As an  alternative to the polemics or pro and con the Michael Moore letter, some may be interrestged in the following statement for which signatures are b eing collected by MoveOn:

A CITIZENS' DECLARATION

As a US-led invasion of Iraq begins, we, the undersigned citizens of many countries, reaffirm our commitment to addressing international conflicts through the rule of law and the United Nations. 

By joining together across countries and continents, we have emerged as a new force for peace. As we grieve for the victims of this war, we pledge to redouble our efforts to put an end to the Bush Administration's doctrine of pre-emptive attack and the reckless use of military power. 

.  .  .

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From: Fritz Efaw <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 16:49:37 -0500
Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Michael Moore's Letter

Readers interested in what members of the military think of the current
prospects for war may want to see the following item from an active-duty
British officer commissioned in 1980 and currently serving in the Gulf.
The item appears in today's edition of the London Daily Telegraph, the most
conservative of the non-tabloid dailies:

http://www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/03/0
9/do0901.xml


Or, for a US perspective, the following item that crossed my desk recently:

Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 19:46:53 +0100 (CET)

March 10, 2003

The Honorable George W. Bush
President of the United States of America
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:

We, the undersigned veterans who have served our country
in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the 1991 Gulf War and
other military conflicts, respectfully request an
opportunity to meet with you about the threat of war
between the United States and Iraq.

Mr. President, we are patriotic citizens and veterans
who respect the office of the President and the ethics
and values binding us together as Americans.

As such, we feel duty-bound to share with you our
serious concerns regarding issues of national security,
the appropriate use of our military strength, and the
health and welfare of our active duty soldiers,
sailors, airmen and marines.  Those of us who are
veterans of the 1991 Gulf War can offer particular
insight into the ongoing troubles in the Middle East,
and the likely consequences of another war in that
volatile region.

A dozen years ago, we helped liberate Kuwait from
Iraqi occupation, and in the course of combat
operations came face to face with brutality and the
consequences of modern warfare.  We learned how
unpredictable the nature of war can be.  And we learned
that war-related losses are not simply experienced on
the battlefield.

Following the 1991 Gulf War, we collectively failed
to prevent Saddam Husseins violent repression of a
popular uprising and the unprecedented refugee flight
that ensued.  As a result, tens of thousands of
innocent civilians died.  In addition to those deaths,
the war and immediate post-war conditions resulted in
the excess deaths of 46,900 children under the age of
five, according to the New England Journal of Medicine
(September 24, 1992).

Over the long term, the 1991 Gulf War has had a
lasting, detrimental impact on the health of countless
people in the region, and on the health of American
men and women who served there.  Twelve years after
the conflict, over 164,000 American Gulf War veterans
are now considered disabled by the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs.  That number increases daily.

The possibility of large-scale war between the U.S. and
Iraq looms before us once again.  For this urgent
reason we would like to meet with you to discuss steps
the United States and its allies can take to protect
U.S. soldiers, allied forces, and Iraqi civilians from
known and suspected hazards that would result from
military operations.

We understand the risks that come with war and that
there are times when such risks are necessary.  However,
we strongly question the need for a war at this time.
Despite Secretary of State Colin Powells report to
the Security Council and the testimony of others in
the administration, we are not convinced that coercive
containment has failed, or that war has become
necessary.

Our own intelligence agencies have consistently noted
both the absence of an imminent threat from Iraq and
reliable evidence of cooperation between Iraq and Al
Qaeda.  Again, we question whether this is the right
time and the right war.

Further, we believe the risks involved in going to
war, under the unclear and shifting circumstances
that confront us today, are far greater than those
faced in 1991.  Instead of a desert war to liberate
Kuwait, combat would likely involve protracted siege
warfare, chaotic street-to-street fighting in Baghdad,
and Iraqi civil conflict.  If that occurs, we fear
our own nation and Iraq would both suffer casualties
not witnessed since Vietnam.  We fear the resulting
carnage and humanitarian consequences would further
devastate Iraqi society and inflame an already
volatile Middle East, and increase terrorism against
U.S. citizens.

Our concerns about the potential human and material
costs of a military conflict in Iraq are well
substantiated.  In the event of a war, the UN warns that
1.26 million children under the age of 5 in Iraq will
be at risk of death.  Within the initial weeks of
conflict, the World Health Organization estimates
500,000 Iraqis would need immediate medical attention.
Ten million Iraqis would need immediate humanitarian
assistance and over 2 million Iraqis would be made
homeless.

