"Native nations have a lot at stake. We have a large percentage of men and women fighting in Iraq; we support them and honor them when they come home. But that doesn't mean we support war.
It is the war and those who make the leadership decisions that need to be carefully thought through. War should be turned to only after we have exhausted every peaceful means, turned over every stone and tried everything possible to find another way to end the fighting. With that done and only with that done, war would be an answer.
Thanks for the yellow ribbon, which rallies support for our troops - and I will stick a yellow ribbon on my car. But I need to say that my support for our TROOPS goes without saying."
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DORREEN YELLOW BIRD COLUMN: Yellow ribbons express support for troops, not war
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