BRING THE TROOPS HOME. NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY, WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT WE SAY!

by anthony @ 11:30 AM BST

Today in Iraq tens of THOUSANDS of their people marched in just one city demanding that we end the occupation.

The flimsy pretense that any of this was for the glorious benefit of the Iraqi people is in utter shreds. For those still arguing for burying our heads even deeper in the sand it's all about us now. They say we can't leave because WE can't afford to lose, because WE need to have access to all that oil.

Who will admit we have already lost, when 90% of the Iraqi people hate us for being the unwelcome occupiers we have become? There are no smiles for us there anymore, let alone any flowers. Who will tell the truth to the American people that the Iraqis already know so grimly, that from the beginning this was all about stealing their oil and absolutely nothing else?

In the meantime, the coalition of the missing in action, our former allies, saw the handwriting on the wall quite some time ago, and they're all on their way outta there. The occupation has got to end. The occupation is going to end. Who will have the political courage to admit the facts of death as they are on the ground, and put an end to it NOW?

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The war in Vietnam almost destroyed our country, until enough people finally spoke out to stop it. You can stop the occupation Iraq NOW, and the planned expansion into Iran, if only you will speak out now. Click here to also call for the impeachment of president Bush

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