The scale of the crisis would be so large that the
international community would be unable to prevent
widespread suffering.  For these reasons and more,
it remains in our nations best interest to avoid
another war. The risk of excessive civilian casualties
like those predicted by the UN pose a grave risk to
our national security, making the U.S. more of a
target of retaliatory attacks by terrorists.

Mr. President, as our Commander-in-Chief, we
recognize the immense responsibility you have to
protect our homeland and keep our nation secure.
As veterans who honorably served our nation in its
wars, we believe that our perspectives, knowledge
and expertise can aid you at this crucial time, as
you continue to deliberate on whether or not to
commit our nation to war.

We therefore request a meeting at your earliest
possible convenience.  We look forward to any
opportunity to come together with you to discuss
the matters we have raised.

Sincerely,

Vice Admiral Ralph Weymouth, USN, Retired
Vice Admiral Jack Shanahan, USN, Retired
Brigadier General Evelyn P. Foote, USA, Retired
Colonel David H. Hackworth, USA, Retired
Colonel Larry Williams, USMC, Retired
Colonel James E Unterseher, USA, Retired
Colonel James B. Burkholder, USA, Retired
Colonel Roger F. Strand, USAF, Retired
Colonel Virginia A. Metcalf, USA, Retired
Colonel Mary H. Yeakel, USA, Retired
Colonel Henrik O. Lunde, USA, Retired
Colonel Bruce S. Jarstfer, USA, Retired
Colonel Thomas Patrick Chisholm, USA, Retired
Colonel James Steven Chandler, USA
Colonel James J. Kent, USA, Retired
Colonel Grace E. Squires, USA, Retired
Colonel Carol Anne ODonnell, USA, Retired
Captain Kris Kristofferson, USA, Retired
Captain Thomas C. Tindall Jr., USNR, Retired
Captain Herbert A. Blough, USN, Retired
Captain M. David Preston, USCG
Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth K. McGillicuddy, USMC, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel Ron T. Coley, USMC, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel Walter M. Langford, USAF, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel Ben T. Granade, Jr., USAF, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel Frank L. Houde, USAF, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel Richard M. Renfro, USA, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel Gretchen T. Vanek, USA, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel Richard L. Schmitt, USAF, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel Vernon E. Whitney, USA, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel Graydon Causey, USAF, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel William R. Smith, USAF, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel David C. Dellinger, USCG, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel Anne N. Philiben, USA, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel James A. Adams, Jr., USAF, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Eldridge Pate, USA, Retired
Lieutenant Colonel William J. Jacobs, USA, Retired
Commander Robert A. Wood, USNR, Retired
Commander John J. Kaso, USN, Retired
Commander Eugene M. Maresca, USNR, Retired
Commander William H. Busse, USNR, Retired
Commander David Bailey, USCG, Retired
Commander Philip Butler, Ph.D., USN, Retired
Commander Michael A. Kennedy, USN, Retired
Commander Theodore I. Bahn, USN, Retired
Commander Theodore Curtin, USN, Retired
Lieutenant Commander Daniel Fecko, USNR, Retired
Lieutenant Commander Jim W. Turnage, M.D., M.P.H., USN
