On Saturday August 21, the US Army base at Fort Hood will begin sending 3,000 troops to Iraq, scheduled to stay for at least 12 months. Obama administration officials are re-branding and straight up lying to the public about the war when they say “the last day of August marks the end of combat operations in Iraq." You don't end a war by sending more troops.
On Sunday, Iraq veterans and others from around the country are going to be opposing this both visibly on the base and actually resisting this deployment in various ways. In a time when the military and the government have been caught with blood on their hands via the revelations from Wikileaks, this is a moment where people of conscience can act to influence many more people to stop the war crimes being committed in our names. The Wikileaks documents reveal soldiers firing into buses full of children, mortaring a villages, killing people at a wedding party including a pregnant women. We saw the pictures of Abu Ghraib and we remember the lies about weapons of mass destruction and many more of us have come to the understanding that these wars are being waged in the interests of U.S. Empire. We need to be out there with the truth.
Watch the Wiki-leaks Collateral Murder video here.
World Can't Wait will be bringing the message, "What Are They Deploying For? Murder, Rape, Torture, War!" As seen from testimony from Iraq veteran Ethan McCord watch here, people in the military, people who are thinking about joining the military and all of society can change their minds about these wars if they are challenged with the truth. This is what we are setting out to do, to bring out the nature of these wars to all sections of society and compelling them to act. If you are in Texas, this is a very important and rare opportunity to join in this kind of resistance and to be a part of spreading it.
We received this message from organizers of the protest action Sunday:
There will be a final organizing meeting the evening of Saturday, August 21st at 8:00 pm in the Killeen, Texas, area. Following this meeting, all participants will need to remain in the area for the next 24 hours. Contact forthooddisobeys@hushmail.com with your name, info, a brief bio and the degree to which you are interested in participating for more information and to learn the location of the meeting.
How you can help:
Housing is needed for out of town activists.
Bring visuals that show the truth about these occupations
Banners and slogans that encompass what the military is deploying for.
Donate to help pay for transportation, food and other necessities.
Spread the Wiki-leaks collateral video everywhere
If you can help with any of these things, please write wearenotyoursoldiers@worldcantwait.org
This is going to be a very exciting and important weekend. Follow us on twitter and Facebook for live updates. ( links to twitter and facebook)
TIP:
Enter the amount, and click "Tip" to submit!
Kevin Gosztola
Progressive Liberal
dragonlady
Lina Thorne
Dennis Loo
Jill McLaughlin
Salon.com
Comments