Please Send A Letter

  Dear Friends,  

This is where we start. I believe it is up to all of us to help Cindy and families like her's.   

We need masses of people to let them know we are not happy with all the murder in our name as Americans.  

Please write a letter to Conyers and help Cindy Sheehan. Please forward her letter and have others do the same.  
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Forwarded Message:
 

 Below is a letter I sent to Congressman John Conyers to request that he introduce Articles of Impeachment for Bush, Cheney and the entire gang. You, too, can send Mr Conyers a letter at: John.Conyers@mail.house.gov.  

 To the Honorable John Conyers, Jr.,  

Dear Congressman Conyers:  

First of all, thank you so much for your tireless efforts for the truth and for representing so admirably not only your constituents, but the people of America as well.   My son, Spc. Casey Austin Sheehan, was KIA in Iraq on 04 April, 2004. I knew when I was watching him leave me for that mistake of an invasion/occupation that it was an immoral war based on lies and exaggerations and that I should have somehow stopped him. But he went, and he was killed trying to rescue some of his buddies after he had only been in Iraq for two weeks.  

Congressman Conyers, this aggression in Iraq has been wrong from the beginning and has been proven over and over again to be a huge betrayal of the world. The memo about the upcoming invasion of Iraq that just recently surfaced in Great Britain, dated 23 July 2002, is only confirmation of what we already know: the intelligence was cooked and manipulated to fit the goals of the Administration driven by the Neo-Con agenda. Part of the memo states:      

  C reported on his recent talks in Washington. There was a perceptible shift in         attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove             Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and         WMD.  

Congressman Conyers, in July of 2002, my son didn't even realize that he was already a dead man. My entire family was still living our lives like we were always going to have each other. We were operating under the false and tragic assumption that all the children would bury the parents. Casey had a good life and we were a happy family. Casey was a kind, generous, intelligent, loving, funny, and indispensable part of our lives. Our lives have now been ripped open and devastated by his needless murder.   There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The Duelfer report so clearly states that Iraq wouldn't even have had WMD's in the near future. Saddam did not plan and execute 9/11. We all know who did plan 9/11 and that person is still running free. The policies of the murderous thugs in the White House have killed thousands of innocent people in Afghanistan who had no connection with 9/11. The same pack of liars and murderers in the Bush regime is responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis and many hundreds of innocent Americans. How many people are George Bush, et al, going to slaughter before they feel some kind of revenge (no matter how misplaced) for 9/11? The leaders of our country rushed us recklessly headlong into an invasion that should never have happened and our children are still not properly armed, armored, equipped, or trained. In my opinion, the invasion could have waited forever, or at least until Rumsfeld had the Army that he "wanted."  

Congressman, the only people the aggression in Iraq have benefited are the people who have become fabulously wealthy because of it. Follow the money trail and you will see who is responsible for so much senseless bloodshed. In addition, there are billions of dollars missing from the Provisional Authority in Iraq. BILLIONS! Who will be held accountable for that crime? The criminals that need to be held accountable are master manipulators and they need to be brought to justice.  

In addition to the treasonous lies that convinced some of our fellow citizens that we needed to invade a sovereign country that posed no threat to the USA, our country has stooped to the most lowest of forms of humanity: humiliating and painful torture of our so-called enemies. The orders for this torture were given and endorsed from the very top of the chain of command and the only people who are beingpunished are privates and specialists from West Virginia. The people who should be held accountable for the despicable crimes of torture sit in comfy offices on nice chairs counting their money in the Oval Office, VPs office, Pentagon, and the Attorney General's office. Every one of the people who defile these offices should be arrested and handcuffed for war crimes and treason.  

Congressman Conyers, it is obvious to me that George Bush has committed high crimes and misdemeanors against this country and the citizens of the world. His lies, betrayals, mistakes, miscalculations, arrogance and stupidity are responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent people and the destruction of a sovereign nation and civilization.    I am strongly urging you to introduce Articles of Impeachment for Bush and Cheney. It is the only moral thing to do to try and stop these immoral people who are waging an immoral war. The resignations of Rumsfeld, Rice and Gonzales should also be stridently called for. There should actually be a wholesale cleaning out of the Pentagon and the Cabinet to get this country and the world back on track to healing and regaining our humanity.  

Congressman, nothing will bring my son back. However, seeing the monsters who sent him to be killed in a prefabricated war, brought to justice, will help my healing process immensely. Also, seeing the occupation end and the bloodshed stop will be the best outcome of getting the thugs out of our government.  

In Peace and Hope, and with all sincerity,

Cindy Sheehan

Cofounder of Gold Star Families for Peace  http://www.gsfp.org/