Lieutenant Commander John Paul Brennan, USMC, Retired
Lieutenant Commander Thomas A. Egleston, USN
Lieutenant Commander Robert Swan Lawrence, USCG
Lieutenant Commander Dennis C. Hayzlett, USN
Lieutenant Commander Howard L. McFann, USN
Lieutenant Commander Lawrence George Thorne, USN
Lieutenant Commander David H. Gundy, USN
Major Kenneth E. Mayers, Ph.D., USMCR, Retired
Major Thomas J. Treadway, USA, Retired
Major William McEwan Cross, USA
Major Donald McNellis, USAF
Major Jon Bjornson, MD, USA, Retired
Major James W. Strader, USAF
Major Dean Wilson, USA, Retired
Major Willie Fuller, Jr., USAF, Retired
Major Ford A. Anderson, USAF, Retired
Chaplain Major Kenneth J. Nettles, Ph.D., USAF, Retired
Major Christopher M. Robinson, USA, Retired
Major Heidrun Mlodzik, USAF, Retired
Major William D. Cooke, USA
Major Mark W. Gieringer, USAF, Retired
Major Jon Bjornson, MD, USA
Major James E. Kinzer, USAF, Retired
Major Johan M. S. Muller, USAF, Retired
Captain William Clifford Ellerman, USA
Captain Paul A. Hellweg, USA
Captain Jerry Dowling, USA
Captain David P. Leaf, USA
Captain James C. Ryan, USA
Captain Charles P. Dillon, USA
Captain James Clayton Lockwood, USA, Retired
Captain Daryl Hobbs, USA
Captain Raymond E. Kemble, USA
Captain Herbert S Hathcock, USA, Retired
Captain Dr. Delphia M. Clarke, USA
Captain John R Phelan, USA
Captain Bert A. Bender, USA
Captain Simeon K. Heninger, Jr., USA
Captain Philip Zipser, USA, Retired
Captain Dorothy Pakula Whittaker, USA
Captain Thomas N. Stern, USA
Captain Dan W. Holbrook, USA
Captain David Berlin Eye, USA
Captain Robert Joel  Master, USA
Captain Brenda Lasarzig, USA
Captain James J. Jablonski, USA
Captain Robert W. Ferrell, USA, Retired
Captain Bob Gaiek, USA
Captain John L. Long, USAF
Captain John J. Blase, USAF
Captain John Lovejoy, USAF
Captain Troy Carlyle, USAF
Captain Lawrence Hugh Boyd, USAF
Captain Theodore T Odell, USAF
Captain Gregg A. Matous, USAF
Captain Larry T Harnish, USAF
Captain Karl Schmitt, USAF
Captain Hugh F Cline, USAF, Retired
Captain Kathryn J. Hammond, USAF
Captain Neal F Bowyer, USAF
Captain Lucia Jameson, USAF
Captain Michael L. Glenn, USAF
Captain Landon Kimbrough, USAF, Retired
Captain David Louis Harris, USAF
Captain Karl W. Frederick, USAF
Captain Vincent Phelps Ward, USAF
Captain Carlo S. Ascari, USAF
Captain Robert Gregg Chilton, USAF
Captain George Georgieff, DDS, USAF
Captain Joe Stern, USAF
Captain Steven Dellaporta, USMC, Retired
Captain Wesley Scott Hannon, USMC
Captain Fred Johnson, USMC, Retired
Captain Thomas T. Carpenter, USMC
Lieutenant Thomas M. Liston USN
Lieutenant John Dobson West USN
Lieutenant Jerome P. Wallingford USN
Lieutenant David Felix USN
Lieutenant Michael Jay Herbert USN
Lieutenant John Orrin Purkey USN
Lieutenant Ricki J. Estes USN
Lieutenant Walter E. Ziegenhals USN
Lieutenant Frank Lloyd Kramer, Jr. USN
Lieutenant Harvey Bennett USN
Lieutenant William R. Jones USN
Lieutenant Gilbert Marek Zemansky USN
Lieutenant Jordan R. Carpenter USN
Lieutenant Gerald  A Burnett USN
Lieutenant John Edward Houx USN
Lieutenant Michael Bruce Elder USN
Lieutenant Kenneth L. Lang USN
Lieutenant Francis C. Zanger (Chaplain Corps) USN
Lieutenant Michelle Birdseye, M.D. USN
Lieutenant Robert James Bournique USN
Lieutenant Glen N. Foss USN
Lieutenant Benjamin Senauer USN
Lieutenant Chris Gleason USMC
Lieutenant Douglas Timothy McGetchin USMC
Lieutenant John Stoddard Glascock Senior USCG
Lieutenant Albert C. Germann USAF
Lieutenant Timothy L. Hanley USAF
