Since our invasion of Iraq acts of terrorism around the world have increased by over 100%. No number of troops can solve this problem.
But Senator Joesph Biden, along with Leslie Gelb, President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, have proposed a five-point plan that would bring peace to region without deploying more U.S. troops.
The only way to hold Iraq together and create the conditions that allow our armed forces to responsibly withdraw is to give Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds incentives to pursue their interests peacefully and to forge a sustainable political settlement. To accomplish this, President Bush should endorse the Biden-Gelb five-point plan, which would:
Maintain a unified Iraq by decentralizing it in to regions. A central government would be left in charge of common interests.
Guarantee Sunnis a proportionate share of oil revenue so that each group has an incentive to maximize oil production, making oil the glue that binds the country together.
Create a massive jobs program while increasing reconstruction aid -- especially from the oil-rich Gulf states -- but tying it to the protection of minority rights.
Hold an international conference that would produce a regional nonaggression pact and create a Contact Group to enforce regional commitments.
Begin the phased redeployment of U.S. forces and withdraw most of them by the end of 2007.
This plan is consistent with Iraq's constitution and has been endorsed by many experts on Iraq. It will help rebuild the country while bringing our troops home.
TELL PRESIDENT BUSH TO SUPPORT SENATOR BIDEN'S FIVE-POINT PLAN FOR PEACE, NOT THE DEPLOYMENT OF MORE TROOPS TO IRAQ!
We signed the “Support the Peace Plan That Brings Iraq Troops Home!” petition!
# 50:
8:07 pm PDT, Sep 18,Kathleen Kenny, Colorado
# 49:
7:50 pm PDT, Sep 18,Jacqueline Vreeland, Washington
# 48:
7:40 pm PDT, Sep 18,Luo Pei, China
to avoid fur injury of American solder ,I Think it's time to withdraw. Staying there can not solve any problem and wastes too much money.
# 47:
6:49 pm PDT, Sep 18,Anne Elsenpeter, Wisconsin
# 46:
6:17 pm PDT, Sep 18,Brian Reynolds, New Jersey
# 45:
5:53 pm PDT, Sep 18,Lawrence Smith, BA, Georgia
This war is illegal and immoral, and is being conducted by War Criminals(i.e., Bush and Company), who are profiteering from the catastrophic loss of Human life(a.k.a., "spreading democracy"). GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE #1 TERRORIST(AND THE #1 TERRORIST-RECRUITER) IN THE WORLD, AND THE #1 THREAT TO GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY!
Jesus said it best:
"For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. Then they also will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then will he answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." (Matthew 25:42-45)
Contained within every evil(greedy profiteering republican) act are the seeds of its own destruction. Adhere to the teachings of Jesus, as contained in The Urantia Book, or else suffer the consequences. It IS that simple. TRUTH has been spoken to power, Peace will prevail. Buck Fush!
SUPPORT GLOBAL PEACE AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, AS WELL AS ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY... IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY NOW!
# 44:
4:47 pm PDT, Sep 18,Jessica Anderson, North Carolina
# 43:
4:05 pm PDT, Sep 18,ROBERT STREBECK, Texas
# 42:
3:24 pm PDT, Sep 18,Richard Hollister, Arizona
Didn't we learn anything in Vietnam, it's time to stop sticking your nose were it doesn't belong. Only a Fool tell the enemy months before we're coming!
# 41:
2:52 pm PDT, Sep 18,Rhonda Fazenbaker, Maryland
# 40:
2:52 pm PDT, Sep 18,Ms Zentura, Wyoming
# 39:
2:49 pm PDT, Sep 18,Karen Hunt, Washington
# 38:
12:26 pm PDT, Sep 18,S.M. Selby, Washington
# 37:
12:06 pm PDT, Sep 18,Jean Mclaren, Michigan
# 36:
11:47 am PDT, Sep 18,Bruce Combs, Virginia
We are making EVERYTHING worse in the entire Middle East -- indeed, the whole world! -- everyday we are there.
# 35:
11:30 am PDT, Sep 18,Terry O'Neal, Virginia
# 34:
11:18 am PDT, Sep 18,Richard Artley, Idaho
The U.S. policy in Iraq is all built on your lies Mr. Bush. Stop your insanity and bring our boys and girls home NOW!
# 33:
10:42 am PDT, Sep 18,Pat Rued, California
# 32:
10:31 am PDT, Sep 18,Paul Uecker, Minnesota
# 31:
10:31 am PDT, Sep 18,Terry "Free 'Dog' Chapman" Lee, Michigan
# 30:
10:29 am PDT, Sep 18,Theresa Morache, Texas
As a veteran I feel that we are in another Vietnam situation and we need to bring our troops home where they belong!
# 29:
10:16 am PDT, Sep 18,Cheri Purnell, Florida
# 28:
9:42 am PDT, Sep 18,Mary Psomadakis, New York
# 27:
9:40 am PDT, Sep 18,Wendy Horn, California
# 26:
9:37 am PDT, Sep 18,Vidya Sims, California
# 25:
9:03 am PDT, Sep 18,Michel Durieux, Switzerland
# 24:
8:54 am PDT, Sep 18,Cecilia Durieux, Switzerland
# 23:
8:31 am PDT, Sep 18,Franziska Eber, Germany
# 22:
7:48 am PDT, Sep 18,MoonTree Crystal, Pennsylvania
# 21:
6:56 am PDT, Sep 18,Robin Johnson, North Carolina
# 20:
6:30 am PDT, Sep 18,Lukas Piotrowski, Poland
# 19:
6:17 am PDT, Sep 18,Esther Scerri, Malta
# 18:
6:11 am PDT, Sep 18,Matt Sanborn, Massachusetts
# 17:
4:09 am PDT, Sep 18,Steve Klein, Canada
# 16:
3:08 am PDT, Sep 18,Thomas Pirovano, Switzerland
# 15:
2:30 am PDT, Sep 18,Anna Asbury, Kentucky
# 14:
2:16 am PDT, Sep 18,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 13:
1:53 am PDT, Sep 18,Barbara Tomlinson, Washington
HUMAN TRAFFICKING in women and young girls is ONE horrendous result of the illegal American Occupation. Almost any other country or group of countries could handle the situation better than the IMPOTENT U.S., which has RUN OUT OF OPTIONS, except to WITHDRAW.
# 12:
1:52 am PDT, Sep 18,Barb Pecze, Australia
Stop the useless bloodshed; it's time for peace!
# 11:
12:08 am PDT, Sep 18,Mustang Beam, Montana
It makes a whole lot of sense.
# 10:
11:39 pm PDT, Sep 17,Britney Menconi, Texas
You can't continue a war against something that's been around for centuries! Stop the useless bloodshed!
# 9:
9:25 pm PDT, Sep 17,Bess Katerinsky, New York
# 8:
9:04 pm PDT, Sep 17,Valerie Clark, New York
# 7:
8:49 pm PDT, Sep 17,Ana Angel, Colombia
Bush stops playing and ends with the war!!!
# 6:
7:29 pm PDT, Sep 17,Mike Every, Florida
# 5:
7:28 pm PDT, Sep 17,Lily W, Canada
# 4:
7:03 pm PDT, Sep 17,Deborah Braswell, Texas
End the war. Bring our troops home!
# 3:
6:06 pm PDT, Sep 17,Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 2:
5:44 pm PDT, Sep 17,MaryAnn Barnes, Canada
The troops should be brought home now they have been there long enough. Use the senator's plan and bring'em on home!