Message To America's Students: The War, The Draft, Your Future
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U.S. troops sent to war half a world away. American foreign policy
controlled by an arrogant elite, bent on projecting military power
around the globe. A public misled into supporting an unconstitutional
war founded on deceit and fabrications.
As the death toll mounts, we hear claims that the war is nearly won,
that victory is just around the corner. But victory never arrives.
As the public loses confidence in the government, the government
questions the patriotism of any who express doubt about the war.
When a presidential election arrives, both the Democrat and Republican
nominees embrace the policy of continued war.
The military draft comes to dominate the lives of America's young, and
vast numbers who believe the war to be a senseless blunder are faced
with fighting a war they do not believe in, or facing exile or prison.
The year was 1968. Because voters had no choice that November, the
Vietnam War continued for another six years. Hundreds of thousands of
Americans like you died, were maimed, or suffered from diseases like
malaria. A far greater number of Vietnamese died.
Today, the war is in the quicksands and alleys of Iraq. Once again,
under the pressure of a determined resistance, we see an American war
policy being slowly torn apart at the seams, while the candidates urge
us to "stay the course" in this tragic misadventure. Today's
Presidential candidates are not Nixon and Humphrey, they are now Bush
and Kerry.
Once again, there is one overriding truth: If war is the only choice in
this election, then war we will have.
Today enlistments in the Reserves and National Guard are declining. The
Pentagon is quietly recruiting new members to fill local draft boards,
as the machinery for drafting a new generation of young Americans is
being quietly put into place.
Young Americans need to know that a train is coming, and it could run
over their generation in the same way that the Vietnam War devastated
the lives of those who came of age in the sixties.
I am running for President, and have been against this war from the
beginning. We must not waste lives in order to control and waste more
oil. Stand with us and we may yet salvage your future and Americas'
future from this looming disaster.
Sincerely,
Ralph Nader
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philosophy, which states that a vanguard of intellectuals is needed to lead
the proletariat in establishing a worker's utopia. It fosters the worldwide
revolution through its membership in the Revolutionary International
Movement (RIM). It is through this affiliation that the RCP is related to
two organizations listed by the State Department as terrorist organizations;
the Communist Party of Peru (Shining Path/Sender Luminoso) and the Kurdish
Workers Party (PKK) are are closely associated with RIM. (The PKK is no
longer a formal member of RIM; however, it was one of RIM's founders. The
Shining Path is still a member.) Other groups that comprise the
Revolutionary Internationalist Movement are the Communist Party of
Turkey/Marxist-Leninist, the Union of Iranian Communists (Sarbedaran)and the
Nepal Communist Party.
The RIM via its publication A WORLD TO WIN declared its belief in the
Palestinian intifada. The February 28, 2002, edition
GIMME
> We have been down this road before.
True.
>
> U.S. troops sent to war half a world away. American foreign policy
> controlled by an arrogant elite, bent on projecting military power
> around the globe. A public misled into supporting an unconstitutional
> war founded on deceit and fabrications.
False. All along the public knew WMD where a ruse to start a war with Iraq.
They were not decieved.
The leaders, even those of the opposition party, knew this but still
opted to support the president and 87 billion.
By and large, no one cares about Condaliza exception the Democrats
who are setting out to hide their lack of accountablity to the people.
>
> As the death toll mounts, we hear claims that the war is nearly won,
> that victory is just around the corner. But victory never arrives.
False, no one says the war is nearly won.
>
> As the public loses confidence in the government, the government
> questions the patriotism of any who express doubt about the war.
>
Wrong.
> When a presidential election arrives, both the Democrat and Republican
> nominees embrace the policy of continued war.
>
True.
> The military draft comes to dominate the lives of America's young, and
> vast numbers who believe the war to be a senseless blunder are faced
> with fighting a war they do not believe in, or facing exile or prison.
False. There is no draft. There are no plans for a draft.
>
> The year was 1968. Because voters had no choice that November, the
> Vietnam War continued for another six years. Hundreds of thousands of
> Americans like you died, were maimed, or suffered from diseases like
> malaria. A far greater number of Vietnamese died.
>
True.
But that reminds me, no one complained with Clinton let the War Powers
act expire, or complained when he bombed Kosovo when congress when
on recess.
> Today, the war is in the quicksands and alleys of Iraq. Once again,
> under the pressure of a determined resistance, we see an American war
> policy being slowly torn apart at the seams, while the candidates urge
> us to "stay the course" in this tragic misadventure. Today's
> Presidential candidates are not Nixon and Humphrey, they are now Bush
> and Kerry.
True.
>
> Once again, there is one overriding truth: If war is the only choice in
> this election, then war we will have.
True.
Ditto on other issues. Both parties suck up to open borders so immigration
laws are no longer being enforced. Making matters worse is the fact that
the war is bankrupting the government so money for immigration enforcement
is not available.
>
> Today enlistments in the Reserves and National Guard are declining. The
> Pentagon is quietly recruiting new members to fill local draft boards,
> as the machinery for drafting a new generation of young Americans is
> being quietly put into place.
>
True.
> Young Americans need to know that a train is coming, and it could run
> over their generation in the same way that the Vietnam War devastated
> the lives of those who came of age in the sixties.
They know what's going on. They don't need a whinning hate filled
analysis. They need facts.
>
> I am running for President, and have been against this war from the
> beginning. We must not waste lives in order to control and waste more
> oil. Stand with us and we may yet salvage your future and Americas'
> future from this looming disaster.
>
Interesting. Pat Buchanan promised that as president the US would
no longer be the worlds' cop.