Lieutenant John T. Urban USAF
Lieutenant William Henry Reynolds USAF
Lieutenant J.E.O'Kelly McCluskey USAF
Lieutenant Alex Wormser USAF
Lieutenant William Spencer Hall USAF
Lieutenant Roderick D Raabe USAF
Lieutenant Roger Fitch USAF
Lieutenant Dr. Charles DeFreitas USAF
Lieutenant Barry Wolfer USAF
Lieutenant Robert Lowell Hickerson USAF
Lieutenant Danny Paul Dennis USAF
Lieutenant John Milton Wallace USA
Lieutenant Steven Richard Cartwright USA
Lieutenant Robert F. Hornbeck USA
Lieutenant Richard Kenny Sink USA
Lieutenant Donald Pinkel USA
Lieutenant James F Balderson USA
Lieutenant Steven Eli Schanes USA
Lieutenant Hugh Scanlen USA
Lieutenant Barry Dixon Copp USA
Lieutenant Ellie Kennedy USA
Lieutenant Todd Stuart Kneeland USA
Lieutenant Charles DePuy USA
Lieutenant Patrick Maurice Flannery USA
Lieutenant Dennis Spector USA
Lieutenant Alta J. Minthorn Stephens USA
Lieutenant Henry W. Plohr USA
Lieutenant Michael J. Sebetich USA
Lieutenant John DuBois USA
Lieutenant Harold Glickman USA
Lieutenant James L. Sheehan USA
Lieutenant David L. Harten USA
Lieutenant Randall Joel Hain USA
Lieutenant Gary Eschman USA
Lieutenant Roger Simon USA
Lieutenant Robert Lloyd Stebbins USA
Lieutenant Reysha Silverhair, formerly Hoyt Sherman Griffith USA
Lieutenant Douglas Parker Shaw USA
Lieutenant William M. Whitby USA
Lieutenant Robert  W. Buttel USA
Lieutenant Thomas W. Shepard, Jr. USA
Lieutenant William J. Simmons, Sr. USA
Lieutenant Robert M. Land, USA
Lieutenant Edmund William Hoelker, USAF
Lieutenant Junior Grade Arthur Lewis Solomon, USCG
Lieutenant Junior Grade Joe Martin Cantrell, USN
Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard Ralph Groseclose, USN
Lieutenant Junior Grade Robert A. Collins, USCG
Lieutenant Junior Grade Bruce S. Ertle, USN
Lieutenant Junior Grade Charles H Nadler, USN
Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard Fredrick Hickey, USN
Lieutenant Junior Grade Gregory H. Carter, USN
Lieutenant Junior Grade Jeff Markell, USCG
Lieutenant Junior Grade John Ise Jr, USN
Lieutenant Junior Grade DeWitt Linn Sage, USN
Lieutenant Junior Grade Craig A. Bicknell, USN
Lieutenant Junior Grade Charlton M. Lewis, USN
Command Sergeant Major Robert Grover Smith, Jr., USA, Retired
Aerographer's mate third class Alice B. Gilmore, USN
Airman Albert W. Wilson, USAF
Airman Aram Attarian II, USAF
Airman Cheryl Davis, USA
Airman David Alan Dix, USAF
Airman French Tickner, USN
Airman Irvan F. Adams, USAF
Airman James F. McGowen, USN
Airman James J. Hogan, USAF
Airman John Paul Coakley, USAF
Airman John Stephen Pielaszczyk, USAF
Airman Joseph S. Sims, USAF
Airman Joseph Wistar Huey III, USAF
Airman Lewis Kirk, USAF
Airman Mark Torrey, USAF
Airman Mazie H. Todd (Rogers), USAF
Airman Merl Moncer, USAF
Airman Michael P.Corridon, USAF
Airman Michael R. Philiben, USAF
Airman Pedro Rivera, USAF
Airman Philip G. Brown, USAF
Airman Robert J. Hoffmeister, USAF
Airman Robert T.Hogan, USAF
Airman Roger Peirce, USAF
Airman Ronald Bostick, USAF
Airman Steven T Raynis, USAF
Airman Timothy Charles Frazer, USAF
Airman William H. Davis, USAF
Airman William J Leary, USAF
Aviation Ordnanceman 3/C John Howard Beam, USN
Chief Master Sergeant  USAF Donald H. Kroeber, USAF, Retired
Chief Petty Officer Art Baskel, USN
Chief Petty Officer Art Rogers, USN
Chief Petty Officer Bart Coyle, USAF
Chief Petty Officer Joanna M. Clark, USN
Chief Petty Officer Kenneth R. Davis, USN, Retired
Chief Petty Officer Richard L. Weiche, USN, Retired
Chief Petty Officer William Bennett, USN
