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Monday, July 03, 2006

Besides the Other Obvious Reasons...

why we never should have gone to war in Iraq, why we never should have considered the rationale for pre-emptive war (the "best defense is a good offense" bs), and why we need a definite exit strategy beyond the tired hokum of "When the Iraqis are ready to stand up, we will stand down," here's an article that relates the economic costs of this ill-conceived boondoogle:

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/38013/

And strangely enough, the GOP painted the Dems as people wanting to "cut-and-run" in Iraq, but then a few days after the "debate" in Congress Gen. Casey provides a proposal of how to cut and run right around election time. Coincidence? I think not.

http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/columnists/molly_ivins/14928392.htm

Support the troops by bringing them home NOW.

Have a great Fourth of July.

"There never was a good war or a bad peace." -Ben Franklin

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