http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/2009/11/13/a-plea-from-a-vietnam-vet-trying-to-persuade-obama-not-to-escalate-in-afghanistan/ Called to Serve: Stories of the Men and Women Confronted by the Vietnam War Draft Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/2009/11/13/a-plea-from-a-vietnam-vet-trying-to-persuade-obama-not-to-escalate-in-afghanistan/#comment-188 Hungry for justice » Whole Weird World Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:03:31 +0000 http://www.vietnamwardraftstories.com/blog/?p=276#comment-188 [...] recently wrote a letter to President Obama calling on him to “withdraw our military men and women from the Middle [...] [...] recently wrote a letter to President Obama calling on him to “withdraw our military men and women from the Middle [...]

]]> http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/2009/11/13/a-plea-from-a-vietnam-vet-trying-to-persuade-obama-not-to-escalate-in-afghanistan/#comment-187 Richmond Greens » TruthOut: Vietnam Vet Stages Hunger Strike in Front of White House to Raise Awareness About PTSD Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:38:06 +0000 http://www.vietnamwardraftstories.com/blog/?p=276#comment-187 [...] about post-traumatic stress disorder and protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Mahany recently wrote a letter to President Obama calling on him to “withdraw our military men and women from the Middle [...] [...] about post-traumatic stress disorder and protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Mahany recently wrote a letter to President Obama calling on him to “withdraw our military men and women from the Middle [...]

]]> http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/2009/11/13/a-plea-from-a-vietnam-vet-trying-to-persuade-obama-not-to-escalate-in-afghanistan/#comment-186 Tom Weiner Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:59:09 +0000 http://www.vietnamwardraftstories.com/blog/?p=276#comment-186 I greatly appreciate your writing this comment. It tells it like it is about our species and I wish I could tell you that I have received many comments in support of Mr. Mahany. There is no military draft. There is more reaction by students in response to the California University system raising fees than there is to the horror of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. What will it take to wake us up and result in the end of war. I greatly appreciate your writing this comment. It tells it like it is about our species and I wish I could tell you that I have received many comments in support of Mr. Mahany. There is no military draft. There is more reaction by students in response to the California University system raising fees than there is to the horror of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. What will it take to wake us up and result in the end of war.

]]> http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/2009/11/13/a-plea-from-a-vietnam-vet-trying-to-persuade-obama-not-to-escalate-in-afghanistan/#comment-185 Marler Spence Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:04:51 +0000 http://www.vietnamwardraftstories.com/blog/?p=276#comment-185 Is my post today the first one after Tom's post a week ago? Where is the outrage? Is my post today the first one after Tom’s post a week ago? Where is the outrage?

]]> http://www.calledtoservevietnam.com/blog/2009/11/13/a-plea-from-a-vietnam-vet-trying-to-persuade-obama-not-to-escalate-in-afghanistan/#comment-184 Marler Spence Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:32 +0000 http://www.vietnamwardraftstories.com/blog/?p=276#comment-184 I stand in protest with Thomas Mahany to end the senseless killing of war, the most primitive behavior of mankind. What pre-civilized man did with stones and spears we engage in daily with the latest high tech weapons. This wholesale killing is no less uncivilized than it was 12,000 years ago. How can we profess intelligence as a people, let alone wisdom and compassion, when we continue war's animalistic behavior of slaughtering of our own species? Indeed most animals behave much more civilly. When will we cease to be mindless killers? When will we evolve? I stand in protest with Thomas Mahany to end the senseless killing of war, the most primitive behavior of mankind. What pre-civilized man did with stones and spears we engage in daily with the latest high tech weapons. This wholesale killing is no less uncivilized than it was 12,000 years ago. How can we profess intelligence as a people, let alone wisdom and compassion, when we continue war’s animalistic behavior of slaughtering of our own species? Indeed most animals behave much more civilly. When will we cease to be mindless killers? When will we evolve?

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