Chief Warrant Officer Frank V. Santos, USA, Retired
Chief Warrant Officer Robert O'Donnell, USN, Retired
Chief Warrant Officer Scott A. Wendt, USA, Retired
Corporal Abel Perez Ochoa, USA
Corporal Alfred Herrada, USA
Corporal Arthur T. Cannon, USA
Corporal Bernard H. Soffer, USA, Retired
Corporal Brian X Fitzgibbon, USMC
Corporal Charles Weyand Heitsch, USA
Corporal Cora Tula Watters, USMC
Corporal Daniel E. Meurin, USA
Corporal Daniel Miller, USAF
Corporal Daniel V. Herrera, USMC
Corporal David Shupp, USA
Corporal Don F. Hull, USA
Corporal Ernest Goitein, USA
Corporal Fred Pipkin, USA
Corporal George J. Bryjak, USMC
Corporal George S. Sutherland, USA, Retired
Corporal George Valle Jr., USA
Corporal Gregory Gerald Boyer, USMC
Corporal Harold G. Schneider, USA
Corporal Heather Radcliffe, USMC
Corporal Herman Milton Heyn, USA
Corporal Jack Earl Holman, USA
Corporal Jerry D. Riley, USA
Corporal John A Ragsdale, USA
Corporal John Banagan, USA
Corporal John F. Beirne, USA, Retired
Corporal John L. Schweitzer, USA
Corporal John Maxwell Gault, USA
Corporal John P. Thomson, USA, Retired
Corporal Joseph R. Attamante, USMC
Corporal Lloyd D.Beery, Junior, USA
Corporal Manus J Campbell, USMC
Corporal Marvin Kantor, USMC
Corporal Maurice Bender, Ph.D., USA
Corporal Michael Czarnecki, USA
Corporal Michael E. Stewart, USMC
Corporal Michael H. Riordan, USMC
Corporal Noel H. Bransford, USMC
Corporal Norman F. Williams Jr., USMC
Corporal Paul G. Zolbrod, USA
Corporal Philip S. Miller, USA
Corporal Ralph Wessel, USAF
Corporal Randy Belden, USMC
Corporal Richard Lyon Castner, USA
Corporal robert e richards, USMC, Retired
Corporal Robert F. Bisson, USA
Corporal Robert Kinsey, USMC
Corporal Robert Richard Barracca, USA
Corporal Stephen George Fournier, USMC, Retired
Corporal Stewart Nusbaumer, USMC, Retired
Corporal Temur Perkins, USMC
Corporal Theodore Radamaker, USA
Corporal Thomas C. Gale, USA
Corporal Thomas E. Simmons Jr., USMC
Corporal Thomas L.Vassilaros, USA
Corporal Vinnie Van Wyen, USMC
Corporal William Paul Williamson, Jr., USMC
Corporal William R. Stanton, USMC
Corporal William Roland Bailey, USA
Corporal Yoshiro Sanbonmatsu, USA
Corporal Ziskind R. Lieb, USA
E-5 Medical Specialist James Clinton Wright, USA
Ensign Kenneth Martin Stevenson, USN
Ensign Richard A. Laurick, USN
Ensign roxy hills, USA
Ensign Thomas A. Toomey, USN, Retired
Ensign William A. Swain III, USN, Retired
First Lieutenant Paul W Morgan, USA
First Lieutenant Richard E. Albert , USA
First Sergeant Dennis W. Smith, USA, Retired
First Sergeant Mary Lou Mayes, USAF
Gunners Mate 3rd Class James Starowicz, USN
Gunnery Sergeant Robert W. Carman, USMC
Gunnery Sergeant Robert W. White, USAF
Hospital Corpsman Norman T. Davis, USN, Retired
Hospital Corpsman Donald A. Blickens, USN
Hospital Corpsman Thomas Richard Imboden, USN
Hospitalman Raymond E. Chamberlain III, USN
Lance Corporal Bob M. Tanner, Jr., USMC
Lance Corporal Donald Dean Hedgepeth, USMC
Lance Corporal Gary Akito Maehara, USMC
Lance Corporal Jerome Garger, USMC
Lance Corporal Roy Edward Stanford, USMC
Lance Corporal Thomas Melchior, USA
Lance Corporal Tom Blanchard, USMC
Master Chief Petty Officer E. Victor Mereski, USN, Retired
Master Chief Petty Officer Larry Bucher, USN, Retired
Master Sergeant Adam DeLuna, USA, Retired
Master Sergeant Anthony M. D'Amato, USA, Retired
Master Sergeant Charlie Day, USAF, Retired
Master Sergeant Curtis R. Campbell, USAF, Retired
Master Sergeant James T. Dunn, USA, Retired
