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Letters to Senator Kerry

On March 1, 2006, members of Military Families Speak Out, along with an Iraq Veteran Against the War, met with Senator John Kerry in Washington, DC, and delivered the following letters from MFSO members in Massachusetts. The military families were disappointed in Senator Kerry's unwillingness to show leadership and call for the troops to be brought home now.

Click on any of the excerpts below to read the full letter to Senator Kerry:

As Iraq edges to the brink of civil war, our 21-year-old son, our only child, is training for his second deployment to Iraq as an MP in the U.S. Army.
John and Virginia, MA
As constituents and the proud parents of an Army soldier, we urgently request that you stand up to address this issue by working in Congress to bring our troops home now. We sincerely believe that such action would be in keeping with your oath of office to defend the Constitution of the United States.
Military Parents, Needham, MA
We are blue collar people some of us living week to week but we all live every day wandering if our loved one will come back. You say you hear our voices and you say you feel my pain but you can't unless you walk in my shoes.
Joanne Spencer, Mother of an Army Corporal, Tyngsboro, MA
I expect, and ask that you work to do whatever you can to get our military out of Iraq. I expect, and ask that YOU stand up and Speak Out.
Anne Sapp, National Guard Spouse, Billerica, MA
How many more must die for a war based on lies? How many more will return home, never to be the same again? I implore you, please, look into your heart, remember how you felt, and show the sons and daughters of America that you care.
Anne L. Roesler, Whose Son Has Served Three Tours in Iraq, Saratoga, CA
Senator Kerry, what are you going to do to make sure our troops come home now? What are you going to do to make sure that they will be taken care of them once they get here? Our troops and their families deserve an answer.
Laura, Whose Cousin Has Served Two Tours in Iraq, Lynn, MA
You returned from an earlier unjust war which our country participated in and helped turn that situation around by your courageous testimony. We need you now to take leadership and return our soldiers from the madness in which they are mired.
Sarah and Robert Fuhro, Parents of an Army Reservist Serving in Iraq, Natick, MA
Senator Kerry, we know this war is based on lies. You know it, too. More brave leadership is needed here at home, not on the battlefield.
Nina and John Douglass, Parents of a Marine Corporal, JP, MA
Please show some leadership and get us out of there. Why should we still be asking our soldiers to die for a mistake?
Jane Collins, Mother of a Recent Ex-Marine, Medford, Massachusetts
Those of us, who remember veterans that returned from Viet Nam shattered in mind, body, and spirit, know that we need to not go another day in Iraq.
Marge and Frank, Parents of an Army Soldier, Proud Members MFSO