Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace
Founded 1972  
“Human Race Not Arms Race”
PO Box 363
Geneseo NY 14454
585-624-3673

March 31, 2008
Dear GVCP Member:

NEXT GVCP MEETING: Saturday, April 19th, 1:30 PM at 71 Center St., Geneseo.
**Note 1:30 PM meeting time**Note location**Note 1:30 PM meeting time**

SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, April 16th Cheryl Wertz, Executive Director of Peace Action New York State will present a Contemporary Forum Lecture, 1:30 – 2:45 PM in Room 202 Newton Hall, SUNY Geneseo.  Her topic will be “Current Struggles for Nuclear Disarmament.”  There will be a reception for Ms. Wertz following her talk (3:30-4:30 PM, The Harding Room, Welles 111).  Ms. Wertz’s speech is timed to coordinate with a photographic exhibition about peace in the SUNY Geneseo College Union.  This exhibit is  provided by Soka Gakkai International (SGI-USA), a Buddhist peace organization.  Approximate dates for the exhibition are April 11th through April 19th. Note: GVCP members will be invited to a potluck dinner with Ms. Wertz after the public reception. Time: 5:30 PM, location TBA.

WEEKLY SATURDAY MORNING VIGILS FOR PEACE! 10:30–11:30 AM
in Honeoye, Richmond Memorial Park, Route 20A.
[Judi Taylor 585-229-4963 <jsalsburg@monroecc.edu>]

THIS MONTH’S LETTER: TELL DICK CHENEY THAT THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ IS NOT A “SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVOR”

Iraq invasion was "successful endeavor": Cheney  
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday [3/17] declared the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq a "successful endeavor" in a visit to Iraq that was overshadowed by a suicide bombing that killed at least 25 people.  "If you look back on those five years it has been a difficult, challenging but nonetheless successful endeavor ... and it has been well worth the effort," Cheney told a news conference in Baghdad after meeting Iraqi leaders.” The peace movement has let Cheney and Bush off the hook.  We’ve given up on them because the Bush-Cheney administration is seemingly oblivious to the will of the U.S. people and to world opinion.  It’s time we remind Cheney that this war has not been a “successful endeavor” except for his cronies at Halliburton and Blackwater.

WRITE to Dick Cheney. Tell him that his “successful endeavor” has wasted over 4,000 U.S. lives, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives, and trillions of dollars. It is not a success; it is a horrible national disgrace!

Vice President Dick Cheney The White House Washington, DC 20500 Phone: 202-456-1414 Fax: 202-456-2461  
E-mail: vice.president@whitehouse.gov
<mailto:vice.president@whitehouse.gov>

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