[R-G] Sean Penn lashes Bush in Wash Post open letter

[ProletarianNews]

Reuters. 18 October 2002. Actor Sean Penn lashes Bush over Iraq war
drums.

WASHINGTON -- Actor Sean Penn on Friday weighed in on the international
debate over a possible war with Iraq, paying for a $56,000 advertisement
in the Washington Post accusing U.S. President George W. Bush of
stifling debate and threatening civil liberties.

In an open letter to Bush taking up most of a page in the main section
of the daily newspaper, the Oscar-nominated star of "I Am Sam" and "Dead
Man Walking," urged the president to stop a cycle where "bombing is
answered by bombing, mutilation by mutilation, killing by killing."

"I beg you, help save America before yours is a legacy of shame and
horror," Penn wrote.

Quoting Bush's declaration that the world was either "with us or against
us" in the [so-called] war on terrorism launched after the Sept. 11,
2001, attacks, Penn, 42, said Bush was marginalizing critics,
manipulating the media and promoting fear.

Those actions and "your administration's deconstruction of civil
liberties all contradict the very core of the patriotism you claim,"
wrote Penn.

"Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented
preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a
most temporary medicine," he said.

The letter was signed "Sincerely, Sean Penn, San Francisco, California."
A spokesman for the Washington Post confirmed that it was placed by the
Hollywood celebrity who has starred in more than 40 movies.

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