Action pnum320 Last 25 Messages Transmitted Log Start Bringing Our Troops Home From Iraq Now ********** [132719:011509] S.F., Los Angeles, CA Dear Madame and Sirs, We have the resources and technology for alternative fuels--they are ALREADY DEVELOPED, the only thing missing is the funding. Even in times of economic crisis we CAN divert funding from warring activities to true reconstruction activities. We've done it in the past---just stopped the war, in fact a much bigger war. Armistice Day-- It commemorates the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany at Rethondes, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front, which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning - the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month". No longer will WAR boost an economy, but rather spiral us down into more pits of hell and fear. Focus on actions of PEACE and they will flourish. Please---the whole world aches for peace. We no longer need to act in the "old" way, perpetuating "old" fears, we have much goodness to bring from consciousness into human reality. I've known since I was a little girl that WE ARE THE RACE OF PEACE AND PEACE IS OUR BIRTHRIGHT. Trust this truth, breathe it into yourself and act within your own power to bring it forth. Respectfully and Humbly Yours, SFK ********** [043424:010809] d.g., Sarasota, FL plase bring or troops home to there familys that LOVE THEM WAR IS NOT WRITE AND I BELIVE YOU WHAT MONEY OR OIL FROM DIFFENT CON, AND I DONT THINK BUSH GIVES A S--T ABOUT ARE MAN BEING SHOOT RIGHT AND LEFT LET HIM GO OVER THERE AND GET HAS HEAD BLOW OF AND SEE HOW HE FAMILY FEELS ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THE MAN WOMAN THAT HAVE SAVED MY USA HOME PLASE BRING ARE MEN HOME.................. ********** [085009:123108] G.S., Glen Head, NY And please: dont use this as an opportunity to send them to Afghanistan, where only their death and our bankruptcy are the possible outcomes. ********** [092912:120108] M.P., Yuma, AZ here is just no other way to put this, it is plainly self-evident and clear. The War in Iraq is a complete failure. George W. Bush's dream has wrought nothing but death and destruction to both the United States and Iraq. Iraq is making terrorism worse. It's a breeding ground. We're sowing seeds to a bitter fruit we never wanted and certainly don't need. We need to leave as soon as possible without creating a regional war. We are not helping the Iraqis by staying. They are building their imperfect institutions and they must live with the result. We need to get out of Iraq as soon as possible. We need to take quick action to hold those responsible for the greatest error ever perpetrated on America. ********** [092859:120108] M.P., Yuma, AZ here is just no other way to put this, it is plainly self-evident and clear. The War in Iraq is a complete failure. George W. Bush's dream has wrought nothing but death and destruction to both the United States and Iraq. Iraq is making terrorism worse. It's a breeding ground. We're sowing seeds to a bitter fruit we never wanted and certainly don't need. We need to leave as soon as possible without creating a regional war. We are not helping the Iraqis by staying. They are building their imperfect institutions and they must live with the result. We need to get out of Iraq as soon as possible. We need to take quick action to hold those responsible for the greatest error ever perpetrated on America. ********** [161236:110608] M.P., Yuma, AZ With the Democrats huge wins in the 2006 Congressional elections because of President Bush's unpopularity and the huge wins they have now made in the 2008 elections including the 2008 Presidential election of Barack Obama and the success of the Democrats to raise the majorities in Congress they won in 2006 in the 2008 elections this a clear sign that a majority of Americans are against the second Persian Gulf War in Iraq waged by George W. Bush originally in 2003 and want the war in Iraq to end in a responsible manner. I urge the new Congress entering into session January 2009 to work with President elect Barack Obama and Vice President elect Joe Biden to bring out a responsible end to this war in Iraq and re-deploy the troops to Afghanistan where they are needed to win the real war on terror. ********** [204740:092508] M.L., Woodland Hills, CA Bush new there were no WMD'S, he wanted the "oil". Now, we have American Soldiers dying for "oil". John McCain is an extension and a Third Bush Term. No War, No McCain, No Palin. Elect Barack Obama for President! Obama/Biden 08 ********** [174850:092208] T.B., Lakebay, WA I have waited for a very long time to see relates from our election to put people in office to stop this insanity and bring back our families and neighbors and spend time and moneys to help those poor souls to come home too.We have a very big responsibility to them.I know what is in their heads that will (if we are lucky to)hopefully be forgotten.Please do as you were sent there to do. ********** [072638:083008] J.Y., Florence, OR This whole thing has been an outrage from the very beginning...It needs to stop! Bring our men and women home! Get this administration out of the white house and put them all behind bars! ********** [071028:082808] E.G., Lexington, SC Way too many American and Iraqi lives have already been tragically lost in a devastating war that was never supposed to have taken place. Our government's original request was sending troops to Afghanistan to fight the oppressive Taliban, which even I supported doing. Suddenly, Pres. Bush and VP Cheney have us in Iraq, where even the Iraqi leaders and people are ready for the American presence there to leave. I am completely in support of bringing our troops safely home, without the loss of one more life, either American or Iraqi. Too many innocent citizens there have been killed in this tragic war that never should have happened. ********** [120918:082608] K.W., North Fort Myers, FL PLEASE!!! Send our Troops home NOW!!! Have a heart. ********** [111849:071908] B.F., Spanish Fort, AL Our country has much more pressing needs that demand the money that we are wasting on this ill-conceived and immoral war. ********** [205106:071808] J.H., Miamisburg, OH We cannot win or lose a war that we should not be involved in. Why do people in this area insist otherwise? If a jury convicts a man of a crime, puts him in jail and then finds out all of the evidence was based on lies and half truths: we let him out then charge the liar with perjury. This war was based on the lie that our nation was in emminent danger of a nuclear (or other WMD) attack. Staying in