War Resisters

I went to hear a woman, Kelly Dougherty, talk tonight. She is a veteran of the Iraq War, who has come out against it, and helped form the organization Iraq Veterans Against the War. The talk was put on by the War Resisters Support Campaign. She was obviously a little nervous with public speaking, but what she had to say about the war, how a lot of soldiers feel about the war, and what they were going through, was captivating.

I would recommend supporting the War Resisters. I think that soldiers, recruits, and potential recruits, are a cruicial point of resistance at this time. One thing Kelly said, in response to a question, was that she thinks that the US military would face much more resistance in reaction to the delcaration of a new war, say in Iran, than it did in response to the declaration of the Iraq war.