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!
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5:07 pm PDT, Apr 16,Jeff Hopkins, Illinois
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5:17 pm PDT, Apr 13,Suzie Gordon, New Hampshire
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2:21 pm PDT, Apr 12,Seth Stern, New Jersey
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2:26 am PDT, Apr 12,Can Atik, Turkey
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8:39 am PDT, Mar 29,Nuntanit Bumrungsap, Thailand
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4:21 am PDT, Mar 22,Art Deco, Maine
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2:13 pm PDT, Mar 15,BiLL Fowlie, Maine
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9:51 pm PDT, Mar 14,Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
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9:51 pm PDT, Mar 12,Amanda Myers, Texas
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6:12 pm PST, Mar 5,Johnny GILBERT, New Jersey
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6:16 pm PST, Feb 17,Laura Zanoli, Italy
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4:53 pm PST, Feb 13,Melissa Lalonde, Canada
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11:48 am PST, Jan 31,Indian Hat, United Kingdom
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9:03 pm PST, Jan 6,Linda Jumper, Ohio
Mr. Bush, You will soon be unemployed with time on your hands. Why don't you go to the Middle East and walk beside the troops you have sent there? Ease their pain when they are torn apart by IEDs, or catch them as they fall from the bullets that have ripped through them. Or stay here and notify the families of their loss and give them a shoulder to cry on. Let them know how much "you care".
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12:22 am PST, Jan 6,Victoria Mary Stong / Community Activist, New York
Please end our Soldiers and Troops from suffering any more than they already have and bring them home. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE HORRIBLE WAY SICK AND INJURED SOLDIERS ARE TREATED WHEN THEY CAN NO LONGER FIGHT AND ARE SENT TO HOSPITALS. THE UNITED STATES IS NOT GIVING THEM FULL MEDICAL COVERAGE IN MANY, MANY CASES AND THIS IS ADDING INSULT TO INJURY LITERALLY. WE NEED PETITIONS TO DEMAND THEIR FULL MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR ALL THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS!
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8:52 pm PST, Jan 1,Kathy Harris, Virginia
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4:14 pm PST, Jan 1,Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
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4:21 pm PST, Dec 22,Nancie Davis, California
Please bring the troops home.
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2:21 pm PST, Dec 12,Silky Wyld, Wisconsin
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8:40 am PST, Dec 11,Radwen Guermazi, Tunisia
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2:54 pm PST, Dec 8,Name not displayed, Wisconsin
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11:14 am PST, Dec 7,Roxie Schliesmann, Wisconsin
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8:25 am PST, Dec 6,Rachael Griffin, California
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12:36 am PST, Dec 4,Diane Loran, Washington
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8:14 pm PST, Nov 26,Name not displayed, Maine
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2:00 pm PDT, Nov 2,Name not displayed, New York
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8:20 am PDT, Nov 2,Marek Zielinski, United Kingdom
Dear Fellow Peace Activists,
In my personal opinion,
this is something all people of peace should act upon as we already did by writting a letter to polish permanent representative to the United Nations with a request for our petition to be recognized as a way to global peace forever.
http://www.peace365.org
In Peace
Marek
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11:45 am PDT, Oct 30,Olga Martin, Argentina
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5:47 am PDT, Oct 28,Name not displayed, Colorado
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11:09 am PDT, Oct 12,Kathryn Scarlett Lynch, Kentucky
We already did what you Mr. Bush, said needed to be done. Now lets end it, lets get our troops home. Lets stop the senseless mindless killings, stop whatever the hell you think we can accomplish in Iraq, and bring them home. Why dont you represent the views of AMERICA, whom you should fully serve, instead of your own selfish beliefs. Its sickening!!
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12:22 pm PDT, Oct 10,Erik Sjodin, Sweden
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12:02 am PDT, Sep 20,Roy Bonura, Louisiana
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11:39 am PDT, Sep 18,Kyna Crain, Montana
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7:11 am PDT, Sep 12,Anja Semmler, Germany
BRING THE BOYS HOME, BUSH! And everyone do what it takes to bring PEACE back to our lives around the world! Sending Troops in is NOT going to bring peace. I think the reason he doesnt want to bring them back is because he KNOWS that at least 1 american soldier is going to hunt him down when he gets back, and he will rip him a new butthole for the many lies he`s told to all of us, so Bush`s signature doesn`t mean doodles. He must be taken out of the responsibility & authority all together.
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7:57 pm PDT, Sep 9,Chris Anas, California
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3:34 pm PDT, Sep 3,Leesi Hope DeSanti, Florida
It's the only plan that has the chance to really bring the troops home.....
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3:53 am PDT, Sep 2,Kaytie Irvine, California
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1:48 pm PDT, Aug 29,Polly Odyssey, Missouri
I support our troops, especially when they're all home.
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8:01 pm PDT, Aug 19,Sharon Dickenson, Kentucky
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11:07 am PDT, Aug 19,Name not displayed, New York
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12:26 pm PDT, Aug 18,Dogan Ozkan, Turkey
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10:26 pm PDT, Aug 17,Chuck Dowe, Massachusetts
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7:20 pm PDT, Aug 15,Sarah Robinson, Florida
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7:19 pm PDT, Aug 15,Name not displayed, Kentucky
our brave and precious troops are suffering and shedding very real blood for what? is it oil, world dominance, personal wealth for the very few or something even more self-serving for the present administration?
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8:41 pm PDT, Aug 14,Marlyssa Carlton, California
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2:01 pm PDT, Aug 9,David Gardner, Utah
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1:44 pm PDT, Jul 25,Name not displayed, California
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6:46 am PDT, Jul 21,Clair Touby, New York
IMPERACH! INDICT! IMPRISON AT GUANTANAMO!
4:20 pm PDT, Jul 14,Cecile Bishop, Arizona
Something must be done and done now not later. The current president, v.p. will not listen to anyone (except Carl Rove. Too many have died and are dying for an unjust cause - wasn't anything learned in Vietnam plus what really angers me is that our government will not provide for care of these brave people who are suffering mental anguish/damage as well as terrible physical wounds. My family is and has been a part of military service going way back to the Rev. War - both of my parents are buried in miitary cemetaries. My mother serve in the merchant marine and navy but was not award military benefits until just before she died. This disgrace should not continue esp. at the cost of lives and loved ones.
