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18 Years Ago the US War on Iraq Began & Why I Oppose Hawaii's Homeland Defense Radar as Continuation of War

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Let us hope that none of our politicians believe that nuclear bombing or any type of military attack on any of the over 130 cities in China that have over 1 million inhabitants (the U.S. has 45 cities with over 1 million while in all of the European Union there are 36 cities with over 1 million) will enhance U.S. national security.

With 30+ years working in the U.S. national security establishment, I firmly believe that an investment of $1.9 BILLION in diplomatic, nonviolent initiatives with China, North Korea and Iran will go much further toward resolving U.S. national security issues that the construction of the Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii and the increasing military confrontation with China in the Western Pacific.

For these reasons, I strongly oppose construction of the Homeland Defense Radar-Hawaii.

And I oppose U.S. wars everywhere as they are evidence of the profitability of war"and the lack of effort to resolve international issues nonviolently through negotiation and diplomacy.

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Ann Wright is a 29-year US Army/Army Reserves veteran, a retired United States Army colonel and retired U.S. State Department official, known for her outspoken opposition to the Iraq War. She received the State Department Award for Heroism in 1997, after helping to evacuate several thousand (more...)
 
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