Call to Generals - VFP How-To
Contact your local editor: Call the desk to get the name of proper editor and e-mail. (Opinion page editor for mainstream, editor for weeklies).Then send by e-mail, also send a fax version. Call the editor and tell them, "I Hope you will read the VFP submission". After a few days, call back and check the status of the submission. Submit the long version to the alternative weeklies. If they do not publish it, then submit the short version to same paper.
Sample Cover Letter:
Dear (name of editor):
"A conscientious officer may indeed resign rather than be employed in an unjust war." So wrote Ben Franklin in 1785.
Here is a short, 600-word op-ed submission from Veterans For Peace, a challenge to American commanders to honor their oath to defend the constitution.
The new statement comes at a time when the U.S. military is passing through a crisis of integrity. Retired Generrals openly denounce the folly of the occupation. The number of GI resisters grows. Now is the time to address the legal rights of American troops, the obligation of cmmanders to follow the law.
Because of the timeliness of the VFP submission, we hope for a quick response.
Signed. Local Chapter.
Links
Why the U.S. Troops Want Their Generals to Honor Their Oath to Defend the Constitution - Short Version
Never Give a Life, or Take a Life, For a Lie, A call to American Generals to Respect the Rights of our Troops - Long Version