Local story on Cindy Sheehan protest...please respond to this.

[Mythsaje]

This is my local paper. I would really like DUers to send in their responses to this.

http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/5136894p...

Here's my LTTE on the subject.



I think the question the News Tribune needs to be asking these people is it okay to put their children in harm’s way by deliberately deceiving the American people. Whether or not Saddam was a brutal dictator, or whether or not the Iraqis are better off with him gone is incidental to the fact that this administration said he had WMDs and was working on a nuclear weapons program, when nearly all evidence available to them told them the exact opposite. The Downing Street Minutes (pretty much ignored by you and the rest of the mainstream press) made it pretty clear that this administration would use whatever intelligence it could (even faulty intelligence) to make the case for war to congress and the American public.

Yes, those who joined the Marines and Army were aware of the dangers…but you’ll find that most of them who joined after 9/11 joined to go after Bin Laden. And those who joined the National Guard did not join to go die in someone else’s back yard. They joined a branch intended to be used to protect Americans on American soil.

So where’s Bin Laden? Not in American custody, that’s for sure. Why? Because George Bush and his cabal decided he wasn’t as important as a dictator who had done nothing to harm us and had no means to do so. One honestly has to ask oneself “why did we TRULY go into Iraq?” There has been no credible answer to that question from the White House.

Even assuming that it was a massive intelligence failure that got us into this war (and considering that the CIA repeatedly told the WH that they had no real evidence Saddam posed any danger at all, this is unlikely) the handling of the war from the beginning has been an exercise in incompetence managed by people who have either never served at all, or have never been in combat.

Anyone who vocally opposed the plan (such as it was) was fired, leaving behind no one but those who didn’t have the guts to tell the truth.

I feel pity for Cindy Sheehan, but I respect her greatly. She is making her son’s death stand for something.

But I feel even more pity for those who still support this President and this war after suffering such a loss. Sending more of our men and women to die in the streets of Baghdad to help erect an Islamic Republic will not honor the memory of the fallen…it will simply steal the future from more of America’s youth and leave us with nothing but the taste of blood and bitter ashes for years to come.

[Autonomy]

1. the link to the story isn't working nt

[Mythsaje]

2. Hmmm. Thanks for the info.

I have no idea why not.

It may then be necessary to go to http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/ and then find the "Military Moms Speak Out on Protest Vigil" story (2nd one under }Local."

Sorry about that. I copied the original link, so I'm not sure what the problem is.

[FourthPoint]

3. Cindy on NPR

Heard Cindy Sheehan on NPR, check it out!!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4822109

[cyrilb]

4. Good, but too long (see other tips)

Your letter is good, but it is too long to be considered for publication by the News Tribune (as most other newspapers).
It has 444 words (copy/paste into Word and select Tools|Word Count), and the News Tribune only accepts submissions of 250 words of less.

(I know since I wrote to them already before -I'm from Bellevue, WA-and their reply included this guidelines:
Letters are limited to 250 words. We will consider longer submissions as Your Voice or opinion columns, but the acceptance rate for these is much lower. Again, thanks for writing.)

You should check out my compilation of tips to Write Letters to the Editors (and pass it around!), it has lots of these.

Don't just complain, <a href="http://spaces.msn.com/members/whatcanwedo/"]Take Action.

[Amonester]

5. Thanks! And Welcome To DU!!

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