The Olympian has had enough

The Olympia, WA Olympian -- with readership from both Fort Lewis and McCord Air Force Base -- is calling for an end to the war in Iraq.

The editor and publisher is John Winn Miller. “The Fourth of July is a time when Americans celebrate the values that have made us a great nation," he tells E&P today. "So it seemed like an appropriate time to editorialize on what has become a national disgrace.

"It is a particularly important and local issue for us because we are a military community with Ft. Lewis and McCord Air Force Base in our area. We seen too many of them killed, so many that Ft. Lewis considered stopping individual memorials. Our men and women have done their duty with honor. It is time to honor their sacrifices by ending this ill-conceived mission.

"A total of 134 service members assigned to Fort Lewis have died in Iraq. A total of 208 service members with ties to Washington state have died in the war."