(WA) State veterans and troops' families feel betrayed on WMD issue

[icymist]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/169785_wmdside20.html

Tuesday, April 20, 2004

State veterans and troops' families feel betrayed on WMD issue

By MIKE BARBER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

With Washington state contributing more than 10,000 hometown troops to the war in Iraq, some veterans of past wars and families of soldiers serving there feel deceived about the Bush administration's premises for the conflict.

"They're like shifting sands," Marion Ward of Bellevue, a peace activist who came from a Navy family and married a career sailor, said of the Bush administration's reasons for invading Iraq.

When the drumbeats of war with Iraq began sounding in 2002, Ward was among the first to sign up for her church's War Prayer Society, named after an anti-war article penned by Mark Twain.

"It's clear there never were any weapons of mass destruction, and our government knew it," Ward said.

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[Just Me]

1. Gee, nice to see the "peace-makers" getting some more attention,...

,...perhaps we are beginning to build broader support (outside government-controlled and right-wing propaganda).

[riverwalker]

2. The War Prayer by Mark Twain

If you have never read it, here it is. The most eloquent anti-war statement ever.

http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/making/warprayer.html

[Just Me]

4. Thank you *smile*

I am printing it out for comfort during these difficult times.

[Mari333]

3. its even harder when you knew it was bullshit in the first place

and when they still take your kid there, and he knows its bullshit and you know its bullshit and there is nothing you can do but wait for the US public to come to their senses.
In the meantime, bring the troops home now
http://www.bringthemhomenow.com

[Just Me]

5. I'm sorry, Mari. I think of you, your son and husband, everyday. *eom*

[roguevalley]

6. I think of you too, Mari. Your voice is about the most powerful on this

board. Hugs to you and your constancy in reminding us clearly and without embellishment just what a complete piece of shit this war is and those who support it. Hugs again, honey.