Below is a template that asks that no more money go to privateer armies such as Blackwater. As always, use this letter to state you agree but always add your own words to let your elected offical know this is not one fax machine sending in letters.
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To:
From:
Subject: Continued War Funding,
End the funding of BlackWater with taxpayer money
As a voter, I am extremely disappointed in the lack of backbone Congress showed in not standing up to the Bush Veto about War Supplemental. We all know the percentage of funds that actually go to fund the troops from a supplemental is quite low and that there are always ways to fund the well being of troops.
Furthermore, I absolutely disapprove that any funds are made available to private security contracts like BlackWater or any other such companies. Our Executive branch should not have a private militia at the expense of taxpayers; whose numbers are not part of the troop surge reports. Nor are such independent contractors subject to the same Military laws that our enlisted men and woman have to adhere to. I ask that the use of such militias can only be allowed by consent of Congress and subject to Congressional oversight.
The last election proved that the Country does not support this war. There is no reason to vote any longer for an elected official who does not strongly follow the will of the people. To support this war in any way or to vote in the future on issues that passively continue this war will absolutely cost you my vote. You need to ask yourself, how do you expect to end a war by funding a war?
Sincerely,
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