Iraq, or God Forbid invading Iran, is exactly the same as keeping an innocent man in jail because everyone is afraid (or embarassed?) to confront the liars who put him there. Their is no shame in recognizing the mistake, confronting the liars and leaving Iraq, we put our faith in the wrong people. But it is a crime against humanity and our soldiers to stay knowing that people continue to die for an unjust cause. ********** [065705:071108] D.F., Wilmette, IL Today, I read in the news about 47 Afghan civilians, including the bride, who while on their way to the wedding were killed by a U.S. military airstrike and I am horrified. How many more lives (American, Iraqi, Afghani, Pakistani, etc) must be lost before we end this horrific, contrived, immoral war?!? BRING OUR TROOPS HOME AND END THE NEEDLESS SLAUGHTER NOW! ********** [175725:070608] R.A., Valley Park, MO IRAQ DID NOT INVADE NOR DID THEY ATTACK US. THIS IS A CONTRIVED WAR AND THIS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR NEEDS TO END. ********** [095114:062308] D.G., Corpus Christi, TX Bring our troops home, NOW. We are helping nothing by our occupation of Iraq, and this is not going to change. ********** [071758:061108] K.P., Nashville, TN We tried to force democracy in Viet Nam and the cost was high. We left and now people actually vacation in Viet Nam. They have done fine without us. We try to push our beliefs on every nation. How can we, when we can not even care for ourselves properly? ********** [083932:060908] J.W., Rochester, VT Impeachment first... for the whole rotten crew. Repeal the so-called 'Patriot Act' and recognize our Constitutionally and historically recognized 'protections' of speech, association, and belief. It's time for the Thought Police to go. International War Crimes tribunals are called for in the case of the Executive branch, some of the Judicial, and their agents in the Pentagon and 'private' consultancies. We (hopefully) are not 'Good" Nazis. The affected people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the rest of the Middle East, as well as the victimized in this country (the political prisoners, the wounded and surviving troops, and their families) need and deserve real, significant, and meaningful compensation for their losses due to American adventurism and capitalist imperialism overseas, and the often covert suppression of dissent in this country, and overseas. The Democratic Party has thoroughly disgraced itself over the last seven and one-half years. It hasn't represented 'working' people in this country for almost 50 years, and hasn't given a credible account of itself since the 'New Deal'. It's time to tell your fellow Democratic Party members to find their cojones, and stand up for what is right: Stop the Bush NeoFascist agenda, and turn his Un-Constitutional, destructive policies around. It means that they have to push to get the responsible parties punished appropriately, and make a public statement by their actions, that will set a precedent about responsibility of public officials for their unlawful machinations, and the willingness of the American people to do what is Fair and Right. I'm madder than Hell at the Democrats for dragging their feet on this, and this year, I'm not alone. This is essentially a final warning. Elections are coming, and the smug assurances of party machine politics will not be enough to keep people from being voted out of office for not representing the wishes of the electorate. ********** [102455:060408] k.m., Largo, FL please, stop the Bush administration madness, everyone is aware of what is really happening and why, and it is not worth all of the lives that are being recklessly eliminated. ********** [204023:060208] S.H., Clearlake, CA It seems like a waste of energy to keep telling our legislators over and over that they must STOP funding this illegal and immoral war. The only way to STOP it is to IMPEACH, INDICT AND IMPRISON the war-mongers, starting with Bush and Cheney. Get them out of power NOW! ********** [085641:053008] S.A., Encino, CA What I heard on the radio today: "The authors of that war are the greatest mass murderers of the twenty-first century so far." Enough said. Leave Iraq alone, leave Iran alone--help your own people. ********** [092311:051708] C.A., Neptune, NJ I have been anti-war from the beginning. Iraq was invaded on false pretenses. We elected officials to get us out of Iraq, not fund the occupation indefinitely. Too much has been lost. It is time to bring our troops home. ********** [205643:051608] V.C., Jackson, MI They manipulated us. Through the media. They made us believe that American lives were in danger because Sadam Insane had Weapons of Mass Destruction. Everyone checked it out and said poppycock. Then suddenly our country invades Iraq without Congress? Thats not against the constitution? So basically what our politicians are telling us is that it is ok for us to let Bush and Cheney lead us into another war? END THE Bush and Cheney Regime. Restore America, BRING HOME OUR FAMILIES!!!! ********** [115643:050508] A.R., Lake Havasu City, AZ I would like to start out just by asking a simple question: are we at war with Iraq? It certainly seems so. If we are at war with Iraq then, the next logical question would be : WHY? I seem to remember that when we entered the middle east it was to protect the American people from a radical terrorist group that meant to do us more harm. Have we really targeted the issue here? Have we targeted the forces that sought to inflict more pain on our country? I do not believe so. This war has turned into a propaganda-filled excuse for America to "help the people of Iraq." How are we really helping them though? We have made their already war-torn nation even worse. Innocent people are killed every day over there and no body seems to care. So then i pose the question: how have the American people been dooped into this war? The answer is very plain and simple. Bush and Cheney have lied through their teeth. They are not adhering to the nations best interests. They have forgotten about, or just chose to ignore, our great Constitution. That, I think, is grounds for impeachment. Why then is our Congress not doing anything about this situation? Please write your local congress man and simply ask: why? ********** [154933:041808] S.P., Blacksburg, VA We have spent too much time and too many lives on a war that in the first place had little reason to begin. Bush said that he would start a troop reduction much sooner, but has just continued with the surge. I feel that it is necessary for him to keep this promise and do so before he leaves office. **********