(Hilton Head, SC, February
2008) --- Deb Welch urges you to protest the court-martials and convictions
of three Army snipers who served in Iraq. Learn more.
Here are some helpful hyperlinks for
details.
Free Sergeant Evan
Vela
NY Daily News 03-30-08 American Sniper hung out to dry.
Fox News Interview 02/17/08 Hannity's America: They Are Not Killers.
Free Republic 02-09-08 Murder or Exhaustion in Iraq? [Sgt Evan Vela court martial]
Army Times 02-08-08
Sgt. ordered soldier to kill Iraqi civilian.
Shown below is an e-mail I
sent to the White House and my Congressmen. Send your own message to
president@whitehouse.gov. Use this link to contact your Congressmen:
www.congress.org.
President Bush,
The court-martials of three
Army snipers were wrong. Soldiers who make great sacrifices and risk their
lives to win the war against terrorism deserve better treatment from their
own government. The convictions of Sergeants Vela and Hensley
and Specialist Sandoval should be overturned. Free Evan Vela from
prison, return them to their former ranks, give them their withheld military pay
and an apology. These soldiers were pushed to the brink of sanity. They took
action, which may have saved their lives in an area riddled with Iraqi
insurgents. We punished them. They have suffered a grave injustice and
so have their families.
Learn more about military
dilemmas. Read
Lone Survivor by Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell. When an
Afghani goat-herder informed the Taliban of their position, Marcus was the
only survivor of Operation Redwing. During our war on terror, problematic Rules of Engagement cause soldiers
to risk their lives or be wrongly convicted of crimes.
Please speak
out in the defense of our
troops.