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; . fa 4 . 7 ; I, ‘THE VIETNAM WAR aq V8 ECS THE HAWAII PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY CONDEMNS THE U.S. MILITARY “Pou, "PARTICIPATION IN VIETNAM AND URGES AN ORDERLY BUT RAPID WITH-~. ” ‘DRAWAL OF ALL U.S. TROOFS FROM THAT COUNTRY FOR THE FOLLOWING | ‘ REASONS: 8 08, . oo oo! cana = ‘Above all, we have brought devastating destruction to the people, culture . and property of Vietnam, Our war crimes there are approaching the extent - : of the atrocities under Nazi Germany. : a NEV OS. Ooty Na Ht 4 = Our tax money has been going into this losing war for years instead of into . constructive production for world peace, This is worse than waste. * Pit the Vietnamese people have never committed aggression against Americans, ’ -and would not now be enemies of this government if our country had not sent. ,its army to invade their land. eet IE Be NAAT SR LY 2° Small ehildren and infants who cannot conceivably be regarded as our aut, ‘enemy (unless one endorses the program of wholesale genceide) are being : . killed and maimed in horrible ways by our scientific weaponry. . _ We ‘deplore the grossly disproportionate number of men called up from the -. Hawaii National Guard for active duty and the high rate of non-white oe Hawaiian deaths in the Vietnam war. " Be We ourselves have become ashamed to be called Americans because of what our ie countrymen. are doing in Vietnam. We wish to be proud of our nation. We . wish to be able to love justice and our country too. But we cannot yet. oy! 4 8 : de ’ ! , . eos. ae THR HAWAII °EACE AND FREEDOM PARTY OPPOSES THE CANCER -OF. U.S. 7 a a " MILITARISM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. SG tite, . In a “Larger perspective, ‘Vietnam is only the worst example of Americats © "glorification of the gun. We deplore the existence of thousands of U.S. ‘ military bases outside our own boundaries. "heir presence can be called . i tgelf-defense! only in self-deception, ; _ When was the last time the U.S. tried to settle its disputes with other » nations by honest and rational dinjlogue insboad of force or the threat of force? | _ a should ‘much of Hawaii's best land be usurped from its inhabitants who “would use it productively and daniteat be piven to the military whose exis- tesar reves a A putiiehos lenitaiad tena? . CR ee ne ee em IER TER OTE, MRED ETL PTET PE TM IE TP a TS FT