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Jeanne Schneider
From:Valorie Woerdehoff" <vwoerde@loras.edu>
To:<ctymgr@cityofdubuque.org>; <jschneid@cityofdubuque.org>; <jmarkham@comerenergy.com>;
<aeml0@mchsi.com>; <danielenichotson@mchsi.com>; <jconnors63@mchsi.com>;
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Sent:Tuesday, February 18, 2003 11:58 AM
Subject:Anit-war Resolution
Dear Mr. Mayor and Members of the City Council,
It was with great sadness that I listened to Dan Nicholson's comments
on WDBQ this morning concerning the anti-war resolution that came before
the City Council. As a Vietnam Era Navy veteran, former Dubuque County
Veteran Affairs commissioner (five years), the daughter of a Korean War
vet and the mother of an Army veteran and current Marine Corps
reservist, I speak from experience when I say that supporting the troops
can and should be kept separate from the issue of whether or not we
should go to war.
I urge the City Council to pass this resolution. I also urge Mr.
Nicholson to rethink his position. So often I have heard him speak from
his religious point of view, and given the Pope's stand on Iraq, I am
especially surprised at Mr. Nicholson's stance.
If UN sanctions are not being upheld by Iraq, than that is a matter for
a united UN peace keeping force. Thc United States should not be waging
war alone. As Americans we should not allow ourselves to be led by
personal grudges, oil company interests, smoke screens, scape goating
and manipulation. We especially should not put the lives of our men and
women, and lives of innocent Iraqi citizens at stake for such issues.
Dubuque, like other communities across the country, should take a
stand.
Thank you,
Valorie Woerdehoff
3246 St. Anne Drive
Dubuque
2/18/2003