War, Iraq, Helping Those in Need & Appreciating Those That Do So Everywhere

[Guest guest]

Dear Michelle,

Please allow me this opportunity to apologize as my thoughts were not

intended to diminish your humanitarian efforts for those in need as a result

of the natural disaster in Indonesia.

I very much appreciate your efforts.

 

I just wish Americans would be as concerned for lives lost as a result of

intentional genocide as we are about unintentional genocide.

 

Where there is a natural disaster such as this there is much attention to

helping them and media coverage to illicit empathy. The military disaster

would not be supported as well or as long with public opinion if the

holocaust there were as publisized with pictures as are the earthquate

victims.

 

Likewise, I do no recall one disaster relief e-mail such as your valient

efforts to help those in need on the other side of the world in Indonesia

coming in for relief in Iraq. My efforts are spend in doing what I can to

end the War on Iraq.

 

Just think how much relief we could send to Indonesia if the $5.8 million we

are spending to destroy Iraq could be diverted to more humanitarian efforts

from the taxes that have already be extracted from the people so that we

wouldn't have to scrape up what we could from after tax dollars to send in

donations?

 

And what about this idea?

How about Halliburton and those other corporations that are making millions

from the War on Iraq being solicited by you to make a sizable donation to

your efforts to raise funds for Indonesia.

 

If you'll get me their phone number I'll call them first thing Monday

morning.

 

Thank you again so very, very much and again, please accept my apology.

Under no circumstances did I want to discredit your highly aplaudible

efforts.

 

Sincerely,

 

Dr. Sandra Lance, D.C.

 

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Sandra,

 

Have you attempted to donate money, clothing, food, supplies and NOT

found an agency to accept them? Have you adopted a family or two in

Iraq?

 

As I'm sure you know, the focus of my post was on ways that we can

offer support to those in crisis in Indonesia.

 

It was in no way intended to justify a senseless war, to slight the

needs of those in Iraq, to ignore the sick, hungry and homeless right

here in America or to invalidate the millions of other people in

desperate need all over the planet.

 

Happy New Year,

Michelle

 

Sandra wrote: Are any funds being collected to help the families of

the 100,000 innocent civilians that have been killed since March 2003

in the War on Iraq?

 

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" Michelle " <michelle

 

Friday, December 31, 2004 3:00 PM

Re: War, Iraq, Helping Those in Need

[Guest guest]

Thank you Sandra. Your note is appreciated. I'm sure you've visited:

http://www.costofwar.com

 

My husband was in Vietnam. We clearly recognize the war in Iraq.

Michelle