CONG. PETER ROSKAM'S SEPTEMBER, 2009 REPORT CARD ON MIDDLE EAST WARS
October 11, 2009
Congressman Peter Roskam
150 S. Bloomingdale Road, Suite 200
Bloomingdale, IL 60108
Dear Congressman Roskam,
September wasn’t a particularly bloody month for American soldiers in Iraq with only 10 being needlessly killed in our senseless war there, but the Afghan toll of 40 US deaths was the third highest in the 96 months of senseless war in that desolate and deadly land. How many hundreds or thousands of Afghans and Iraqis were killed and maimed we’ll never know because our war machine which you support, does not care about or count. Oh yes, the cost of these needless deaths was twelve billion dollars in borrowed money that continues to burn the American economy into meltdown.
I mention these unpleasant facts, Sir, because once again you trotted out the “bloody flag” of the September 11, 2001 terrorist bombings to rally your constituents for support of these criminal wars on the eighth anniversary of those tragic events. Specifically you said, “We must never forget the lessons of 9/11, that America must constantly stay vigilant and active in our fight against Islamic radicals.” There it is, the infamous blank check the Bush Administration wrote to wage needless war anytime, anywhere, anyplace on the basis of “Islamic radicals”. The terrorists who planned those attacks a decade ago probably said something like “We must never forget the lessons of American interference in the Middle East, that we must stay vigilant and active in our fight against American infidels”. Sound familiar, Congressman? Leaders bent on war will say anything to justify their nefarious deeds, and it has been that way since the beginning of warfare in Man’s bloody history. The operative word is “active” which is the trigger to wage war at the discretion of the attacker.
Guess what Congressman? That blank check doesn’t cut it with the directive of the Nuremburg War Crime Trials after World War II which requires much more than someone in an out-of-control war party deciding to attack countries and kill hundreds of thousands, if not a million of their citizens on some vague threat that turned out to be false. A specific terrorist threat can be stopped, as we have a number of times since the September 11, 2001attacks, with good police work and cooperation with other governments’ law enforcement agencies. That is because these are amorphous threats by individuals or groups and not those of a specific country waging war on America.
But attacking and occupying entire countries on the basis of presumed “threats” constitutes war crimes and you would be wise to re-assess your support of such murderous and criminal activities. You don’t need to worry about having to answer for your support of these crimes against humanity in the American political climate which only applies the Nuremburg directive prohibiting criminal wars to other countries. But in the dark recesses of your soul you should consider the enormity of the damage inflicted upon your fellow man with the four hundred millions of dollars daily you authorize to continue these crimes.
If you step up to the plate and be the first in the war party to demand their end and an investigation into the criminality responsible for them, you may just be the next recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Walt Zlotow
IL 6th District resident
Congressman Peter Roskam
150 S. Bloomingdale Road, Suite 200
Bloomingdale, IL 60108
Dear Congressman Roskam,
September wasn’t a particularly bloody month for American soldiers in Iraq with only 10 being needlessly killed in our senseless war there, but the Afghan toll of 40 US deaths was the third highest in the 96 months of senseless war in that desolate and deadly land. How many hundreds or thousands of Afghans and Iraqis were killed and maimed we’ll never know because our war machine which you support, does not care about or count. Oh yes, the cost of these needless deaths was twelve billion dollars in borrowed money that continues to burn the American economy into meltdown.
I mention these unpleasant facts, Sir, because once again you trotted out the “bloody flag” of the September 11, 2001 terrorist bombings to rally your constituents for support of these criminal wars on the eighth anniversary of those tragic events. Specifically you said, “We must never forget the lessons of 9/11, that America must constantly stay vigilant and active in our fight against Islamic radicals.” There it is, the infamous blank check the Bush Administration wrote to wage needless war anytime, anywhere, anyplace on the basis of “Islamic radicals”. The terrorists who planned those attacks a decade ago probably said something like “We must never forget the lessons of American interference in the Middle East, that we must stay vigilant and active in our fight against American infidels”. Sound familiar, Congressman? Leaders bent on war will say anything to justify their nefarious deeds, and it has been that way since the beginning of warfare in Man’s bloody history. The operative word is “active” which is the trigger to wage war at the discretion of the attacker.
Guess what Congressman? That blank check doesn’t cut it with the directive of the Nuremburg War Crime Trials after World War II which requires much more than someone in an out-of-control war party deciding to attack countries and kill hundreds of thousands, if not a million of their citizens on some vague threat that turned out to be false. A specific terrorist threat can be stopped, as we have a number of times since the September 11, 2001attacks, with good police work and cooperation with other governments’ law enforcement agencies. That is because these are amorphous threats by individuals or groups and not those of a specific country waging war on America.
But attacking and occupying entire countries on the basis of presumed “threats” constitutes war crimes and you would be wise to re-assess your support of such murderous and criminal activities. You don’t need to worry about having to answer for your support of these crimes against humanity in the American political climate which only applies the Nuremburg directive prohibiting criminal wars to other countries. But in the dark recesses of your soul you should consider the enormity of the damage inflicted upon your fellow man with the four hundred millions of dollars daily you authorize to continue these crimes.
If you step up to the plate and be the first in the war party to demand their end and an investigation into the criminality responsible for them, you may just be the next recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
Walt Zlotow
IL 6th District resident
posted by Walt Zlotow at 5:09 AM
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