Posted on 02/25/2007 6:28:03 PM PST by debbieargel
Tonight 60 minutes will discuss the Appeal for Redress from some military members in our forces. It is my understanding that 1,361 troops have asked Congress to pull them out of Iraq. The Appeal for Courage that counters this appeal has gathered 1086 signatures in only two weeks. Active duty military that support the war on terror, and wish to finish the job, can sign the Appeal for Courage on line. Please go on line and read the Appeal for Courage. This is an important issue. If someone has the link, please post it. Please post any additional information you have on this.
Debbie Argel Bastian Proud mother of Capt. Derek Argel KIA Memorial Day, 2005 Diyala, Iraq
I was that tonight...it was pitiful.
God Bless you for the work you are doing.
God bless You and your heroic Son.
was = SAW....sorry.
As for the 60 Minutes piece, check out the Mudville Gazette tonight, they have a lot of information about the group behind them.
http://www.mudvillegazette.com/
You are what makes this country great.
Thanks for all of your efforts, Debbie.
As for the old media,this ain't the '60's anymore.
Appeal for Courage is a non-partisan, grass-roots effort to communicate to Congress the troops' desire to remain in Iraq until our mission is complete.
The effort was begun by the Appeal For Courage 'committee', currently composed of:
LT Jason Nichols, USN
Jason is a Navy Information Professional officer currently stationed in Baghdad, Iraq.
Larry Vandergriff, USA (Retired)
Larry is a retired Explosive Ordnance Disposal vet who served in Vietnam as a Specialist in Vietnam.
Support Appeal For Courage
Groups and Organizations
If your organization supports Operation Iraqi Freedom or the military service, and would like to team up to publicize this site or help bring it to Congress, please email committee@appealforcourage.org for information.
Individuals
Anyone can help by downloading a flyer and posting wherever allowed. Military members who can post at FOBs, flight-lines or on ship would be particularly helpful. Other areas of possible help include:
http://www.appealforcourage.org
Thanks so much for the information. Signatures are now up to 1089! Deb
60m@cbsnews.com
"It's good you're doing this story. But will you also balance it with the story about the OTHER military petition...the one from http://www.appealforcourage.org
That one has over 1000 signatures as well.
The wording of this Appeal for Courage is:
As an American currently serving my nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to fully support our mission in Iraq and halt any calls for retreat. I also respectfully urge my political leaders to actively oppose media efforts which embolden my enemy while demoralizing American support at home. The War in Iraq is a necessary and just effort to bring freedom to the Middle East and protect America from further attack.
As a respected media outlet it would be ABSOLUTELY IRRESPONSIBLE for you not to balance your story with this story. I can only assume you've not been made aware of the petition at http://www.appealfor courage.org but now you have been. Please consider doing this story as well.
Sincerely,"
Everyone needs to HAMMER 60 Minutes about this! I left their email address cold on purpose.
GET BUSY FREEPERS!!!
BUMP for Appeal For Courage!
God Bless.
Let Rush know too.
Any of the rest here with web sites or blogs of their own need to post a link to it. I did on mine, listing what a shame it is that our Troops should ever fel the need to have to request support from Congress.
We will never forget your son's service and sacrifice! . . . Both you and he are GREAT AMERICANS!
. . . e-mail sent!
Blackfive has a good post up with a like to the 60 Minutes video for those who have not seen it.
http://www.blackfive.net/main/
What bothers me is that CBS could not, or would not for whatever reason, even do a cursory search to find out that this petition is not the only one out there. There is another one at http://www.appealforcourage.org that states:
"As an American currently serving my nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to fully support our mission in Iraq and halt any calls for retreat. I also respectfully urge my political leaders to actively oppose media efforts which embolden my enemy while demoralizing American support at home. The War in Iraq is a necessary and just effort to bring freedom to the Middle East and protect America from further attack."
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They have over 1000 signatures as well and was also started by active-duty military members. I equally applaud both groups for making their opinions known. I DO NOT applaud CBS for covering one and ignoring the other. Was this done on purpose or did they simply not know about the Appeal for Courage?
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt...maybe they didn't know and perhaps would have done a balanced story if they had. Well I bet they know about it now since this has hit the blogs.
It's amazing that with the staff a major news operation like CBS has that they couldn't do just a bit more research to produce a balanced story about service members-both pro and con-expressing their opinions about the Iraq war.
Once again CBS has failed to impress me."
Thanks for posting. I agree, not a word about the other petition where the numbers are climbing. Deb
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