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031301** Nancy Lessin and Charlie Richardson - Bring Them Home

During the build up to the latest war on Iraq we heard speeches from our leaders on both sides of the Pacific telling us how brave our military men and women were. They reminded us how these individuals and their families would bear the burden of the awful war to come. Yet what they didn't tell us, or perhaps more correctly made sure was hidden from us, was their own avoidance of military service. For instance, when asked about why he did not serve in the Vietnam war Dick Cheney, Vice President of the US and former CEO of Halliburton replied that he "had other priorities" at that time. US President Bush played along with the media pantomime when he supposedly flew a jet fighter to an aircraft carrier to mark the end of the war in May 2003. Unfortunately Bush never turned up when he was drafted to the National Guard during the Vietnam war. Similarly, John Howard and Tony Blair never served a day of military duty. Nor Paul Wolfowitz or Richard Perle or most of the other leading hawks in both the Australian and US governments.

Military Families Speak Out was founded by Nancy Lessin and Charlie Richardson in November 2002. Its membership consists of mothers and fathers, spouses or other relatives of serving or deceased military personnel. Their website MFSO.org contains testimonies from these families condemning the senselessness of the current Middle East aggression and calls for the US government to bring the loved ones home. Nancy and Charlie spoke at the Migrant Resource Centre in Morwell on November 2nd 2003.

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