The War is WRONG

The war in Iraq, in addition to being illegal in many ways, has killed a million innocent people; 20% of Iraq’s pre-war population of has been killed, wounded, exiled or displaced. It would still be horrible, yet more understandable, if Iraq posed a grave threat to the United States, or if we were truly helping the country, but neither is the case, and so this is unacceptable. 9

Our soldiers trusted our commander-in-chief to send them to war only when absolutely necessary, but this war was not necessary; it is, in fact, counterproductive. We owe it to our brave men and women to stop this war, so that they’re not the victims of expected retributions from angry people. Soldiers cannot oppose Bush without us, so we are the ones who must ensure that they’re no longer used as cannon fodder for an administration that has sent them to die based on lies.

This war, the opposite of the moral intentions of freedom, peace and security claimed by the Bush administration, is a war of imperialism, where the current leadership of our country seeks to expand it’s power. This is a war for oil and strategic positioning, and no one should die for the profit of others alone.

If we allow this war to continue, though we have the power to stop it, then we allow our country to behave as an empire with our consent. The people of the world won’t stand for it, and as civilized, just-minded human beings, we shouldn’t either. We can say NO to this entire paradigm by acting in our numbers.

Requests of our Congresspersons on Stopping the War: