President-Elect Barack Obama pledged to end the occupation of Iraq during his campaign and this should be his number one priority. The occupation of Iraq has cost the US economy hundreds of billions of dollars, lasted longer then World War II, and displaced millions of Iraqis from their homes, while destabilizing the entire region.
Obama will face tremendous challenges early in his administration and feel the pull from hawkish members of his own party and Republicans. He'll need the support of the public to maintain the political will to end the occupation of Iraq, bring our troops home, and resolve the humanitarian crisis.
Sign our open letter to President-Elect Barack Obama to see through his pledge to end the occupation of Iraq.
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3:22 pm PST, Nov 13,Roisin Power, Ireland
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8:53 pm PDT, Oct 31,Rose Becke, Australia
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10:42 am PDT, Oct 31,Name not displayed, Greece
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4:26 am PDT, Oct 29,Name not displayed, Illinois
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5:39 pm PDT, Oct 28,Tom Doerr, Florida
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9:45 pm PDT, Oct 25,Cheryl Thomas, Arizona
this is a senceless war. We should have never been there in the first place. Please bring our troops home.
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1:59 am PDT, Oct 21,Can Atik, Turkey
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1:35 pm PDT, Oct 11,Christina Anderson, Canada
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11:31 am PDT, Sep 23,Auburn Barnes, Tennessee
Bring our boys home
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4:28 pm PDT, Sep 16,Nadia Davidovich, Argentina
It is hard to believe that we are still in war at the twenty first century. I'm sorry, but don't you realize that the WAR IS OVER FOR EVER AND EVER? WE ARE ONE ONLY WORLD. I though you, Mr President, was different to Mr. George Bush.
I'm very dissapointed about the way you're developing your goverment.
Please listen what people are asking you. In some ways, we could say you are the king of the whole planet; you've got the power of winning the PEACEFUL battle for peace.
Please don't waste your precious time in the White House, and be our voice of Freedom and Justice and Peace.
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3:30 am PDT, Sep 15,CHANGERDESYSTEM GABON, United Kingdom
Dear Mr President, help the people from Gabon to be free from their colonial ties with France. May all people around the world, including people fron Irak be free.
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1:59 am PDT, Sep 4,Name not displayed, Connecticut
3:08 am PDT, Jun 30,Name not displayed, Malaysia
Please end this war against any country in the world..I plead to you and let there be peace but not war..
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11:12 am PDT, Jun 29,DAndra Robb-Bryan, Washington
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1:30 am PDT, Jun 11,Fernando Barletta, Brazil
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9:35 pm PDT, Jun 10,Nadiah Abdullah, Malaysia
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1:35 pm PDT, Jun 7,Seth Oles, Illinois
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9:37 am PDT, Jun 3,Alex B. Espo, Canada
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10:50 pm PDT, May 29,Elaine Robinson, United Kingdom
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4:13 pm PDT, May 23,NICOLE LEBLANC, Vermont
Stop FUNDING WAR and fund services for PEOPLE WITH DISABILTIES LIKE self advocacy and training centers and long term care in healthcare reform, mass transit, special ed etc.
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4:50 pm PDT, May 16,Zach Johnson, Oregon
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6:11 am PDT, May 13,Clintin Jorgenson, Tennessee
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4:55 pm PDT, May 11,Chrissy Smith, Oklahoma
Personally, my husband is a soldier for the United States Army. He has served one tour in Iraq, and is soon to face another pointless tour in Afghanistan. We have lost so many of our men, to pointless violence. This war keeps going on and on, and there is nothing being done to present change. Money is spent for guns and weaponry, innocent Iraqi's and Americans are killed every day in this dragged-out, so called "war on terrorism". Honestly, The Iraq itself as a country, did not attack the United States. Terrorists from Iraq did. There are terrorists who live in our country, that are Americans! Timothy Mcvey, for instance. I was horrified by 911, and yes it was tragic. But, I don't see the point in sending our men over there, and spending billions of American dollars on a war that hasn't solved anything. The only thing that has come of this war, is death, debt, and a everlasting hatred towards Americans. End the war on terrorism.
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5:58 am PDT, Apr 22,Candace Howze, North Carolina
You know and I do and so many others in our nation that war is a burden to so many, especially when it is an unnecessary one. Please end this war as quickly and safely as possible.
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8:53 pm PDT, Apr 18,Jamie Lee, California
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12:59 pm PDT, Apr 18,Casey Jo Remy, Idaho
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8:48 am PDT, Apr 17,Bre Dunigan, Oregon
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8:13 am PDT, Apr 13,Name not displayed, Massachusetts
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9:48 pm PDT, Apr 12,Zack Simpson, Australia
interesting that since america entered iraq the opium trade has increased by 60%
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5:34 am PDT, Apr 12,Vikis Kozlovas, Lithuania
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11:16 am PDT, Apr 10,Sonia Bazso, California
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11:25 am PDT, Apr 8,Michelle Brown, Virginia
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4:57 pm PDT, Apr 7,Ivar Raginski, Ireland
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6:56 am PDT, Apr 7,Christine Collin, Belgium
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2:47 pm PDT, Apr 2,Silvia Apalaghiei, Romania
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10:33 am PDT, Mar 30,Marnie Brew, New York
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5:43 pm PDT, Mar 27,Paul Helmke, Michigan
Im a proud veteran of serving in two military branches of the army/marine corps so lets get our troops outta there cause I done two tours over there in the army an one while I was in the marine corps an Ive experienced more there then any other place Ive served in the world an its costing Us more in money an lives of our young men/women.Cause the american people dont want our dead to be as high as Vietnam/Korea/WWII so BRING our troops home weve done our job that Bush got Us into.Besides we should of finished the job back in 1991 then maybe we wouldnt of lost as many as we have now cause also we had more countries backing Us also back then too.Plus theres far more better things for our National Guard & Reserve troops to help back here in the U.S. at that.
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12:40 am PDT, Mar 26,Janis Ciofalo, Pennsylvania
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10:00 pm PDT, Mar 21,Kristie C., Florida
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12:47 pm PDT, Mar 21,Marilyn Bernstein, Massachusetts
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1:50 pm PDT, Mar 20,Molly Robison, California
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10:33 am PDT, Mar 20,Cedric Hill, Maryland
We have been in Iraq for far too long and it's time to pull out. It's costing us too many American lives to fight for other countries when America is currently facing ecomomic turmoil.
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9:56 am PDT, Mar 20,Patti Talbot-turner, Connecticut
get us out now. Bush was a dictator
