[O29] Troops out NOW or "at some unspecified date in the future to be determ

[Brian O'Connell]

I have to weigh in here and say that going along with a timetable and 
leaving the war pullout to corporate loving John Kerry,Ted Kennedy and 
Hillary Clinton does not appeal to me at all. Leave the war to the 
politicians? No thanks.

If we arn't going to demand an end to war and the pursuit of peace NOW then 
when are we going to do it? Who's going to do it? The next generation? The 
one after that? Or maybe the one after that? We probably don't have too many 
generations left if we don't cure the scourge of war and injustice. If we 
don't seriously take on the military industrial complex with clear demands 
then we won't have much influence.

The message,  "a sane and just world is possible, we have the power" can be 
sold to the American public, we just have to create a new protest culture to 
get them down to the market. I want to sell them real Peace, not plastic 
Congressional Peace.

If someone had me on the ground with a boot to my neck I'd probably want 
them to take it off NOW. . . I wouldn't say to my assailiant, "Please sir, 
lighten up the pressure in about ten minutes, thank you sir".

Also, on the issue of including a demand in solidarity with Arabs and 
Muslims. For me that's a no brainer . . .Of course we should be reaching out 
to that community.





Brian O'Connell
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