Master Sergeant Larry B. Daniels, USAF, Retired
Master Sergeant Linda Wilkins-Daniels, USAF, Retired
Master Sergeant Louis W. Bender, USA
Master Sergeant Mark D. Brooks, USAF, Retired
Master Sergeant Michael Cosenza, USAF, Retired
Master Sergeant Scott W. Kirby, USAF, Retired
Master Sergeant Wilmar F. Bernthal, USA, Retired
Operations Specialist James Steven Clement, USN
Personnelman Richard Almy Wortman Ph. D., USN
Petty Officer 2nd Class Alberto Sifuentes, USN
Petty Officer Al Heisler, USN
Petty Officer Albert L. Rankin, USN
Petty Officer Alton J. Travland, USN
Petty Officer Benjamin Isaac Taylor, USN
Petty Officer Bill Lewis, USN
Petty Officer Charles F. Nawrocki, USN
Petty Officer Charles J. Shoens, USN
Petty Officer Charles Lewis Yates, USN
Petty Officer Craig Simpson, USN
Petty Officer Dan Onerheim, USN
Petty Officer Daniel Jacobson, USN
Petty Officer Dave Edwards, USN
Petty Officer David C. Smith, USN
Petty Officer David Ralph Travis, USN
Petty Officer David W. Martin, USN
Petty Officer Donald Ball, USN, Retired
Petty Officer Donald Graves, USN
Petty Officer Dr. Roland von Huene, USN
Petty Officer Duane Douglas Crimmins, USN
Petty Officer Duane Douglas Crimmins, USN
Petty Officer First Class Alexis T Bell, USN
Petty Officer First Class Christian Francis Curry, USN
Petty Officer First Class Dennis L. Elleflot, USN, Retired
Petty Officer First Class Louise Leonard, USN
Petty Officer First Class Norman R. Brown, USN
Petty Officer First Class Richard William Zeiner, USN
Petty Officer First Class Robert C. Haines, USN
Petty Officer First Class Robert Lawrence Mead, USCG, Retired
Petty Officer First Class Ron Cleeve, USN
Petty Officer First Class Terry Wayne Wilson, USN
Petty Officer Floyd Hallberg, USN
Petty Officer Francis E. Hanisch, USN
Petty Officer Francis J. Powers, USN
Petty Officer Franklin James Cole Gwartney III, USN
Petty Officer Gene Whitney, USN
Petty Officer George E. Davis, USN
Petty Officer James Clemons Parkinson, USN, Retired
Petty Officer James E. Gregg, USN
Petty Officer James M. Lewis, USN, Retired
Petty Officer James M. McIntyre, USN
Petty Officer James Rex Baird, USN
Petty Officer James V. Long, USN
Petty Officer Janine E. Sotomayor, USN
Petty Officer Jay Earl Anderson, Jr., USMC
Petty Officer Jean L Stimmell, USN
Petty Officer Jerzy M. Brozyna, USN
Petty Officer John Dainotto, USN
Petty Officer John L. Ebel, USN
Petty Officer Jon Norstog, USCG
Petty Officer Jose L. Romero, USN
Petty Officer Joseph A. Bedell, USN
Petty Officer Kenneth B. Bever Jr., USN
Petty Officer Kevin J. Lenaghan, USN
Petty Officer Larry L. Williams, USN
Petty Officer LEO F. SCHWEITZER JR, USN
Petty Officer Leo R. Sandy, Ed.D., NCSP, USN
Petty Officer Louis  Schwartz, USN, Retired
Petty Officer Louis Martin Sinniger, USN
Petty Officer Louis Schwartz, USN, Retired
Petty Officer Lynn Burriss Webler, USN
Petty Officer Max Elliot, USN
Petty Officer Michael Craig, USN
Petty Officer Michael M. Chevalier, USN
Petty Officer Pat Chefalo, USN
Petty Officer Patrick Arthur Ouellette, USN
Petty Officer Philip Perry, USN
Petty Officer Richard J Thomas, USN
Petty Officer Richard J. Shorthouse, USN
Petty Officer Richard Ora Moore, USN, Retired
Petty Officer Robert Rostedt, USN
Petty Officer Robert Topmiller, USN
Petty Officer Robert Vernon Hill, USN
Petty Officer Roberta Rose Bailey, USN
Petty Officer Roger Dale Phillips II, USN
Petty Officer Ronald Edward Dyer, USN
Petty Officer Ronald Mills Gerughty, USN
Petty Officer Ronald Salvo, USN
Petty Officer Russell J. Buckardt, USN
