5 years later with over a million dead Iraqis, a destroyed Iraq, trillions of dollars spent and worst of all close to 4,000 dead soldiers. Yet, we Americans still sit by and watch helpless and hopeless to do anything to change the downward spiral of the country we love. We have waved our peace flags and attended a few marches. Some of us have even gone to DC and gotten arrested. We’ve heard the same speeches from the same people for years now. Isn't it time for ALL of us (US) to step up and do more? Camp at the Federal building until we have all been arrested? Boycott the fossil fuel mongers? Why isn't the American flag at half mast every time another soldier dies? We could be real radical and keep the death toll of this illegal and immoral occupation in Iraq on the front page of every paper until the killing stops? Will that be too real for the nice safe lives that we all pretend to live? Make Eugene a Sanctuary City so the brave Iraq Veterans who do not want to go back for their multiple tours can have a safe place where they will not be handcuffed by Eugene Police department and thrown in jail. People like the Iraq Veterans Against the War are working to end the madness of this administration. I am heading to Washington DC to support my daughter and other Iraq Veteran's as they speak their truth, bare their souls and give their testimony at Winter Soldier.
Sara Rich, M.S.W.
proud parent of an Iraq Veteran Against the War