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Army refuser Sara Beining arrested and jailed after going AWOL againThe Nuclear Resister, September 23, 2014. Donate towards Sara Beining's legal expenses and prison fund*
During her past year at Fort Carson, Beining was assigned office duty and lived off-base, but was repeatedly threatened with pre-trial confinement and loss of custody of her child as a consequence of her anti-war activity. Progress on her case was only stalled. As the summer wore on, and the U.S. resumed aerial bombardment of Iraq, Beining could no longer abide her service nor the delay. She decided to go AWOL again, to speak out publicly against the war, and force the government’s hand in her case. This past summer, watching the news from Iraq and seeing the effects of militarism across the globe coming home to roost in places like Ferguson, Missouri, Beining came to the conclusion, “I can’t be a part of that. As sad as it is, the world’s reinforcing my decision.”.. You can help! Make a tax-deductible donation to Sara’s legal expenses & prison funds**A Courage to Resist managed defense fund, all donations are tax-deductible Confessions of a drone veteran: Why using them is more dangerous than the government is telling youSalon.com. Tuesday, Sept 16th 2014.
CIA director John O. Brennan also told the American public that drones “can be a wise choice because they dramatically reduce the danger to U.S. personnel, even eliminating the danger altogether.” Director Brennan is wrong. I know because I am a veteran of the drone program. I served as an Air Force imagery analyst. What I know of drone warfare is that it has dangerous, sometimes devastating, consequences for too many service members participating in the program... Click here to read the complete op-ed Jacob David George (1982-2014)Courage to Resist. September 19, 2014
Jacob was also a veteran of three combat tours in Afghanistan—Operation Enduring Freedom. To overcome those demons, Jacob cycled thousands of miles, “A Ride Till the End,” he called it, to promote peace and justice. He rallied fellow veterans to take political action. And he stood strong for military resisters–especially those who were prosecuted for refusing to do the things he himself had participated in. Read more here. Click here to contribute to Jacob's Memorial |
A single mother and Iraq war veteran is in jail in Colorado
Springs. Sara Beining went AWOL a second time last summer after a nearly
year-long delay in resolving the original charge that resulted when she left
her unit at Ft. Hood in January, 2007.
The White House sells drones strikes as legal, ethical and targeted to
protect our military and innocent civilians from harm. These are questionable
claims, made more dubious by the administration’s selectively leaking details
of the drone program to assuage the public when reports arise of 
“I’m a bicycle ridin, banjo pickin,
peace ramblin hillbilly from the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas!”
