Veterans For Peace Call for Congressional Action to Remove George W. Bush from the Office of President of the United States

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/impeachment/impeachment.htm

Who: Veterans For Peace, a national organization of military veterans including
men and women from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, the Iraq War,
other conflicts and peacetime.

What: A call to congress to impeach George W. Bush and Richard Cheney from the
offices of President and Vice-President of the United States, respectively.

Why: In a letter sent to each member of the U.S. House and Senate, Veterans For
Peace (VFP) stated that "this administration's war on Iraq, in addition to being
increasingly unpopular among Americans, is an unmistakable violation of our
Constitution and federal law which you have sworn to uphold. In our system, the
remedy for such high crimes is clear: this administration must be impeached."

David Cline, a decorated Vietnam War combat veteran and VFP President, said, "We
do not make this call lightly and as former members of the U.S. armed forces, we
take our responsibilities as citizens very seriously. For that reason we believe
that when our government conducts a war of aggression on Iraq and commits a
growing and appalling series of what must legally be considered war crimes and
crimes against humanity in the execution of that war, it violates Article VI of
the U.S. Constitution, the War Crimes Act of 1996 (18 U.S.C. ? 2441), and
numerous international treaties which are legally binding on our nation."

Cline added that, "We are not the first group to call for impeachment. We have
decided to add our voice to the call. All the reasons given for the invasion
have shown themselves to be half-truths or misleading. The conflict continues to
drag on taking the lives of our soldiers and innocent Iraqis. It is clear that
George Bush does not intend to change course in an effort to right this great
wrong. He has had enough time in his second term to begin a shift and he has
not. It is time to remove him from office."

Veterans For Peace is seeking individual and organizational supporters to work
jointly on the effort to impeach the president.

To read the letter to congress and the Nuremberg Principles, the Geneva
Conventions, and the other treaties the administration has violated please
follow the link below:

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/impeachment/impeachment.htm

Veterans For Peace is a national organization founded in 1985. It is structured
around a national office in Saint Louis, MO and comprised of members across the
country organized in chapters or as at-large members. The organization includes
men and women veterans from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, other
conflicts and peacetime veterans. Our collective experience tells us wars are
easy to start and hard to stop and that those hurt are often the innocent. Thus,
other means of problem solving are necessary.


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March 19, 2005

Dear Member of Congress,

On the second anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Iraq, this letter is
being sent on behalf of Veterans For Peace (VFP), a national organization of
military veterans, to appeal for Congressional action to remove George W. Bush
and Richard Cheney from the offices of President and Vice-President of the
United States, respectively.

We do not make this call lightly and as former members of the U.S. armed forces,
we take our responsibilities as citizens very seriously. For that reason we
believe that when our government conducts a war of aggression on Iraq and
commits a growing and appalling series of what must legally be considered war
crimes and crimes against humanity in the execution of that war, it violates
Article VI of the U.S. Constitution, the War Crimes Act of 1996 (18 U.S.C. ?
2441), and numerous international treaties which are legally binding on our
nation.
Seeing this happen, and understanding all too well the suffering it is causing
and will continue to cause among our soldiers, their families, the people of
Iraq, and the fabric of both our societies, we cannot stand by in complicit
silence.

If you will read the relevant sections of the Nuremberg Principles, the Geneva
Conventions, and the other treaties this administration has violated (see
attached), you will be left with only one conclusion: that this administration's
war on Iraq, in addition to being increasingly unpopular among Americans, is an
unmistakable violation of our Constitution and federal law which you have sworn
to uphold.

In our system, the remedy for such high crimes is clear: this administration
must be impeached. We urge you as sincerely and solemnly as possible, to begin
impeachment proceedings against President Bush and Vice-President Cheney in the
House of Representatives and follow that with a trial in the Senate. In the name
of humanity we beseech and direct you to act.
Most Urgently,

David Cline, President

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/impeachment/impeachment.htm

Alan

"Can't you see we're still here,
Can't you see we're still here,
Singing loud; Singing clear,
We shall not go under,
We're still here."

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