Opposition to Iraq war surges
President Bush’s announcement that he is sending over 21,000 more troops to Iraq has fueled increasing bipartisan opposition in Congress, among the U.S. public, in the labor movement and among the military itself.
NOW Calls for End to War in Iraq, Ready to March on Saturday
On Nov. 7, 2006, voters went to the polls with a very clear message: end the war. Congress switched hands to the Democratic leadership when voters elected candidates who pledged to bring a resolution to the conflict in Iraq.
How We Can End the Occupation of Iraq
President George Bush deflects criticism of his war plans by claiming that his critics have no plans of their own. Vice President Dick Cheney, meanwhile, asserts that matters of war must be left in the hands of the President (presumably no matter how brilliant your alternative plan).
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D., Ohio) has had an exit plan on his website for over three years. Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (D., Calif.) has held several hearings discussing exit plans over the past year and a half. Peace activists, including Tom Hayden, have published and promoted a variety of exit plans over the past couple of years, and have even gone so far as to meet and discuss them with members of the Iraqi Parliament.
U.S.-tailored Iraqi Oil Alarm for Producers, Consumers
While the Iraqis were busy counting their death toll of more than 650,000 since March 2003, the United Nations busy counting their dead of more than 34,000 in 2006 only, the Pentagon counting more than 3,070 American deaths and the U.S. treasury counting more than $600 billion of taxpayer money spent so far in Iraq, stealthily and suddenly the U.S. occupation’s oil prize rang louder than the war drums.
Iraqi Ingratitude
If you watched the president on 60 Minutes this Sunday, you could learn many fascinating things, including the fact that he sees himself as the “educator in chief” – which, of course, occasions the question, “Is our children learning?”
Bush, Iraq, and the Peace Movement
G.W. Bush is preparing for his state of the union address, popping up on TV to push his Iraq policies, which he has “conceded” have not been without fault in recent months.
Standing 'Em Up In Iraq Just To Knock 'Em Down
There's a glaring contradiction looming in the way of Bush's planned escalation of his Iraq occupation which must be apparent to everyone except the decider-in-chief. Bush is mobilizing our soldiers for a new assault on the very Iraqis he's claiming to be liberating with his continuing occupation. In that counterproductive effort, Bush is looking to draw even more Iraqis into a new round of violent suppression against Bush's perceived 'enemies'; using our nation's defenses to intimidate and eliminate anyone in Iraq who would actively resist the U.S. fostered Maliki regime.
The Bush Who Cried Wolf
In his speech announcing an escalation in Iraq President Bush relied upon a familiar refrain: 'Failure in Iraq would be a disaster for the United States... Our enemies would have a safe haven from which to plan and launch attacks on the American people.' Bush suggested Al Qaeda leads the Iraqi resistance to the occupation and, therefore, if America leaves without achieving 'victory,' Al Qaeda will establish a caliphate in Iraq. Once again, Bush cried Wolf.
Paradoxes Doom Bush’s ‘New Strategy’ in Iraq
President George W. Bush’s paradoxical “new strategy” in Iraq is doomed by its own contradictions as much as by Iraqi and regional paradoxes and would in no time prove that the U.S. president’s go-it-alone approach will only extend the failure of the 2003 military invasion.
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On the President's Proposal to Expand Troops in Iraq
No United States foreign policy can be sustained without the informed consent of the American people. Last November the American people spoke loudly and clearly that the President’s course in Iraq was flawed and that he should begin bringing our troops home rapidly.
