Forum Post: Iraq Veterans Against the Wars

They have the soundest arguments and credentials to show how these wars steal form the 99% and enrich a few war companies. From their website, http://ivaw.org/. God bless them.

Why We Are against the Wars Q: Why are veterans, active duty, and National Guardsmen and women opposed to the war in Iraq?

1. The Iraq war is based on lies and deception.
2. The Iraq war violates international law.
3. Corporate profiteering is driving the war in Iraq.
4. Overwhelming civilian casualties are a daily occurrence in Iraq.
5. Soldiers have the right to refuse illegal war.
6. Service members are facing serious health consequences due to our Government's negligence.
7. The war in Iraq is tearing our families apart.
8. The Iraq war is robbing us of funding sorely needed here at home.
9. The war dehumanizes Iraqis and denies them their right to self-determination.
10. Our military is being exhausted by repeated deployments, involuntary extensions, and activations of the Reserve and National Guard.

Q: Why does Iraq Veterans Against the War call for the immediate withdrawal from Iraq?

1. The reasons and rationale given for the invasion were fraudulent.
2. The presence of the US military is not preventing sectarian violence.
3. The occupation is a primary motivation for the insurgency and global religious extremism.
4. We can no longer afford to fight this war of choice.
5. National security is compromised.
6. The world is becoming more dangerous.
7. Our national “moral authority” is being undermined.
8. The majority of American citizens, Iraqi citizens and US military would like to see an immediate end to the war in Iraq.
9. The military is broken.

War in Afghanistan Resolution Against the War in Afghanistan Whereas, Iraq Veterans Against the War is an organization that has opened its membership to veterans of the war in Afghanistan;

Whereas, the war in Afghanistan is continuing into its seventh year with rising casualties among the Afghan people, and with U.S. and Coalition forces facing their deadliest year since the invasion;

Whereas a primary motivation for the prolonged occupation of Afghanistan is competition between the U.S., Russia and China for control of oil and natural gas resources in Central Asia and the Caspian Sea;

Whereas, the military occupation is creating tension and resentment among the Afghan people, to include Afghan women, many of whom are calling for the removal of all foreign occupying troops;

Whereas, the Afghanistan war dehumanizes the Afghan people and denies them their right to self-determination;

Whereas, our military is being exhausted by involuntary extensions, and activations of the Reserve, National Guard and Individual Ready Reserve, and by repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan;

Whereas, service members are facing serious health consequences due to our government's negligence in Iraq and Afghanistan and mismanagement of the Department of Veterans Affairs;

Whereas, there is no battlefield solution to terrorism, and any escalation of the war in Afghanistan will only serve to exacerbate the plight of the Afghan people, destabilize the region, and further the breakdown of our military;

Therefore, be it resolved that Iraq Veterans Against the War calls for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all occupying forces in Afghanistan and reparations for the Afghan people, and supports all troops and veterans working towards those ends. Adopted on: January 15, 2009