From: Ilya Sheyman, TrueMajority <alerts@truemajority.org>
Date: Mar 25, 2008 11:38 AM
Subject: 4,000 is just the Beginning
To: ayse.soyer@gmail.com
Dear ayse,
Send a letter to the editor today and tell your community the true
costs of the war in Iraq.
This week, we crossed yet another tragic milestone in this war in Iraq
-- the death of the 4,000th US soldier. But, while this war drags on
into its 6th year and its costs continue to mount, media coverage has
actually declined sharply- falling from about 15% of news output last
August to just 3% in February of this year.1 The difference is even
starker on cable news networks: 24 percent of the time spent on Iraq
last year, just 1 percent this year. 2
The media doesn't think this war is worth covering. That's why we
can't simply turn away from the war. It's up to us to start a
conversation about the true costs of the war. Together, let's seize
this moment when the country is paying attention and write a letter to
the editor of your local paper today.
http://act.truemajorityaction.org/t/1/letter/?letter_KEY=6
Not sure how to get started? Here's what a couple other members had to say.
Todd R. in Claremont, CA:
I think that the most dear cost of any military conflict is the loss
of civilian life meaning, the loss of innocent people who had nothing
to do with the conflict. I think that the second greatest loss in this
conflict is the loss of pertinence of the American Constitution
specifically with regard to due process for crimes perpetrated by the
executive branch of our government and the collusion of the
legislative branch by doing nothing about it.Barbara B. in Queen
Creek, AZ:
Human life will always be the first reason not to take war lightly and
following that the list of casualties would be: America's good will in
the world, a military stretched too thin, people in Iraq with
electricity and water not up to pre-war standards, little education
and too few hospitals. This war has had adverse effects for the
American economy and pulls much needed funds for our schools,
hospitals and other infrastructures.
We've already looked up the address for your paper and made it
incredibly easy for you to write them a short letter. All you have to
do is commit 5 minutes of your time to write a letter to the editor of
your local paper today.
Thanks,
-Ilya
Ilya Sheyman
Online Organizer
1news.bbc(dot)co.uk/2/hi/americas/7308882.stm
2fair(dot)org/index.php?page=22&media_view_id=9835
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