Comments on: The Intimidation of a Vet http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/06/the-intimidation-of-a-vet/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:59:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: lloyd rowsey http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/06/the-intimidation-of-a-vet/#comment-7816 lloyd rowsey Mon, 22 Oct 2007 05:55:26 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/06/the-intimidation-of-a-vet/#comment-7816 God damn! thank you sep. I'm not a vet and I am a latecomer. But I'm doing everything I can, right now four months after this post of yours, to raise money for IVAW. And it has given MY life direction. God damn! thank you sep. I’m not a vet and I am a latecomer. But I’m doing everything I can, right now four months after this post of yours, to raise money for IVAW. And it has given MY life direction.

]]> By: sep http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/06/the-intimidation-of-a-vet/#comment-1760 sep Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:44:36 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/06/the-intimidation-of-a-vet/#comment-1760 I too am a OIF Cobat Vet against this war. I too am on the IRR rolls, and let me tell you something - if anyone has the right to speak out against this war it is the ones who were there. The abuse that the IRR is putting veterans who have come back is absolutely rediculous! ..and the ones that manage the IRR have not for the most part spent one day in the sand - yet they somehow feel obligated to return IRR people back to the sand and keep the back door draft quiet (yes - they tend to recall people back over right before they retire, ETS or are able to resign thier commission). If they are willing to do that, I can be ceratin they are trying to keep those that speak out against this war quiet. For the friends I served with, and other troops from all branches that went through it with me - and those that did not return home.. It is the honorable thing to speak out about this. It's basic military ethics - you do the right thing... speaking out against an administration that is willfully going against what the people want is the right thing. We are defenders of freedom, not puppets for political posture. I too am a OIF Cobat Vet against this war. I too am on the IRR rolls, and let me tell you something – if anyone has the right to speak out against this war it is the ones who were there. The abuse that the IRR is putting veterans who have come back is absolutely rediculous! ..and the ones that manage the IRR have not for the most part spent one day in the sand – yet they somehow feel obligated to return IRR people back to the sand and keep the back door draft quiet (yes – they tend to recall people back over right before they retire, ETS or are able to resign thier commission). If they are willing to do that, I can be ceratin they are trying to keep those that speak out against this war quiet.

For the friends I served with, and other troops from all branches that went through it with me – and those that did not return home.. It is the honorable thing to speak out about this. It’s basic military ethics – you do the right thing… speaking out against an administration that is willfully going against what the people want is the right thing. We are defenders of freedom, not puppets for political posture.

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