MEDIA RELEASE, 2 June, 2010 - Stand Fast, the Australian-based veterans group which is comprised of veterans and former military personnel who oppose the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, is calling on all people of conscience to protest the upcoming visit of Barack Obama in mid-June.
"Why should we welcome a war criminal?" asked Stand Fast spokesperson and East Timor veteran, Hamish Chitts. "Obama is not a force for progress, he is not a man of peace - from his first day in office he has firmly placed himself in the camp of the warmongers and war-profiteers."
"Why should we welcome someone who has overseen the destruction of thousands of civilians and soldiers' lives in wars that most people in this country do not agree with," Mr Chitts said.
When George W. Bush visited Australia in 2007 tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest against these wars and Bush's leading role in them.
Obama has not only inherited the command of these wars but he has expanded them. In his first year in office, he broke several war-making records of President George W. Bush â€" with the largest military budget in U.S. history and the most drone attacks on the most countries.
"Obama has reneged on his promise to withdraw troops from Iraq. In Afghanistan he has more than doubled US troop numbers, he has pressured other occupying nations to increase their troop numbers and has doubled the number of mercenaries.
"Most of the Australian casualties of Obama's wars are hidden, they are psychological and the negative impact is not just on the veterans themselves, but on their loved ones, their children and their communities. As veterans we know the war does not end for us when we come home," Mr Chitts said.
Politicians are happiest when we stay at home complaining to our friends or on the internet.
Stand Fast calls on ordinary people to take to the streets in June, in Canberra and Sydney and in cities Mr Obama won't visit - to remind him and the warmongers in this country that the anti-war majority demands troops out of Iraq and troops out of Afghanistan now.
Sources:
- Media Release, Stand Fast - June 2, 2010 (Charismatic President not welcome down under)
- Image courtesy US Army from Iraq, April 7, 2009 - President Obama and General Ray Odierno. CC- attrib licensed.
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Re: Veterans group says President Obama not welcome down under
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