GIs Petition Congress To End Iraq War-Military Personnel Will Explain Actions-On 60 Minutes-2/25/07

[kpete]

GIs Petition Congress To End Iraq War
Over 1,000 Military Personnel Sign Petition Urging Withdrawal Of U.S. Troops

(CBS) They say they are not disloyal. They say they are not shirking their duty and that they do not oppose war. But over 1,000 active-duty and reserve members of the U.S. military are against the war in Iraq and have said so in an unusually public way — by petitioning Congress last month.

Several of them appear to explain their actions to correspondent Lara Logan this Sunday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

"I'm not anti-war. I'm not a pacifist. I'm not opposed to protecting our country and defending our principles," says Navy Petty Officer Jonathan Hutto, an Iraq war veteran who, along with another veteran, initiated the petition.

A 1995 law called the Military Whistleblower act enables military personnel to express their own opinions about Iraq in protected communication directly to Congress.

more at:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/22/60minutes/main2505412.shtml

[helderheid]

1. WOOT!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[yellerpup]

2. I'm telling everyone I know.

Thanks for the heads-up. K&R! :kick:

[ProSense]

3. More about the group's activities

here.

[SlowDownFast]

4. Bill O' Loofa is supposed to be on

60 minutes Sunday nite, too.

They showed an excerpt last nite (commercial) where Mike Wallace is interviewing Billo and tells Loofa to stop pointing his finger in his (Wallace's) face, also something about "...two tigers in a cage, on Sunday's 60 Minutes!".