What would YOU say to President Obama?
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leevin@gmail.com - Posted in On Focus
Mar, 08, 2010
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“Mr. President, the people of Guam, the United States, and the world at large need to improve their quality of life. By supporting the tired Bush-Chaney-Rumsfeld commitment in the Asian-Pacific region, this planned military build-up threatens any potential diplomatic gains your administration might have otherwise. Please rework the United States’ overarching national security strategy in support of ALL Americans – around the world. Fat cat special interests don’t deserve the support of an honorable American military. Bring our country back from Cheney’s “Dark Side” tangent. Build on your campaign promises of a greener economy and a brighter American landscape. Partner with Guam/CNMI to project Prosperity to the East – not disparity and despair. Do the right thing. Be that president the voters invested in with their futures. Re-educate and invigorate the roots of great societies. Spread the real wealth of American innovation. Build resilience into national and local economies to defend against global economic threats. Empower The People.”
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Remember Bikini Atoll.
1. The Cold War is over. Military posturing with our brave ground troops is pointless when you have fast attack submarines, B-2 bombers, etc. Reallign our forces where they are needed, Afghanistan and Irag, and get those conflicts overwith.
2. Engage all of our OTHER Federal Agencies to get involved in the planning for any new base reallignments or facilities. Bring the money to pay for infastructure, schools, etc. outside the fences BEFORE any build-up. Ensure that the EIS is satisfactory so that the document serves the function that it was intended for.
Dear Mr. President,
As you know, the United Nations is a forum, and embodies a diplomatic process more than a legal one. In the UN, as it is within Congress, Guam has no voting delegate; our representative comes from the Department of State. Since the Department of Interior has oversight over the territories, there is yet another disconnection for our representation at the federal and international levels. While we petition the UN to adopt resolutions, we keep international attention on our issues as indigenous people and inform the global population of our progress in achieving our right to self-determination.
The United Nations Special Committee of 24 has dispatched visiting missions to some of the Non-Self Governing Territories, in order for their members to study the unique conditions of the territories and to try to understand what needs to be done in order for the process of decolonization to take place. This also requires the cooperation of the Administering Power.
I recommend that the Committee make a visiting mission to Guam, especially in terms of the military expansion. The expansion will be a step backward in our process towards self-determination and decolonization as outlined in Section 4 of the Declaration in resolution 1514: “All armed action or repressive measures of all kinds directed against dependent peoples shall cease order to enable them to exercise peacefully and freely their right to complete independence, and the integrity of their national territory shall be respected.”
It is in this light, that I would like to ask you to as our President and the seat of our Administering Power to invite the Committee of 24 to Guam, to conduct this mission, and that their findings be considered in any further development of the military expansion on Guam.
Thank you for your consideration.
President Obama,
Children of this generation are eager to learn, eager to help. They have a love for the earth and our precious environment, and hold no limitations in their minds as to how to keep things in pristine condition. They have no preset notions of “whats the point” or “we can’t do that” because in their innocent minds, everything is possible (and when we try to tell them otherwise, they ask WHY? Such an important question!) and LIFE RIGHT NOW is the point. There is hope to turn our default responses toward a love and respect for our environment, and valuing quality of life over quantity in life. We are the facilitators for our children, lets let our actions match our true values. Lets set an example of finding creative solutions that are sustainable and respectful of our environment as a whole.
Mr. President,
My heart is broken for my people. For centuries we the chamorro people have been denied the right to decide our own future. Please sir, don’t let our culture be erased to the history books. Listen to Guam’s people, listen to the chamorro people. We do not want this military build up. I am serving in the Air Force right now, and have the highest respect for the military. But our island is so small, and we can hardly support our own. I pray you will help our island in our greatest time of need. I pray you will not let Guam’s children suffer any longer.