I do not support this adventure, regardless

Posted on October 2, 2002 in Peace

I shall not salute the flag or any individual wearing the uniform of the United States or participate in any mock patriotic displays because the country has departed from the quest for justice. I shall not lend my support to any event or action that confuses love for my country and its people with blind acceptance of evil.

The government is free to extort my tax dollars as it has all these years. I capitulate to its threats of violence against my person in this matter. But the money does not go with my blessings or my enthusiasm. And threats of violence shall not buy my silence.

But I shall not forget that these who want the war and those who wage it are human. If our boys come back injured or tortured in the mind, I shall not refuse them help. I shall not spit upon them or curse them as killers. I shall seek to ease their pain. I shall treat them as my equals. I hate no man.

And I shall seek ways to alleviate the suffering of the Iraqi people.

The blame for the evil that this adventure is sure to bring rests on its promoters. I am prepared to forgive, but they shall still be held accountable. I shall strive to see them removed and forever prevented from holding office in our future nation of the free.