Veterans GROUP ISSUES "DECLARATION OF IMPEACHMENT" AND ANNOUNCES PETITION
TO REMOVE PRESIDENT BUSH St. Louis - A national veterans' organization
today issued a "Declaration of Impeachment" and announced it is beginning
an online petition to remove President Bush from office for crimes
committed during the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Using the same language as the original "Declaration of Independence,"
Veterans For Peace cited many of the same reasons to remove George Bush
that Thomas Jefferson cited to separate from King George of England. And
in a modern version of the signing of the Declaration, VFP announced the
posting of its online impeachment petition.
"The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated
injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of
an absolute Tyranny," Jefferson wrote, and then added the famous litany of
abuses charged against the king that VFP said is unchanged today:
a.. "He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior
to the Civil power. b.. He has.deprive(ed) us in many cases, of the
benefits of Trial by Jury.transport(ed) us beyond Seas to be tried for
pretended offences c.. He has constrained our fellow Citizens.to become
the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by
their Hands d.. He is at this time transporting large Armies.to
compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with
circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most
barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
e.. A (President) whose character is thus marked by every act which may
define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
The veterans' Declaration of Impeachment came to the same conclusion as
Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, when it declared ".it is the
Right of the People.it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to
provide new Guards for their future security."
VFP President, Dave Cline, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran, said, "You
bet it's our right and our duty! Today's tyrant named George may have
little regard for the Constitution, but as members of the military we took
an oath to uphold that document. George Bush has repeatedly violated not
only the Constitution but federal law, by invading and occupying Iraq. In
our system the remedy for such high crimes is clear: he must be
impeached."
Emphasizing the gravity with which Veterans for Peace takes
the impeachment of George Bush, Cline concluded by quoting the
final sentence of the Declaration of Independence: "And for
the support of this Declaration.we mutually pledge to each
other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
To sign the online petition, or to read the "Declaration of Impeachment"
and VFP's documented case for removing George Bush, go to:
http://veteransforpeace.org.
Veterans For Peace is a national organization founded in 1985, with 123
chapters across the country.
