Vets Want US Troops Out of Balkans (fwd)

Tom Lehman uswa12 at lorainccc.edu
Thu May 6 14:44:19 PDT 1999


This is the best and smartest thing the American Legions' done since inventing baseball.

Your email pal,

Tom L.

Michael Hoover wrote:


> anyone know if below has a precedent? Michael Hoover
>
> > Vets Want US Troops Out of Balkans
> >
> > Thursday, May 6, 1999; 5:00 a.m. EDT
> >
> > INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The nation's largest veterans
> > organization has urged President
> > Clinton to immediately withdraw U.S. troops from
> > the Balkans.
> >
> > ``We believe the best thing we can do to support
> > our troops, to protect our troops, is to bring them home,'' said Harold L.
> > ``Butch'' Miller, national commander of The American Legion.
> > ``We believe we are getting into a bad situation in
> > Kosovo.''
> >
> > The Legion's national executive committee
> > unanimously adopted a resolution Wednesday calling for all U.S. soldiers,
> > pilots and support staff to be removed from the region.
> >
> > The resolution says the U.S.-led NATO attacks
> > against Serbia ``could only lead to troops
> > being killed, wounded or captured without advancing
> > any clear purpose, mission or objective.''
> >
> > The Legion would permit U.S. involvement if
> > Congress passes a resolution supporting the NATO action; U.S. troops are
> > led only by U.S. commanders; the president explains why the
> > action is ``in our vital national interests;'' and
> > guidelines for the campaign, including an exit strategy, are established.
> >
> > The Legion, which represents about 2.9 million
> > American veterans, has scheduled a news conference today to discuss the
> > resolution, which is being delivered to the White House and all
> > members of Congress.
> >
> > =A9 Copyright 1999 The
> > Associated Press
> >
> >
> >



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