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"The soul of our country needs to be awakened...When leaders act contrary to conscience,
we must act contrary to leaders." -Veterans Fast for Life
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WHAT THIS SITE IS FOR: Dear Mr President is dedicated to publishing letters written to President Bush (or any other influential members of government, both within the United States or internationally) urging them to chart a course for peace rather than war. Additionally, Dear Mr President strives to provide information and resources about war resistance for those who are weary and wary of the mainstream media's portrayal of the U.S. "War On Terrorism".
WHO THIS SITE IS FOR:
WHO THIS SITE IS NOT FOR:
There are many, many websites out there for people who support the war. There are also websites out there for people both for and against war to debate their respective positions. I encourage you to seek these sites out and enjoy them if that is what you want to do. However, this site was designed for people who oppose violence and war. If this doesn't describe you, please find a more appropriate forum to discuss your opinions. (Promoting war on this website is sort of like showing up to a swim meet and expecting everyone to play basketball. It just doesn't make sense.) RECENT CHANGES: The national and global situation has changed dramatically since the birth of this website (shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks). The lack of updates since the site's inception is due to overwhelming and fast-changing world events. In a nutshell: I couldn't keep up. Dear Mr President was originally designed in the hopes of preventing (or at least documenting public resistance to) war in Afghanistan. Sadly, the United States' military involvement has now gone far beyond Afghanistan. Therefore, the site is being redesigned to reflect a more general and up-to-date goal: to publish letters to the president and other government leaders both within the U.S. and internationally that express a desire for justice and peace. The site will also include articles relevant to the pursuit of justice and peace. More to come... |
For those who oppose the United States' so-called "war on terrorism," violence, war, militarism, and U.S. cultural colonialism and imperialism, this is obviously a difficult time. For those of us who believe in peace and nonviolence, not just as ends, but as the only reasonable means to those ends, the situation we now face may seem hopeless. But as people of conscience, we know that we must act. Speak. Protest. Resist. Public outcry may not be enough to stop the U.S. government from waging war, but one thing is absolutely certain: A lack of public outcry will guarantee that they'll continue. |
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Writing letters to President Bush and other members of government, both within the U.S. and internationally, is not by any stretch of the imagination the best means of anti-war activism available to us. But it is a beginning, and one that is available even to those who are intimidated by the very idea of calling themselves activists. It is reasonably easy to do, even if one is very busy. It is perhaps a small form of protest, but when a small action is repeated
over and over by many people, it can gain substantial weight and power. So this site is dedicated to publishing letters written to President Bush or any other affected members of government urging them to chart a course of peace instead of war, nonviolence instead of violence. |
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| U.S. military spending ($343 billion in the year 2000) is 69 percent greater than that of the next five highest nations combined. Russia, which has the second largest military budget, spends less than one-sixth what the United States does. Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Cuba, Sudan, Iran, and Syria spend $14.4 billion combined; Iran accounts for 52 percent of this total. - Source: ZNet |
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Updated July 1, 2003