Chicken Hawks Sent GIs to Iraq

The purse strings are wide open. War profiteers are having their heyday with billions of dollars ofcontracts. But when the well runs dry, the war will end. The chicken hawks will crawl back into their rat holes. The veterans who fought the war will be out on the street begging for their benefits.Why don't we talk about getting Osama bin Laden? He is still riding around the country on that donkey Ronald Reagan gave him. He is the one who takes responsibility for Sept. 11, 2001. He is the one who is masterminding and sending terrorist agents into our country. What is this smokescreen about?I believe that with the sanctions against Iraq, the constant bombings year in and year out, the no-fly zone, U.N. inspectors roaming the country looking for WMDs that were more scarce than Bush's National Guard records, we had Saddam Hussein contained. No American GIs were being killed. No way was Saddam going to come over here and “liberate” our country.To the returning soldiers from the war against the people of Iraq, I say to them, save your criticism and energy to fight the chicken hawks who sent you to war in Iraq. These chicken hawks are already cutting back on veterans benefits. As a disabled veteran and anti-war protester, I will be at your side fighting to preserve your benefits.

RICHARD NEILL

Cape May Court House

Letter published in Press of Atlantic City, December 23, 2005

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