Withdrawal Now
Yesterday, 25 young Americans were killed in Iraq, which was the third deadliest day of the war.
Former Senator George McGovern was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1972. Today, he’s written a book entitled “Out Of Iraq, A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now.”
The plan calls for setting a date six months from now and during that six months we would withdraw every single American out of Iraq. A recent public opinion survey in Iraq shows that only about two percent of the Iraqi people now think we are there as liberators. They see us as occupiers and overwhelmingly the people of Iraq want us out. If Americans truly believe in self-determination, we ought to let the Iraqis determine their own future.
It may take another generation of financial support to rebuild Iraq, which we have destroyed by our catastrophic invasion. McGovern tells of the oil deals the Bush regime has put in place and of the fourteen permanent military bases we’ve built, which are almost the size of a modest city. Since, this was an imperialistic invasion to gain control of Iraqi oil, we shouldn’t be a surprised.
Americans were misled into thinking that the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center was the work of Saddam Hussein, who had absolutely nothing to do with the 9/11 attack. McGovern reminds us that we were told that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and that the proof would be when a nuclear cloud appeared over the United States.
Unfortunately, most politicians remain incapable of critical thinking. If there was such a weapon, Iraq certainly wouldn’t have aimed it at America. It would have been held to deter the Iranians from attacking. Only a totally crazy national leader would throw a nuclear bomb at the United States, knowing that their country would be pulverized off the face of the earth within a few hours, by our enormous nuclear might.
McGovern concludes that since the American people and Congress were misled, and it’s clear that at least two-thirds of the American public want our troops out of Iraq. Congress must get them out now.
Former Senator George McGovern was the Democratic presidential candidate in 1972. Today, he’s written a book entitled “Out Of Iraq, A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now.”
The plan calls for setting a date six months from now and during that six months we would withdraw every single American out of Iraq. A recent public opinion survey in Iraq shows that only about two percent of the Iraqi people now think we are there as liberators. They see us as occupiers and overwhelmingly the people of Iraq want us out. If Americans truly believe in self-determination, we ought to let the Iraqis determine their own future.
It may take another generation of financial support to rebuild Iraq, which we have destroyed by our catastrophic invasion. McGovern tells of the oil deals the Bush regime has put in place and of the fourteen permanent military bases we’ve built, which are almost the size of a modest city. Since, this was an imperialistic invasion to gain control of Iraqi oil, we shouldn’t be a surprised.
Americans were misled into thinking that the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center was the work of Saddam Hussein, who had absolutely nothing to do with the 9/11 attack. McGovern reminds us that we were told that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and that the proof would be when a nuclear cloud appeared over the United States.
Unfortunately, most politicians remain incapable of critical thinking. If there was such a weapon, Iraq certainly wouldn’t have aimed it at America. It would have been held to deter the Iranians from attacking. Only a totally crazy national leader would throw a nuclear bomb at the United States, knowing that their country would be pulverized off the face of the earth within a few hours, by our enormous nuclear might.
McGovern concludes that since the American people and Congress were misled, and it’s clear that at least two-thirds of the American public want our troops out of Iraq. Congress must get them out now.
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