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“Because we did not authorise the invasion of Iraq.
We did not authorise the invasion of Iran.
We did not authorise the invasion of North Korea.
We did not authorise the bombing of civilians in Afghanistan.
We did not authorise permanent detainees in Guantanamo Bay.
We did not authorise the withdrawal from the Geneva Convention.
We did not authorise military tribunals suspending due process and
habeas corpus.
We did not authorise assassination squads.
We did not authorise the resurrection of COINTELPRO.
We did not authorise the repeal of the Bill of Rights.
We did not authorise the revocation of the Constitution.
We did not authorise national identity cards.
We did not authorise the eye of Big Brother to peek from cameras
throughout our cities.
We did not authorise the eye for an eye.
Nor did we ask that the blood of innocent people who perished on
September 11 be avenged with the blood of innocent villagers in
Afghanistan.
We did not authorise the administration to wage war anytime,
anywhere, anyhow it pleases.
We did not authorise war without end.
We did not authorise a permanent war economy.”