Letters to Michael Moore from our troops in Iraq

[NightTrain]

Suffice it to say, a lot of those poor soldiers are NOT happy with the Bush Junta:

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php

[NJCher]

1. He's making a thousand copies of his books available free to the troops

Want to send a soldier a free book or movie? I’ll start by making mine available for free to any soldier serving in Iraq. Just send me their name and address in Iraq (or, if they have already left Iraq, where they are now) and the first thousand emails I get at [e-mail] will receive a free copy of "Dude..." or a free “Bowling…” DVD.



Cher

[NightTrain]

2. So, would the freepers dare to call these soldiers "unpatriotic?"

You know, I think they *would* stoop that low! I don't put anything past those ignorant Bush-worshippers. :grr:

[Raenelle]

3. A freeper told the anti-war mom of a soldier he hoped the kid died

over there. Every day, in every way, I'm becoming increasingly convinced I share no values with those people.

[Deja Q]

5. Sweet. Though it would be even cooler if...

he made about 150,000 copies freely available for the troops, or at least as many books as there are troops who want to read the book.

That's what I would do and it's only a fraction of the amount of books that have been sold to customers like you and me.

</preachy soapbox>

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. Excellent quote from further down the page at MichaelMoore.com

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(he is talking about "Supporting the troops" and says;)

Of course, you needed to do no such thing. Why? Because people like you have ALWAYS supported "the troops." Who are these troops? They are our poor, our working class. Most of them enlisted because it was about the only place to get a job or receive the guarantee of a college education. You, my good friends, have ALWAYS, through your good works, your contributions, your activism, your votes, SUPPORTED these very kids who come from the other side of the tracks. You NEVER need to be defensive when it comes to your "support" for the "troops" -- you are the only ones who have ALWAYS been there for them.

It is Mr. Bush and his filthy rich cronies -- whose sons and daughters will NEVER see a day in a uniform -- they are the ones who do NOT support our troops. Our soldiers joined the military and, in doing so, offered to give THEIR LIVES for US if need be. What a tremendous gift that is -- to be willing to die so that you and I don't have to! To be willing to shed their blood so that we may be free. To serve in our place, so that WE don't have to serve. What a tremendous act of selflessness and generosity! Here they are, these 18, 19, and 20-year olds, most of whom have had to suffer under an unjust economic system that is set up NOT to benefit THEM -- these kids who have lived their first 18 years in the worst parts of town, going to the most miserable schools, living in danger and learning often to go without, watching their parents struggle to get by and then be humiliated by a system that is always looking to make life harder for them by cutting their benefits, their education, their libraries, their fire and police, their future.

And then, after this miserable treatment, these young men and women, instead of coming after US to demand a more just society, they go and join the army to DEFEND us and our way of life! It boggles the mind, doesn't it? They not only deserve our thanks, they deserve a big piece of the pie that we dine on, those of us who never have to worry about taking a bullet while we fret over which Palm Pilot to buy the nephew for Christmas.
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from here;
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php