The pledge

I found out about the Voter's Pledge in Father's Day Reflections on a Lost Son, an article by Michael Berg, father of slain contractor Nicholas Berg, which was published in Commondreams this weekend.

(Not that Commondreams isn't a terrific site, but does that mean Berg's piece was refused by op-ed pages in all regular newspapers?)

Here it is:

"I will not vote for or support any candidate for Congress or President who does not make a speedy end to the war in Iraq, and preventing any future war of aggression, a public position in his or her campaign."

Writes Berg:

My contribution this Father’s Day is to urge all those who oppose the military occupation of Iraq and do not want to see future wars of choice to sign the Voters Pledge at www.VotersForPeace.US. Nearly fifty thousand people have already signed and many of the major organizations in the antiwar movement have endorsed it.

Together we can change the path of the United States so that all fathers and mothers can face the future with pride that we did our part to move our great country back toward the way it’s supposed to be.

Pretty simple idea. Pretty amazing idea.