Hear my story near Phoenix

[Dennis Mac Leod]

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  I served in Iraq and saw the cost of corruption first hand. Please help end it this weekend by going to a local screening of Iraq for Sale  to learn the truth and reach critical voters through Call for Change.
  
  
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  For two years, I risked my life in the Iraq war. I'm writing to invite you this weekend  to see what I saw over there and take action to keep my fellow soldiers safe.
  
  This weekend, MoveOn members across the country are opening their homes to screen  a powerful new film, Iraq for Sale, about the big corporations that are endangering  soldiers' lives and ruining the chance for peace.
  
  I'm asking all of you to go see this groundbreaking movie and to bring as many friends as you can.    There is a screening near you. To find the closest one and R.S.V.P.,  just click here:
  
  http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/index.html?action_id=59&id=9049-5701687-YkmKWocOVDKuIBrZaxk2mA&t=3  
  
  When you see what's in this movie, you're going to want to do something about it—and  you can. At these same parties, we'll be calling key voters through MoveOn's Call  for Change program and reminding them to get to the polls. The calls are simple and  easy, and—speaking as someone who has seen the consequences of Republican misrule  first hand—they're well worth it.
  
  Why do I know this film is so powerful? Because I'm in it. Here's a little more about  my story.
  
  I am the child of a career Army man, and when it came time to decide what to do after  high school, I knew I wanted to follow the same path. In 2003 and then again in 2005,  my unit was deployed to Iraq.
  
  As a maintenance unit, we were responsible for repairing everything and anything  soldiers used to do their jobs and stay alive: weapons, radios, trucks, computers—you  name it. So you can imagine our shock, weeks after getting to Iraq, when we were  ordered to hand our mission over to private contractors employed by Halliburton.
  
  But there's a catch: Halliburton had neither the training nor the equipment to take  over our mission. Most of the contractors had no previous knowledge at all of our  equipment before coming to Iraq. One of the contractors I "trained" was  not even remotely familiar with radio systems, but had been a missile systems repairman  while he was in the Army.
  
  Because our unit no longer had a mission, we were forced into other things that we  weren't trained to do. Mechanics found themselves on guntruck missions escorting  convoys between bases. Many of us were forced onto guard duty while the contractors  fumbled through our old jobs getting paid way more than any soldier. I spent months  checking ID cards at the Post Exchange and Recreation facility.
  
  I felt helpless and awful, like I was letting down my fellow soldiers while they  were being put into life-threatening situations with unsafe equipment, and there  was nothing I could do about it.
  
  Since I returned to the States, I've learned more about why all that happened—about  how the Republicans gave Dick Cheney's old company all these huge contracts and didn't  care at all how it endangered us soldiers. And now, there is something I can do about  it—I can speak out.
  
  This weekend, there's something you can do about it, too. You can come and bring  your friends to watch this amazing movie, (my story is just one small part of this  shocking film), and spread the word about what's really happening. And while you're  there, make a few simple reminder calls to progressive voters in key districts to  help win these elections. Please find a party near you and RSVP right here:
  
  http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/index.html?action_id=59&id=9049-5701687-YkmKWocOVDKuIBrZaxk2mA&t=5
  
  I've come to realize that the only way we can keep our soldiers safe is by electing  leaders who will put our safety above the profit of their corporate friends. I hope  you'll join me at a screening this weekend to help do just that.
  
  Respectfully,
  
  –David Mann, SPC US Army 2003 & 2005
    Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
    
  P.S. Please consider forwarding this note as an  invitation to friends. There are screenings all over the country, so chances  are there's one near the folks you know no matter where they live.
  
  P.P.S. If you can't make it this weekend, or you'd just like to own your own copy  of this extraordinary film, you can purchase the DVD here: http://iraqforsale.org/buy.php?track=moveon
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