We have been down this road before.
U.S. troops sent to war half a world away. American foreign
policy controlled by an arrogant elite, bent on projecting
military power around the globe. A public misled into
supporting an unconstitutional war founded on deceit and
fabrications.
As the death toll mounts, we hear claims that the war is
nearly won, that victory is just around the corner. But
victory never arrives.
As the public loses confidence in the government, the
government questions the patriotism of any who express doubt
about the war.
When a presidential election arrives, both the Democrat and
Republican nominees embrace the policy of continued war.
The military draft comes to dominate the lives of America's
young, and vast numbers who believe the war to be a
senseless blunder are faced with fighting a war they do not
believe in, or facing exile or prison.
The year was 1968. Because voters had no choice that
November, the Vietnam War continued for another six years.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans like you died, were
maimed, or suffered from diseases like malaria. A far
greater number of Vietnamese died.
Today, the war is in the quicksands and alleys of Iraq. Once
again, under the pressure of a determined resistance, we see
an American war policy being slowly torn apart at the seams,
while the candidates urge us to "stay the course" in this
tragic misadventure. Today's Presidential candidates are not
Nixon and Humphrey, they are now Bush and Kerry.
Once again, there is one overriding truth: If war is the
only choice in this election, then war we will have.
Today enlistments in the Reserves and National Guard are
declining. The Pentagon is quietly recruiting new members
to fill local draft boards, as the machinery for drafting
a new generation of young Americans is being quietly put
into place.
Young Americans need to know that a train is coming, and it
could run over their generation in the same way that the
Vietnam War devastated the lives of those who came of age in
the sixties.
I am running for President, and have been against this
war from the beginning. We must not waste lives in order
to control and waste more oil. Stand with us and we may
yet salvage your future and Americas' future from this
looming disaster.
Sincerely, Ralph Nader
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Lynne Stewart for Sheik Rahman, the terrorist convicted for the 1993
World Trade Center bombing.
The American Muslim Council is one of the current members of Al-Arian's
NCPPF (the same group to which IFCO's Bernstein belongs). Leaders of the AMC
have been quoted as praising Hamas and Hezbollah. Jabara's AMC advisory
board colleagues include Fakhri Al-Barzinji. Al-Barzinji is involved in
Mar-Jac Poultry, which was raided last year by the FBI for links to Sami
Al-Arian.
Bashir Ahmad is another of Jabara's AMC advisory board colleagues. Ahmad is
a member of the SAMAD Group (a financial operation) and Justice Taqi Usmani
works for the SAMAD Group. Taqi Usmani is a suspected major player in the
Muslim Brotherhood International money laundering network of Dallah
Al-Baraka, Al-Taqwa, Al-Rahji Investment and Development Corp. Taqi Usmani
operates the Al-Balagh.net, which has a online bookstore in California
selling books written by individuals who are on the U.S. and UN terrorist
lists.
Jabara is a member of the legal advisory board for the Council for
Palestinian Restitution and Repatriation (CPRR) as well. The non-profit CPRR
exists to "provide legal assistance to Palestinian refugees and their heirs
and to educate the public about the legitimate rights of Palestinians."
Two members of th