Email Thomas Cadmus, head of the American Legion: [e-mail]

[StefanX]

Here's what he said:

"The American Legion will stand against anyone and any group that would demoralize our troops, or worse, endanger their lives by encouraging terrorists to continue their cowardly attacks against freedom-loving peoples," Thomas Cadmus, national commander, told delegates at the group's national convention in Honolulu.

The delegates voted to use whatever means necessary to "ensure the united backing of the American people to support our troops and the global war on terrorism."

Sounds like he wants to use any means necessary to make Cindy shut up.

You might want to email Mr. Cadmus at [e-mail] to tell him how you feel.

[Roland99]

1. The way I read it, they are going to protest the President.

"The American Legion will stand against anyone and any group that would demoralize our troops, or worse, endanger their lives by encouraging terrorists to continue their cowardly attacks against freedom-loving peoples," Thomas Cadmus, national commander, told delegates at the group's national convention in Honolulu.

That's speaking volumes to me. Who has done more to demoralize our troops: by putting them in harm's way to begin with; by not properly armoring them once he did send them; by cutting their benefits when they return home?

Only one person I can think of.

[Spazito]

2. Mike Malloy just read a letter the American Legion sent to Clinton

during the Kosovo war demanding he remove the troops immediately, etc, the exact OPPOSITE to what they are saying now. I hope someone can get a hold of that letter to prove their hypocrisy.

[Old and In the Way]

3. Here it is......

The must read www.billmon.org posted this earlier today.

Dear Mr. President:

The American Legion, a wartime veterans organization of nearly three-million members, urges the immediate withdrawal of American troops participating in "Operation Allied Force.''

The National Executive Committee of The American Legion, meeting in Indianapolis today, adopted Resolution 44, titled "The American Legion's Statement on Yugoslavia.'' This resolution was debated and adopted unanimously.

Mr. President, the United States Armed Forces should never be committed to wartime operations unless the following conditions are fulfilled:

* That there be a clear statement by the President of why it is in our vital national interests to be engaged in hostilities;

* Guidelines be established for the mission, including a clear exit strategy;

* That there be support of the mission by the U.S. Congress and the American people; and

* That it be made clear that U.S. Forces will be commanded only by U.S. officers whom we acknowledge are superior military leaders.

It is the opinion of The American Legion, which I am sure is shared by the majority of Americans, that three of the above listed conditions have not been met in the current joint operation with NATO ("Operation Allied Force'').

In no case should America commit its Armed Forces in the absence of clearly defined objectives agreed upon by the U.S. Congress in accordance with Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution of the United States.

Sincerely,
Harold L. "Butch'' Miller,
National Commander

American Legion
Letter to President Clinton
May 5, 1999



My, my....the American Legion isn't above politics is it? I wonder how 50% of their organization feels about this? I imagine that he does not speak for a moajority of those vets...

[Spazito]

4. Thank you!

That's the one! Unbelievable hypocrisy between the position taken in this letter and the position they are taking currently.

[Aunt Anti-bush]

6. Excellent!

Thank you so much!

[Roland99]

8. HYPOCRITES!!

[Aunt Anti-bush]

5. I found this:

http://beyond-the-illusion.com/files/New-Files/990531/americanLegionSaysGetOutNow.txt

American Legion
says get out now
Veterans don't want
another Vietnam on their hands

.....

"Wars are brutal things," continued Budahn. "But you can justify it if the
suffering serves a purpose, but if it's just suffering to send political
messages, that's something that -- as we learned from Vietnam -- doesn't
work."

.....

[oasis]

7. kick