WD> I received a mail from my good friend John Crawford. He has been
 WD> called-up to go to Iraq and has been informed he'll be gone about 14
 WD> months.

 WD> John is a medic in Missoula, Montana. Working the odd-shift to support
 WD> his family and trying to work his way through medical school to become
 WD> a doctor. He's a Blackfeet-indian and wants to be of service to "his
 WD> people".

 WD> He's got 3 children younger than 5 years old who depend on him. People
 WD> like John should be protected and given every chance to deploy
 WD> themselves, not having to go to a war that is not his with the risk
 WD> that his wife will be widowed prematurely and his children will not
 WD> really ever remember their father.

There are already a lot of very young children who will never know their
fathers or mothers. :-(

Sharon

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