A RESPONSE TO TOM HARKIN et al.: NO CONGRESSIONAL WAR FUNDING, NO WAR

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And it’s too bad Harkin doesn’t listen more to Iowa voters like Iowa City’s Rosemary Pesaud.

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“As a mother,” she said, “I have to speak against this war and ALL wars. I have the responsibility to teach my children to be understanding of other people and to find ways to solve problems non-violently. It’s hard to teach your kids these lessons,” Persaud added, “when their culture is violent and when their government is provoking war as a means to an end.”

“I refuse,” Persaud declared, “to offer my children or anyone else’s children as fodder for the war machine.”

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Midway through her oration, Ms. Persaud registered a basic point that Tom “Let Us Vote” Harkin might wish to consider before he votes on the 2008 FY Pentagon Budget and the next Iraq War funding bill later this summer: “Congress has the power to end this unjust war and illegal occupation. They can stop funding it.”

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