Petty Officer Samuel Devereaux Hathaway, USN, Retired
Petty Officer Second Class Bruce S Cotton, USN
Petty Officer Second Class Darrell G. Miller, USN
Petty Officer Second Class Gary K. Grice, Jr., USN
Petty Officer Second Class George Chandler, USN
Petty Officer Second Class George Edward Hammerbeck, USN
Petty Officer Second Class Joseph Thomas Miller, USN
Petty Officer Sidney M. Peck , USN, Retired
Petty Officer Stephen M. Osborn, USN
Petty Officer Stuart Naismith, USN
Petty Officer Third Class Dale Wayne Allen, USN
Petty Officer Third Class Robert Keilbach, USN
Petty Officer Thomas Michael Kumpf, USN
Petty Officer Tod Chester TIbbetts, USN
Petty Officer Todd Philip Feiler, USN, Retired
Petty Officer Violet Dawn Colley, USN
Petty Officer William O. Jenkins, USCG
Petty Officer Wolfgang H. Rosenberg, USN
Pharmacists Mate 1st class Paul Charles Obler, USN
Private Christopher H. Barben, USN
Private David M. Smith, USA
Private Deborah L Schneider, USA
Private First Class Alfred G Hale, USA
Private First Class Allan H. Laite, USA
Private First Class Armand DeLaurell, USA
Private First Class Bill A Whitney, USA
Private First Class Brian W Jones, USA
Private First Class Charles Scarlott, USA
Private First Class Cheryl Marland, USA
Private First Class Chester C. Kraszewski, USA
Private First Class Constance Brockmeyer Heiman, USCG
Private First Class Dale E. Mix, USA
Private First Class David A. Lurie, USA
Private First Class David Fugere, USA
Private First Class David Robert Klein, USA
Private First Class David W. Otto, USA
Private First Class Dennis John Lynds, USA, Retired
Private First Class Dennis Lee Barnum, USA, Retired
Private First Class Donald David Bachman, USA
Private First Class Douglas Allen Thompson, USA
Private First Class Edwaqrd Beechert, USA
Private First Class Edward C Oehlers, USA
Private First Class Eugene M. Powell, USA
Private First Class Eugene Wilhelmi, USA
Private First Class Gary Lee Scriver, USA, Retired
Private First Class Gene Glazer, USA
Private First Class Gene Glazer, USA, Retired
Private First Class Gerald J Kresge, USA
Private First Class Gilbert Tibbetts Ireland, USA
Private First Class Herman Duane Johnson, USA
Private First Class James M. Jeffrey, USA
Private First Class James McDonald , USMC
Private First Class James W. Hunt, USMC
Private First Class Jeffrey P. Rowlett, USA
Private First Class John C. Schmertz, USA, Retired
Private First Class John Clinton Fowler, USA
Private First Class John Dale Warner, USA
Private First Class John Hockman, USA
Private First Class John Joseph Martin, USA
Private First Class Kathleen Quelland, USA
Private First Class Kenneth David Sharp, USA
Private First Class Kord E. Roosen-Runge, USA
Private First Class Laverne (Verne) C. Huser, USA
Private First Class Michael B. Gehl, USA
Private First Class Michael LaRue, USA
Private First Class Montague S. Berman, USA, Retired
Private First Class Monte G. McKenzie, USA
Private First Class Paul F Collins, USA
Private First Class Peter West Youell, USA
Private First Class Philip J. Felix, USA
Private First Class Philip S Philiben, USA
Private First Class Ray L Huffman, USA
Private First Class Raymond A. Coulombe, USA
Private First Class Richard D. Nethercut, USA
Private First Class Richard E.Becker, USA
Private First Class Richard L. Simpson, USA
Private First Class Rick Martin Duiker, USA
Private First Class Robert B. Raisor, USA
Private First Class Robert R. Gronko, USMC
Private First Class Robert S. Tate, USA
