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Thank you Dennis. This is a great opportunity to help change the  
course of our country.
Aaron

On Oct 11, 2006, at 5:37 AM, Dennis Mac Leod wrote:



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.


Click Here





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

Support our member-driven organization: MoveOn.org Political Action  
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