Dear
Friend,
On this day in 2003, despite months filled with thousands of
protests around the globe, the United States invaded Iraq on what
would later be proven to be false pretenses and lies. The following
years of unwarranted death and destruction would devastate the region
to this day.
"The human consequences of the invasion of Iraq were
horrific. Over 275,000 Iraqis perished because of the invasion. Over
nine million Iraqis were internally displaced or became refugees
abroad. Museums were looted and historic cities devastated. The
destabilization of Iraq led to deadly internal warfare between Shia
and Sunni factions, followed by the rise of ISIS and its brutal
short-lived caliphate. The ultimate responsibility for all this
destruction lies with the United
States."
- Green Party Peace Action
Committee
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On the 20th
anniversary of the illegal U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Green Party of
the United States remains the only national political party committed
to peaceful resolution of international conflicts. During the past 20
years, under Democratic and Republican presidents alike, the U.S. has
engaged in endless covert operations, invasions, and proxy wars abroad
while clamping down on civil liberties at home to fight the "war on
terror".
The two parties of war and Wall Street march in lockstep from one
military disaster to the next while steadily increasing an already
bloated defense budget. We should be seeking de-escalation and
re-directing that wasteful military spending toward the Ecosocialist
Green New Deal needed to avert a climate catastrophe and build a just
society. Instead, we continue to station hundreds of thousands of
troops and non-military independent contractors all over the world in
hundreds of army bases in at least eighty countries.
There will be no end to this militaristic madness unless there is a
profound political change in Washington, D.C. The Green Party can make
that change happen with
your help. We must extinguish the fires of war before they consume
us all.
Donate
now to the Green Party, the party of peace!
Thank you for your continued support,
The Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org/
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