanted to end this war they could have!!
As Kucinich rightly stated that if the Democrats wanted to end the war all they had to do was NOTHING. In others words, no funding legislation coming out of the Congress would have ended this war.
The Democrats did not have THE WILL!
And, I hope y'all will support Senator Biden and his strategy to end the war in Iraq responsibly, through an inclusive diplomatic process to facilitate the achievement of a sustainable political settlement, allowing US troops to withdraw without leaving chaos in their wake and the need to return in the not too distant future.
Senator Biden is the only authority on US foreign policy who has both the experience and, most importantly, the proven track record of providing the strong, intelligent, and courageous leadership that will be required to radically change course in Iraq and end this war.
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