Veterans protest foreign oil dependence

Berkley — A small group of veterans gathered at a VFW Hall in Berkley on Sunday to protest U.S. dependence on foreign oil, arguing Americans are actually funding both sides of the war on terror.

“Right now, we’re sending $1 billion a day overseas for oil, and Saudi Arabia is the largest contributor to the Taliban, al-Qaida” and other terrorist groups, said Aaron Bailey, a West Point graduate and veteran of the war in Afghanistan, who grew up in Pontiac and now lives in Royal Oak.

The protest was part of a 21-state bus tour sponsored by Operation Free, a coalition of veteran and national security groups, to raise public awareness about national security threats posed by climate change and the importance of building a clean-energy economy not dependent on fossil fuels. The group is urging Americans to press their senators to pass a bill called the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act that would limit carbon emissions and create clean energy jobs.

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