I will fight for an end to this war with my last breath. We all must.(From An Iraq Veteran)

[kpete]

Why I fight and why we all must.

...................

Before I left Iraq I made a promise to myself that I would do everything in my power to stop this war if I was lucky enough to make it home.

Upon honorable discharge from the US Army in February 2005 I relocated to the Washington, DC area. I immediately became a vocal critic of the war and traveled the halls of Congress going door to door hoping to share my experiences with those who empowered Bush to send us to war. For a few months it fell on deaf ears, but after a while some members of Congress began to listen.

.................

It's been years now and sometimes I feel out of breath and tired from screaming at the top of my lungs for end to this madness in Iraq. But we are still there and it appears that there is really no end in sight.

..............

The American people want an end to this war so badly. If the politicians will not listen it is our duty as Americans to make them listen. We owe it to our country and our troops to ensure that our members of Congress no longer allow themselves to be bullied by a coward like George W. Bush. If Bush vetoes legislation for our troops and an end to the war Congress must shove it right back in his face. We must act now while there is still a chance to make Congress do their job as a co-equal branch of government and start bringing this war to an end. They need to be equally as defiant as Bush has been for the last 7 years and fight fire with fire when it comes to this President. After all, that is what we elected them to do.

I will fight for an end to this war with my last breath. We all must.


John Bruhns
Iraq Veteran

more at:
http://www.americablog.com/2007/10/why-i-fight-and-why-we-all-must.html

[janx]

1. This does not deserve to sink.

KICK

[janx]

2. I urge everyone to follow the link, read John's piece,

and leave a comment for him.

[mmonk]

3. Great find kpete.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. K & R

[Spurt]

5. K&R

[freefall]

6. Thanks for posting, kpete. n/t

[democrank]

7. K & R

~PEACE~

[gateley]

8. K&R - thank you for posting this. nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. K&R

[LWolf]

10. It is our duty as Americans to make them listen.

Damned straight it is. If they're not listening yet, if the constant barrage of protests, letter writing, etc., have not convinced them, we need to step up the pressure.

What works, when letters and protests don't?

I will withhold my vote from war supporters and enablers.

What else?

[AllyCat]

23. I'm with you LWolf!

I will NOT vote for any war enabler or supporter. Voting for anyone who continues this mess in Iraq makes me complicit in the continued killing and injuring of thousands of soldiers, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis (including little kids!), and the stealing of American taxpayer money by corporations working overseas.

And they need to hear WHY we will not vote for them. We need to tell our reps every week where they stand with us. I've already called to congratulate Feingold for standing up to this insanity and chastised Kohl for voting for it. We must keep writing letters, posting signs, talking to people...they have to know we won't put up with it.

[LWolf]

30. That's right.

I think, after so many years, many of us get defeated. We quit calling, quit writing, because it hasn't worked. It hasn't helped.

Now is not the time to allow ourselves to be silenced.

[shadowknows69]

11. Lead the way General Bruhns

fuck you agent Mike.

[burrowowl]

12. Kick!

[dickbearton]

13. K&R.

[Carolina]

14. K & R

[Karenina]

15. I'm rec #26, let's get to 50

And THANK John Bruhns!

[libodem]

16. .

:kick:

[G_j]

17. K&R!

[Colorado Progressive]

18. Rec 28

[War Pigs]

19. thanks for everything John. Must be more "suicide bombers"

out there than Lardass realizes. Of course, WE already knew that

[Colorado Progressive]

20. After reading through the mostly positive comments to John's post

this stood out as if to say "This is the quality of people who support Bush!"

Here it is:

Yet another traiter from the ranks??? No shortage of them, aparently.

Luckly for you you werent given some freindly fire.
molypocket | 10.07.07 - 9:02 am | #


These mouth-breathing knuckle draggers, ahhh! He might have even passed second grade! Pure friggin genius.

[janx]

21. Yes, I saw that.

It's depressing to think that so many people see the world in such a context.

[Colorado Progressive]

22. Not to mention 5 misspellings in two lines. nt

[Homer Wells]

24. Kicked and Recommended!!

[Major Hogwash]

25. No kidding! These are the words of a fighting man! A man of honor!

Take that, you phony blowhards!

[Bryn]

26. Kick to end this war

:kick:

[krj44]

27. when i left vietnam and retired

from the usn i vowed to fight against bogus wars that cost this country the lives of patriots,people who have believed in the usa as a beacon of light and a hope,that light now flickers as a result of an asshole so incompetent that he couldn`t manage a baseball team,retarded that he can`t speak.these days a definition of a patriot is one who receives a triple folded flag and they are usually dead.question is what has happen to the dream of the founding fathers.

[RoccoR5955]

28. I have been fighting to an end to this war....

...since BEFORE it started, and will continue to do so until it is over.
I am also against the NEXT war that is in the wings with Iran.

As a matter of fact, I am against ANY war, that is not the direct consequence of any nation attacking the United States from within the borders of the US.

[bdamomma]

29. kick

[BrklynLib at work]

31. K&R

[Raksha]

32. Too late to recommend, but kicking anyway.

This is one of the most powerful things I've read in a long time.

[southern_belle]

33. kick