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We, as military veterans, do hereby affirm our greater responsibility to serve the cause of world peace. To this end we will work, with others both nationally and internationally.

To increase public awareness of the causes and costs of war.

To restrain our governments from intervening, overtly and covertly, in the internal affairs of other nations.

To end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons.

To seek justice for veterans and victims of war.

To abolish war as an instrument of national policy.

To achieve these goals, members of Veterans For Peace pledge to use non-violent means and to maintain an organization that is both democratic and open with the understanding that all members are trusted to act in the best interests of the group for the larger purpose of world peace.

For More Information (Including how to become a member): www.veteransforpeace.org

THE PENTAGON HAS BILLION$ TO SPEND ON WAR. OUR CHAPTER HAS ONLY OUR DUES AND YOUR DONATIONS TO SPEND ON PEACE.
PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION BY CHECK MAILED TO THE ADDRESS BELOW.
THANK YOU!

Join us for the weekly vigil at Pack Square/Former Vance Monument, Tuesdays from 4:30pm to 5:30pm.
MONTHLY MEETING TIME: The Third Tuesday of each month from 6:00PM to no later than 7:00PM. Land of the Sky United Church of Christ, 15 Overbrook Place, Asheville. All are welcome; please join us. Call Gerry Werhan: (704.957.2924)

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Handout for WNC Veterans for Peace Chapter 099 on October 18, 2022

 


 At the Boston Veterans Day parade, November 11, 2014.

An Excerpt from Peace & Planet News, a Publication of the New York City VFP chapter:

This piece is an excerpt, adapted from Ann Jones's book They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars –  the Untold Story. 

An older army officer calls me over... “I've been in the Army 26 years”, he says, “and I can tell you it's a con”.

He has been an adviser to the chief counterterrorism officer in Iraq. He doesn't think much of military bosses or politicians or Americans in general who send the lowliest 1% to fight wars that make the other one percent, on the high end, “monu-fuckin’-mentally rich”.

“ War is absurd”, he says. “Boys don't know any better.  But for a grown man to be trapped in stupid wars –  it's embarrassing, it's humiliating, it's absurd”.

To join Veterans for Peace, or to sign up for VFP e-News, go to: https://www.veteransforpeace.org
Western North Carolina Website: www.vfp099.org

Facebook: Veterans for Peace Western North Carolina Chapter 099 

Email: president@vfp099.org

Mailing address: VFP Chapter 099, PO Box 1024, Asheville NC 28802

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