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No Permanent Military Bases in Iraq!

Target: President George Bush
Sponsored by: Obama for America

"The first thing we have to do is end this war. And the right person to end it is someone who had the judgment to oppose it from the beginning." - Barack Obama, October 2, 2007

Just weeks ago, the Bush administration opened the door to establishing permanent military bases in Iraq. Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, the administration's deputy national security adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan, stated that permanent military bases in Iraq will be "on the negotiating table" during talks next year on the long-term security relationship between the U.S. and Iraq.

We need real leadership to get us out of Iraq. Barack Obama opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning. He has a clear, realistic plan to end it. Under a Barack Obama administration, the occupation of Iraq will end and there will be no permanent military bases inside Iraq.

Join Barack Obama in telling the Bush administration: no permanent military bases in Iraq!

deadline: 12-9-2008
goal: 5,000

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Dear President Bush,

I am opposed to permanent military bases in Iraq. I write today to call on your administration to clearly and unequivocally state that it will neither seek nor maintain permanent bases in Iraq.

On November 26, your administration released the Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America. That day, in clarifying this agreement, Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, deputy national security adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan, stated that permanent military bases in Iraq will be "on the negotiating table" during next year's talks between the United States and Iraq.

Your administration later stated that the United States does not "seek" military bases, but so far has not clearly stated that America will not accept or maintain permanent bases either.

Senator Barack Obama has been very clear: under an Obama administration, "the war as we understand it will be over. We will not have permanent bases inside Iraq. The occupation will be done."

I urge you to publicly state that the United States will not seek, accept or maintain permanent military bases in Iraq.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
[Your address]

We signed the “No Permanent Military Bases in Iraq!” petition!

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6:21 pm PDT, Apr 17, Vanessa Garvy, Illinois

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11:13 am PDT, Apr 16, Jennifer Henderson, Florida

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11:05 am PDT, Apr 16, Mark Novotny, Illinois

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11:01 pm PDT, Apr 12, Rhonda Zorn, Kentucky

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7:09 am PDT, Apr 12, Safwan Bader, Kuwait

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3:45 am PDT, Apr 12, Can Atik, Turkey

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5:12 am PDT, Apr 11, Lisa Reali, Ohio

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1:39 pm PDT, Apr 10, Chad Halsey, Indiana

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11:57 am PDT, Apr 10, Judy Frank, Pennsylvania

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10:28 am PDT, Apr 10, Erin Emerson, Utah

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8:50 pm PDT, Apr 9, Argyris Tsementzis, Guam

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3:13 pm PDT, Apr 9, Robyn MacDonald, Australia

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3:34 am PDT, Apr 9, Belnda Duprat, India
BUSH, YOU HAVE BECOME THE DESTROYER OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WITH YOUR DECISIONS - AMERICA WILL BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT YOU AND YOUR STUPID BLUNDERS.

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6:08 am PDT, Apr 8, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

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1:16 pm PDT, Apr 7, Angela Boss, Canada

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9:46 am PDT, Apr 7, Debbie Butz, Illinois

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6:04 am PDT, Apr 7, Elissa Weindling, New York

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4:34 pm PDT, Apr 6, Gerard Zaratan, California

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6:55 pm PDT, Apr 5, Shawn Williamson, California

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4:36 pm PDT, Apr 5, Elisa DeLapa, New York
I strongly support Hillary, though if it comes down to Obama vs. McCain, I'll absolutely vote Obama (I definitely respect him and find him very capable and a great candidate.) My point, anyway, is that this is an important issue and I 100% believe the idea of permanent US military bases in Iraq is not only unnecessary, but an intrusion as well. GO DEMS '08!

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12:18 pm PDT, Apr 5, Ann Drechsler, Hawaii
Let's not stop with Iraq! There is no need for our military to be spread across the world today. Shut down all bases in South Korea, Germany, England etc. Bring our troops home and put them in bases along our borders.

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4:18 pm PDT, Mar 30, Necole Cook, Virginia

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3:39 pm PDT, Mar 30, Chum Richardson, Canada

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6:05 pm PDT, Mar 29, VIDA TOBI KANTER, New York

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4:12 am PDT, Mar 26, Samara Esemann, Italy

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4:43 pm PDT, Mar 25, Ines Seidel, Germany

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4:04 pm PDT, Mar 24, Anne Seidel, Germany

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8:08 pm PDT, Mar 23, Linda Hughes, Florida

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6:12 pm PDT, Mar 23, Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands

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3:48 pm PDT, Mar 22, Danny Roundtree, New Jersey

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12:59 pm PDT, Mar 22, David Rowson, Pennsylvania

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11:37 am PDT, Mar 22, Jessica Ourisman, California

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1:12 am PDT, Mar 22, Art Deco, Maine

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6:51 pm PDT, Mar 21, JOCELYNE ANNIE, Canada

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1:22 pm PDT, Mar 20, Marija Pavlovic, Serbia And Montenegro

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11:40 pm PDT, Mar 19, Kingmaker Alsahir, Iraq
it is not optional you must not stay in iraq

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3:49 pm PDT, Mar 19, Erica Beer, Oklahoma

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1:40 pm PDT, Mar 18, Erin Shelly, New York

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11:46 am PDT, Mar 17, Beth Stein, California

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7:35 am PDT, Mar 17, Kristy Shaw, Canada
Permanent means you plan on staying. thats not acceptable. bring the troops home due to lack of evidence. Go Obama!!! Canada is rooting for you to end this and make the world a better place!!

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3:36 am PDT, Mar 17, Ulrike Darby, Germany

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10:16 pm PDT, Mar 16, Tom Zahrobsky, Iowa

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6:50 am PDT, Mar 16, Jason Smith, New York

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4:49 am PDT, Mar 13, Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin

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7:22 pm PDT, Mar 12, Name not displayed, Arizona

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7:20 pm PDT, Mar 11, Mindye Fortgang, New York

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5:34 am PDT, Mar 10, Animal Lover Claudia P, Netherlands

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12:18 pm PDT, Mar 9, Diana Satin, Massachusetts

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11:57 am PDT, Mar 9, Maria Dixon, Spain

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6:19 am PDT, Mar 9, Janine Mackey, Georgia

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2:08 pm PST, Mar 8, Onur Yildirim, Germany
Why military anyway? Oh the heavens of love forbid military, good grief!

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1:21 pm PST, Mar 8, Susel Perez, Iowa

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12:51 pm PST, Mar 8, Yvonne Jorg, Arizona

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11:40 pm PST, Mar 5, Jon Thorne, Australia

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11:31 pm PST, Mar 5, Haleema Nawras, Canada

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11:27 pm PST, Mar 5, Dave Smith, Canada

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11:22 pm PST, Mar 5, Akhil Bhardwaj, Kansas

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1:00 pm PST, Mar 5, Name not displayed, Poland

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4:20 am PST, Mar 3, Linda Dennett, South Carolina
No bases in Iraq.

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7:16 am PST, Mar 1, Shaneez Abdulla, Maldives

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1:49 am PST, Mar 1, Michael Vengut, Australia

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9:03 am PST, Feb 29, Verna Cooke-Rishell, Pennsylvania
Not that I think you will listen to anything that "we the people" have to say, since you haven't for seven years, but it's time for you to grow up and give up your own personal bull-headed objectives, and think of what's in the best interest of our nation and our neighbors in the world community. Are you capable of doing that? I don't think so, but how about proving me wrong for once.

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7:06 am PST, Feb 29, Tomas Rek, Czech Republic

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4:54 am PST, Feb 29, Hanan Grenberg, Denmark

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