Letter to Nita Lowey, D-NY: I DON’T "SUPPORT THE TROOPS"

[babylonsister]

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/22354

I DON’T "SUPPORT THE TROOPS"
Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2007-05-10 19:11. Media


And I don’t support any "benchmarks" for the Iraqis
By Nick Mottern, Director, www.ConsumersforPeace.org

This is a letter I am sending today to my person in Congress, Nita Lowey D-NY. I attempted to run against Ms. Lowey in the 1990 Democratic primary because of her support of U.S. attempts to subdue Central American countries. Here we are 17 years later with our hooks into Iraq, with Ms. Lowey’s support. Attempts to meet with her over the last two months have failed.

Dear Ms. Lowey:

I am writing to let you know that I do not “support the troops” in Iraq, and that you are not representing me when you vote more money to keep “the troops” in Iraq.

Hundreds of thousands of troops have been sent to Iraqi blinded by lies. There they have been and continue to be routinely ordered to take actions against Iraqis that violate not only our Constitution and international law but virtually every norm of religious and civil society. All “the troops” should know better.

I do not want any of my tax money to support this kind of behavior, regardless of the goal. I feel no sense of loyalty or obligation to individuals or commanders who are daily destroying Iraqi life and culture. In fact, I feel a need to take every non-violent step that I can think of to end this behavior.

Ms. Lowey, you know very well that the intention of sending our military into Iraq is to establish a base of deadly force for our long-term manipulation of the Middle East, in part to ensure our oil companies will have long-term, extremely profitable access to oil.

When you and your Democratic and Republican colleagues vote money to “support the troops” you know that you are taking advantage in a dispicable way of the innocence, ignorance, good will and sense of loyalty of “the troops” and the American public.

Furthermore, how can you allow to go unchallenged all this talk in Congress about the need for Iraqis to meet benchmarks? After killing more than half a million Iraqis, and with the abject suffering being visited on Iraqis by the United States each and every minute, what possible right does the United States have to even make a polite suggestion to one single Iraqi? What is due from America is simply immediate withdrawal, apology and commitment to reparations, with the latter totally managed by Iraqis.

Sincerely,

Nick Mottern

Hastings on Hudson, New York

Posted May 9, 2007

[Name removed]

1. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[babylonsister]

2. I think you took a wrong turn, pal, but if you feel so strongly

about it, why don't you enlist? :think:
I'm all for getting our soldiers out of an unwinnable situation. The Iraqis do not want us there, and chances are just as good that the violence will abate once we're gone as escalate. It IS a civil war, and that's not what these troops signed up for.

[Name removed]

3. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[bigtree]

5. you're spouting right wing bullshit on an exclusively Democratic board

explain yourself

[EstimatedProphet]

19. So then you must be in favor of invading Darfur

[bigtree]

4. Nita Lowey is a hardworking Democrat, dedicated to ending the occupation

this is the same tired bullshit from another backbiter who can't find his way to the real opposition. Cheap shot. At every stage that our party has advanced the argument to Bush these backbiters have given us nothing but sour grapes. The benchmarks are directed toward the puppet regime who's leaders are in league with Bush to keep our soldiers bogged down and enabling them in their false authority.

There are over 150,000 reasons and 3400 good ones to hold those individuals our soldiers have been fighting and dying for accountable. With Bush, there has been no scenario under which he will agree that it's not worth the lives of our soldiers. With Democrats, like Rep. Lowrey, for the Iraqi regime, it's put up or watch our backs as we leave.

Fucking get it right.

[Name removed]

6. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Name removed]

7. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Bluebear]

15. .

[trumad]

8. Lying sack of shit,

Here's your profile from another forum: Says you were born in 1935.

http://forums.techguy.org/members/107957-bigguynh.html

[babylonsister]

11. BUSTED! Good job, trumad. nt

[malaise]

12. Good catch

Is it too late for :popcorn: :rofl:

[MadBadger]

18. I'm thinking there is more than one bigguynh. I think this is from an escort service

http://bebedollsamantha.rare-escort.com/reviews.php


Hey, maybe Grandpa is into escorts, I have no clue.

[babylonsister]

9. Wow, I've seen a few 'fearless' vets today. Sure ya did, pal.

:eyes:
And can't you converse without calling people names? Seems a tad immature to me.

[Bluebear]

13. They ARE a hotheaded bunch, aren't they?

I can picture Skoal being spit all across his monitor.

[bigtree]

10. keep your head down

There's nothing weaker than the way Bush has been swaggering his bullshit behind the sacrifices of our soldiers; 3400 dead so far to support a bloody autocracy.

And there's nothing more pathetic and disgusting than folks who should know better cheering him on.

[Name removed]

14. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Bluebear]

17. Clarke, Clarke, Clarke. . . .

http://www.abbysguide.com/camcorder/members/BigGuyNH.html

[bigtree]

20. BigGuyNH

BigGuyNH
03-16-2007, 10:27 AM
http://www.clubarmada.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-6699.html

[EstimatedProphet]

21. Awww...he go byebye.

I wonder if he scraped his knuckles on the floor when he was dragged from the keyboard...

Actually, he's probably off to go try and picket Geico. Although the civilized cavemen hopefully won't let him in.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. "The sinews of war are infinite money." Marcus Tullius Cicero

As long as they keep giving it to the Generals and bosses the war will go on.