Jon Soltz.
Co-Founder of VoteVets.org,
served as a Captain in Operation Iraqi Freedom
Why Vets Are Backing Clean Energy
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This week, VoteVets.org has gone up on the air in four districts (and
has more planned) with television ads backing the American Clean
Energy and Security Act, sponsored by Reps. Waxman and Markey. The
ads, all like this one, use local Iraq veterans urging Reps. Jim
Matheson (D-UT), John Barrow (D-GA), Gene Green (D-TX), and Charlie
Melancon (D-LA) to vote for the legislation.
Some might be doing a double take. Why would veterans get involved in
a fight over renewable energy and efficiency? Well, for those of us
who served, fighting terrorists and insurgents, supporting the bill is
a no-brainer.
It has been well documented that terror organizations around the world
gain funding from sources in oil rich nations in the Middle East. In
fact, just two weeks after the September 11 attacks, Assistant
Secretary of Energy David Garman said, "It is clear that our reliance
on imported oil — 56% of the oil we use – has complicated our
response to the terrorist attack. There is also little doubt that some
of the dollars we have exported in exchange for foreign oil have found
their way into the hands of terrorists and would-be terrorists."
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