Defending American freedom... with our lives.
American is the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. Our freedoms must be protected against infringement, even if it leads to the loss of lives. Our most precious freedoms are written into the First Ammendment of our Constitution and they include freedom of speech, freedom of religious expression, freedom of the press as well as the freedom to peaceably assemble and to petition the government to address grievances. These rights are vital to making the United States the great country that it is today, and they are worth defending and even dying for. I am quite sure that there is not a single person reading this that would not agree. Wars have been fought and hundreds of thousands have died in the name of defending this freedom. Our president, George Bush, tells us that we must beat the terrorists abroad in order to defend these freedoms.
Another right guaranteed in our Bill of Rights is written as "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." So now I ask, in what way was George Bush defending our rights when he violated this particular right himself, against thousands of American citizens? How can we trust this person who himself violated our trust and our rights, to defend us from those who themselves seek to do the same thing?
We claim to be the land of the free and the home of the brave. How brave must we be to prefer the killings of tens of thousands of innocent, non-American citizens, so that we prevent an attack which might take a couple thousand American lives? Is this bravery? The Heritage Dictionary defines Bravery as "the condition or quality of being brave; courage." Courage: "The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery." The invasion of Iraq, the killing of at least 30,000 Iraqi citizens, this was not done as an act of bravery. This war was begun out of rage and fear. The US is not facing danger and fear, rather our government is creating a sense of danger (presumed weapons of mass destruction and terrorism) to generate fear among the American people so that they can promote an agenda of capitalist imperialism, under the guise of "defending American freedoms".
Well, I am no coward. I am not going to hide behind the lives of millions of Iraqis, Iranians, Afghanis, Koreans, or any other supposed threat to American superiority. Nor am I going to allow the president of the greatest country in the world, or the elected representatives of its citizens, to stomp on our freedoms in the name of defending them. This is why we must not allow the Patriot Act to be renewed and why we must hold President Bush accountable for NSA surveillance of American citizens, detention and abuse of prisoners in Guantanamo, Cuba, and elsewhere, the false justification of the war in Iraq, the failure to recognize the signs leading to the attack on the World Trade Center, and all other crimes against humanity and the freedoms of Americans that may yet come to light.
Thank You,
John Ahrens
Los Angeles, CA
American is the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. Our freedoms must be protected against infringement, even if it leads to the loss of lives. Our most precious freedoms are written into the First Ammendment of our Constitution and they include freedom of speech, freedom of religious expression, freedom of the press as well as the freedom to peaceably assemble and to petition the government to address grievances. These rights are vital to making the United States the great country that it is today, and they are worth defending and even dying for. I am quite sure that there is not a single person reading this that would not agree. Wars have been fought and hundreds of thousands have died in the name of defending this freedom. Our president, George Bush, tells us that we must beat the terrorists abroad in order to defend these freedoms.
Another right guaranteed in our Bill of Rights is written as "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." So now I ask, in what way was George Bush defending our rights when he violated this particular right himself, against thousands of American citizens? How can we trust this person who himself violated our trust and our rights, to defend us from those who themselves seek to do the same thing?
We claim to be the land of the free and the home of the brave. How brave must we be to prefer the killings of tens of thousands of innocent, non-American citizens, so that we prevent an attack which might take a couple thousand American lives? Is this bravery? The Heritage Dictionary defines Bravery as "the condition or quality of being brave; courage." Courage: "The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery." The invasion of Iraq, the killing of at least 30,000 Iraqi citizens, this was not done as an act of bravery. This war was begun out of rage and fear. The US is not facing danger and fear, rather our government is creating a sense of danger (presumed weapons of mass destruction and terrorism) to generate fear among the American people so that they can promote an agenda of capitalist imperialism, under the guise of "defending American freedoms".
Well, I am no coward. I am not going to hide behind the lives of millions of Iraqis, Iranians, Afghanis, Koreans, or any other supposed threat to American superiority. Nor am I going to allow the president of the greatest country in the world, or the elected representatives of its citizens, to stomp on our freedoms in the name of defending them. This is why we must not allow the Patriot Act to be renewed and why we must hold President Bush accountable for NSA surveillance of American citizens, detention and abuse of prisoners in Guantanamo, Cuba, and elsewhere, the false justification of the war in Iraq, the failure to recognize the signs leading to the attack on the World Trade Center, and all other crimes against humanity and the freedoms of Americans that may yet come to light.
Thank You,
John Ahrens
Los Angeles, CA
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