Private First Class Rodger Carroll, USA
Private First Class Rodman Earl Miller, USA, Retired
Private First Class Roger R. Armstrong, USA
Private First Class Ronald W. Ziwisky, USA
Private First Class Ruth Brown O'Neil, USA
Private First Class Stephen McCourt, USA
Private First Class Terence J. Murphy, USA
Private First Class Thomas Orr, USA
Private First Class Thomas R. Eckenrode, USA
Private First Class Vernon Joseph White, USA
Private First Class William A. Bailey, USA
Private First Class William Everett Hammond, USA
Private First Class William Jeffery Martin, USA, Retired
Private James Lewis LaGarde, USMC
Private Jerry M. Withers, USA
Private Lloyd Johnson, USA
Private Louis A. Valla, USA
Private Mari Erin Roth, USA
Private Peter J. Haughwout, USA
Private Robert S. Houston, USA
Private Roy W. Pneuman, USMC
Private Steven E. Saelzler, USA
Seaman 1st Class (radioman) Louis Wilker, USN
Seaman 1st Class Richard A. Williams, USN
Seaman Dennis Ledden, USN
Seaman Edmund Keeley, USN
Seaman Edward R Daley, USCG
Seaman First Class Robert C. Holloway, USN
Seaman George Veronis, USN
Seaman Gerald P. Lenaghan, USN
Seaman gordon duggan, USN
Seaman Harold Howard Horn, USN
Seaman Hector Sosa, USN
Seaman Henry Douglas Johnson, USA
Seaman James F. Dargon, USN
Seaman Jim S. Cassell, USN, Retired
Seaman Nathaniel Paul Davis, USN
Seaman Richard I. Trenholm, USN
Seaman Richard Sidney Salmon, USN
Seaman Robert Edward  Miller II, USN
Seaman Todd Boyle, USN
Seaman Vaughn N. Pol, USN
Seaman Warren L. Lewellyn, USN
Seaman William L. Crozier, USN
Seaman William Roberts Voorhies, USN
Senior Airman Charles W. Daniels, USAF
Senior Airman Edward A. Waters, USAF
Senior Airman Eugene Thomas Giovanazzi , USAF
Senior Airman Gail E. Chandler, Ph.D., USAF
Senior Airman James J. Ramage, USAF
Senior Airman John Mark Jorgensen, USAF
Senior Airman Katelyn N. Allers, USAF
Senior Airman Lisa G. Grandstaff, USAF
Senior Airman Mark D. Lusher, USAF
Senior Airman Neal C. Melton, USAF, Retired
Senior Airman Roger C. Steffens, USAF
Senior Airman Vera Millar, USAF
Senior Airman William Charles Mitchell, USAF
Senior Master Sergeant Fred W. MacArthur, Jr., USAF, Retired
Sergeant Albert E. Akers, USAF
Sergeant Alexander Mackenzie, USA
Sergeant Andre Maria Boersma, USMC
Sergeant Arthur John Fry, USA
Sergeant Arthur William Garrett, USA
Sergeant Bobby Lee Alexander, USMC
Sergeant Borhan Mohammed Khatib, USA
Sergeant Charles E. Goode, USMC
Sergeant Clifford J. Wells, USMC
Sergeant Conrad Borovski, USA, Retired
Sergeant Craig Etchison, USA
Sergeant Danny L Shaw, USA
Sergeant David Kettenhofen, USAF
Sergeant Denise Lockren (Brinkman) Gathman, USMC
Sergeant Dennis M. Conboy, USA
Sergeant Edward P. Morrissey, USA
Sergeant Edwin B. Bergeson, USA
Sergeant Elton Duane Wilkerson, USAF
Sergeant Eugene W. Edinger Jr., USAF
Sergeant Fernando Cruz-Villalba, USA
Sergeant First Class Hugh W. Somerton, USA
Sergeant First Class Jason Lenox, USA, Retired
Sergeant First Class Kenneth C. Ro


At 12:37 PM 3/19/03 -0500, Andy Novobilski wrote:
>Although Billy got here before I did, I am sending my comments on as
>well.  I, too, have sat quietly on the sidelines until now, but this is
>too much to let go unchallenged...  Andy Novobilski

They said if a majority of Americans voted for Al Gore we'd get into a war,
the stock market would tank, and we'd have deficits as far as they eye
could see.  And sure enough, they were right.


Fritz Efaw,
Emma Goldman Distinguished Professor of
Political Economy and Inorganic Psychology.