Nine people braved the harsh weather Friday to maintain the 3rd weekend Iraq Moratorium vigil. The N. KY Justice and Peace Commmittee joined The National Assembly, ANSWER Coalition, USLAW, Code Pink, et al. and local groups across the nation to stop the wars and occupations. Though it was cold and windy and threatening rain the entire time, 9 stalwart citizens including 3 Sisters of Notre Dame held signs and spoke to rush hour commuters about bringing the troops and the dollars home.
Our theme was "HEALTHCARE NOT WARFARE." Our flier highlighted Kentucky's share of taxes spent on war, close to 7 BILLION dollars, is enough to provide almost 2.000,000 citizens with healthcare for a year!!!
As Martin Luther King, Jr. pointed out, waging war in foreign countries causes bleeding in our own communities through loss of tax money needed for education, healthcare, and infrastructure, etc. Most important, it is immoral to continue to sacrifice our country's children for illegal and unwinable wars.
