Support Wright TX 8CD - D

 

I fully support Peoples Lobby’s American World Service Corps Congressional Proposals.

 

The terrorists were trained in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Sudan.  Had we been building those countries, we wouldn’t have had terrorists coming out of them.  When is the last time we had Peace Corps volunteers in those places?

 

1967 was the last time a Peace Corps volunteer served in Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Sudan where terrorists are grown.  So if we reenergize groups like the Peace Corps, through this American World Service Corps bill, we can stem the recruitment of terrorists.  By showing those needy parts of the world what can-do Americans can do, we build their democratic foundations, reduce terrorist recruitment, and win hearts and mind.  Something we are doing in reverse now.

 

And what about Katrina?  FEMA didn’t know how to pass out toilet paper, let alone rebuild homes, park trailers, and open schools.  If this American World Service Corps program had been up and running for years prior to Katrina, we could have had Americorps, Head Start, and Habitat workers rebuilding New Orleans the day after she blew by.  With the American World Service Corps in place, we Americans could rebuild our nation even if and when we had blowhards running agencies in DC.

 

The American World Service Corps nation builds abroad and can rebuild parts of America at home.  It is the army that studious heads at a Department of Peace, if we had one, would say we need to spread peace in the world.

 

When I am elected, I will cosponsor of this legislation, which we needed about 40 years ago…

 

If Brady or President Bush wanted to knock off terrorists and win hearts and minds, they’d be for this too.

 

 

James "Jim" Wright, Candidate Texas 8th CD - D

http://www.wrightforcongress.net/billstpprotect.html

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