Time: Fri Jul 04 04:58:35 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id EAA23778 for [address in tool bar]; Fri, 4 Jul 1997 04:48:37 -0700 (MST) Delivered-To: liberty-and-justice-outgoing@majordomo.pobox.com Date: Fri, 04 Jul 1997 04:45:01 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: L&J: "Shame on You, Gen. Schwarzkopf," by Denise Donnelly >Denise Donnelly is a freelance writer and Gulf War Activist who lives > >in Rockport, Mass. Her confrontation with Gen. Schwarzkopf last > >month, over Gulf War syndrome, was carried nationally by Associated > >Press. (Please notice that later in this story the prevalence of ALS > >will be addressed!) > > > >Dear Gen. Schwarkopf: > > > >While my family and I picketed outside, you reclined in the elegant > >lobby of the Goodwin Hotel in Hartford on 29 May, answering > >reporter's questions you had approved in advance. Later, instead of > >leaving as you had come, through the front door, you snuck out the > >side onto a waiting bus with conveniently darkened windows. > >Meanwhile, you distracted us by keeping your three limousines idling, > >drivers in a false state of waiting alertness. A clever ploy, general, > >but one unworthy of those so-called "leadership qualities" you went > >to Hartford to lecture about. > > > >As you tour the country congradulating yourself on these same > >leadership qualities, tens of thousands of Gulf War veterans' and > >their families suffer and die, all without the benefit of your leadership > >qualities. My brother, Maj. Michael Donnelly, is one of those > >veterans. Your evasive and self-serving behavior since the war's end > >can only be a grave disappointment to him and the other thousands > >of other brave men and women you have abandoned. > > > >You have chosen lucre over truth, Gen. Schwarzkopf. Rather than > >acknowledge that something very wrong happened during your > >"perfect war," rather than lead the fight to discover the truth about > >what happened and ensure that veterans get the compensation, > >recognition and treatment they desire, rather than forego the fat fees > >you are earning, you choose instead to parade around the country > >touting your leadership qualities. > > > >I have a prediction for you. You will not be remembered as the > >general who won the clinically perfect war. You will be remembered > >as the man who hid from the truth. You will be remembered as the > >general who sold his soul for false gods of wealth and fame. You will > >be remembered as the retired general who, on his way to the > >Bushnell auditorium to discourse on his leadership qualities, ignored > >the anguished parents of a courageous F-16 pilot suffering from war > >wounds sustained in service to his country. > > > >"What possible reason would I have for covering this up?" you > >peevishly asked reporters four times during your carefully staged > >press "opportunity." I will posit one theory. You are making vast > >sums selling your story. For example, who paid for your visit to > >Hartford? United Technologies Corporation did, a major defense > >contractor. > > > >What would happen to your sweatheart deals, if you were to suddenly > >contradict the Pentagon, issuer of those contracts? If you were to > >acknowledge that Gulf War vets need you to take a leadership role > >in resolving exactly what happened over there? If you were to insist > >that 100,000 illnesses and 4,000 deaths and a birth defect rate more > >than twice the norm are enough? (Added, study released did not > >address reserve components and those forced off active duty by ill > >health.) > > > >I'll tell you what would happen: Goodbye, retirement fund. Goodbye, > >hero Schwarzkopf. Hello, uphill battle. This is all just a theory, you > >understand, but you're the one who asked the question. > > > >Now, I have a few questions for you. Were you forced to ingest the > >innoculant pyrostgmine bromide, the non-FDA approved known > >carcinogen you ordered your troops to take? Where were you when > >the oil fires were raging? Were you repeatedly exposed to high > >levels of extremely toxic pesticides, such as malathion and lindane, > >as your troops were? When the chemical weapons alarms sounded, > >was there ever a time you did not retreat to your bunker? > > > >And how about this one: How do you explain the phenomenal > >incidence of ALS -- Lou Gerig's Disorder -- among Gulf War veterans? > > > >Major Michael Donnelly is one of the Gulf War veterans we know of > >with ALS. We suspect many more cases exist, but the VA and DOD > >refuse to gather the data. (Your former bodyguard, Kevin Wright, of > >Lima, Ohio, the man you ordered to stand outside the bunker while > >chemical weapons alarms sounded, is being evaluated for ALS. But, I > >forgot. You already know that Kevin and his entire family are > >extremely ill. You just don't want to talk about it.) And we just > >learned that of up to 14 British Gulf War veterans with ALS. > > > >Even if the numbers were the whole picture, this places the > >incidence of ALS far outside the expected range, according to the > >Congressional Research Office and Dr. Robert Brown of > >Massachusetts General Hospital. Both concur that the expected > >rate for this population should be about 3/4 to one case per million. > >With 700,000 Americans serving in the Gulf, the incidence is 14.3 > >per million. > > > >Being a leader means more than talking about yourself, Gen. > >Schwarzkopf. Being a leader is uncomfortable. It's often unpleasant, > >There are no underground bunkers or darkened buses for leaders. > >There are only the barbs of cynics, and the stinging bite of the wind > >you brave for the benefit of others. There is the uncharted, unpopular > >path you must cut with tools sometimes dull and inadequate, but you > >cut that path all the same, because you know in your heart it's the > >right thing to do. > > > >You are no leader, Gen. Schwarzkopf. Sadly, you are also proof that > >we did not learn the real lessons of Vietnam, which was not how to > >fight and win a war. We should have learnd that war's only victims > >are time and truth. For, just as the thousands of Vietnam veteran > >victims of Agent Orange and their families suffered and died in the > >shadow of institutionalized denial, you now condemn a new > >generation of patriots to suffer and die in the shadow of a massive > >and tragic governmental cover-up. > > > >With Vietnam, we could pretend to claim that a veil of willful > >ignorance blinded us to the truth. This time, we can only admit what > >we know to have been true all along. There is unadulterated evil at > >work here. > > > >As only mothers can do, my mother said it best: Shame on you, Gen. > >Schwarzkpf, Shame on you! > >-> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo@world.std.com >-> Posted by: Finchley@aol.com ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.2 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. 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