I am no scholar, and thanks to the internet, anyone can conduct a little research and read the information that is right in front of them. Maybe Nancy should give it a try.
I. Simply put, Iraq had nothing to do with the terrorist attacks, and that has been established. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz himself admitted in 2002 to a right-wing talk show host that “I’m not sure even now that I would say Iraq had something to with it.” Iraq also had no Weapons of Mass Destruction, which even after a year after the invasion and 1,000 soldiers dead, none were found. Under the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) granted by Congress, an act of aggression against a sovereign nation was NEVER AUTHORIZED. Operation Iraqi Freedom is over.
Conclusion: Sending my son back to Iraq for another tour of duty is illegal, and therefore is a crime.
II. The commanding orders redeploying this marine also provide him with assurances as to job security. This is referred to in US Code Title 38, Sec. 4301 which states:
(1) to encourage noncareer service in the uniformed services by eliminating or minimizing the disadvantages to civilian careers and employment which can result from such service;
(2) to minimize the disruption to the lives of persons performing service in the uniformed services as well as to their employers….by providing for the prompt reemployment of such persons upon their completion of such service; and
(3) to prohibit discrimination against persons because of their service in the uniformed services.
According to statistics, and a study conducted by the Department of Veterans Affairs (see also http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23056355/) in 2007, 18 percent of the veterans who sought jobs within one to three years of discharge were unemployed, while one out of four who did find jobs earned less than $21,840 a year. It said that employers often had misplaced stereotypes about veterans’ fitness for employment, such as concerns they did not possess adequate technological skills, or were too rigid, lacked education or were as risk for post-traumatic stress disorder.
“The issue of mental health has turned into a double-edged sword for returning veterans. More publicity has generated more public awareness and federal funding for those who return home different when they left. However, more publicity, especially stories that perpetuate the “Wacko Vet’ myth, has also made some employers more cautious to hire a veteran.”
Also shown was that formal job complaints by reservists remained high, citing concerns about denied jobs or benefits after they tried to return to their old jobs after extended tours in Iraq. Reservists filed 1,357 complaints with the department of Labor in 2006, the latest figures available.
Conclusion: My son, upon returning from Iraq, was given a desk job because they "assumed" he had PTSD. He was never evaluated, and they are still threatening to fire him, even upon his 3rd deployment!
Therefore, this is in direct violation of said Presidential Proclamation 7463, as included in the orders from the US Marine Corps., and is a crime.
So if the "impeachment-lite" team did not convince Speaker Pelosi that George Bush and Dick Cheney have committed any crimes, or there are no impeachable offenses that she can think of, even if Congressman Dennis Kucinich submitted 35 which includes misleading the American people, which in includes, I might remind you, members of the Armed Services, and members of Congress to believe Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, and that Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States; then let her speak to military family members who are suffering great losses; who watch their loved ones lives destroyed; and who are sacrificing everything for this lie that has been perpetrated.
I ask you, Speaker Pelosi, or Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro, daughter of a popular local politician from the Little Italy section of Baltimore, Maryland, a devout Roman Catholic, mother of 5 children, and grandmother of 6, will your family be in Iraq fighting this war you keep funding? Are you responsible for the continuous bloodshed when you know it must stop because you refuse to impeach the criminals who lied and continue lying to us. Aren’t you convinced yet?
Military family members now hold YOU personally responsible for the death and wounding of our loved ones. I am repulsed by your face and the rest of the democrats who are complicit with sending my son back for another tour of duty. I WILL hold you responsible if he does not return, because you needed a “reason” to impeach the people who sent him there in the first place!
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