This letter is from one of you, a campaign supporter. Today we hear from Patrick, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel. Dear Sharra, This Veterans Day marks 101 years since the signing of the armistice that ended the carnage of World War I. What does that mean for us? Wars not only wounds soldiers, but also families. My father and his brothers served in the Army, Navy and Marines. My grandfather fought in World War I. My cousin was killed in Vietnam. I signed up for the Army in 1983 and retired in 2016, serving in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm. I spent my last 15 years in Army Civil Affairs in service of repairing international relationships in order to stabilize host nation countries. Bombs and bullets are expensive. For every innocent person who dies in war, dozens upon dozens more of their families and friends foster enmity and hatred towards us as the source of that death. Some of those grieving people become terrorists as a pathway to revenge. Marianne's U.S. Department of Peace speaks to me. I have seen too much death — death of people and destruction of nations. Building relationships and bonds with other nations builds our national security, not dropping bombs on them. I stuttered as a child. I got over it by memorizing and reciting John F. Kennedy's inaugural address. This line struck me powerfully: "The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life." We don't need more tanks or missiles. We need to give aid, investment, food and love where people need it. I'm not a naive idealist. As a military man, I can tell you, it is realistic. Marianne's U.S. Department of Peace is exactly what will bring peace to this planet. Let us work so that our future veterans are not of veterans war and killing, but of efforts to create peace on earth. Patrick
Lt. Col, U.S. Army, Retired
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania p.s. Note from campaign team: What's your story about why you support Marianne? Please reply to this email or send to hello@marianne2020.com. p.p.s. We need your help TODAY. Please donate toward our $1M goal. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately. 
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