Open Letter to the U.S. Military Tribunal to drop charges against Ist Lt. Ehren Watada

Habib Siddiqui

Dear Sirs, I have never met Ist Lt. Ehren Watada in my life, or his father. Yet his actions, to refuse to go to war, make me feel that we are united somehow by a common thread that cannot be torn by either a bulldozer or by distance. War often is a racket. It is for the benefit of the few who initiate it at the expense of many. As for President Bush’s war in Iraq it is the worst example of how our nation was deceived by this man and his entourage who did not mind using all evil means at their disposal to get us into war. They epitomize evil. They are the worst of God’s creature on earth. They lied to our nation and rest of the world....

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