We Must End The War In Iraq

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In the midst of Holly Week last week, the world pasted a grim milestone:

The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War,^[35] Operation Iraqi Freedom (U.S.),^[36] Operation TELIC (UK)^[37] or the occupation of Iraq,^[38] is an ongoing conflict which began on March 20, 2003 with the United States-led invasion of Iraq by a multinational coalition composed of U.S. and UK troops supported by smaller contingents from Australia, Denmark, Poland, and other nations.

This past Sunday, a day when so many in America celebrated the resurrection of Jesus, a roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday,  pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000.  Many of the survivors will be scarred for life.

During the same war, the death toll for Iraqi civilians is:

Next month the president will ask Congress to pass another tragic milestone by handing over more than $100 billion more dollars for the military occupation. That will be the latest installment of what Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz calculates will be a $3 TRILLION dollar price tag for American taxpayers.

I am convinced that so many people around the world and throughout the U.S. want this war to end.  If you do, you may want to become a part of the Win Without War coalition which is advocating

• Stop funding the war: Give the Pentagon only enough money for the safe and orderly redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq;
• Support a diplomatic offensive — as recommended by the Iraq Study Group — to build a comprehensive solution involving many countries;
• Stop funding the construction of permanent military bases in Iraq and military contractors; and
• Refuse to fund any permanent “security agreement” between President Bush and Iraqi President Maliki unless first approved by Congress and the Iraqi parliament.

If you are you are sick and tired of the passing of tragic milestones, sign the letter and pass it on: www.standupcongress.org.

The only acceptable milestone will be the removal of the final US soldier from Iraqi soil.

Comments

[Chris H]

I wept at the number 4000. Really wept. They are all significant, but the headline that accompanied the stat was, "Bush say, 'Those lives were not lost in vain." The Iraqi toll is abominable. Thanks for the link.