Three Views: Obama's Visit to Israel
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Palestinian children during a visit to the Church of the Nativity in the occupied West Bank town of Bethlehem, March 22, 2013. (ATEF SAFADI-POOL/GETTY IMAGES)
Grave Threats to the Middle East
Lebanese Kurds wave the Kurdish flag and a flag picturing Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan during Persian New Year, or Noruz, celebrations in Beirut, March 21, 2013. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
To the Victor, the Spoils
Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lipid (c) with former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who resigned his position after being indicted on charges of fraud and breach of trust, at the Feb. 5 swearing in of the 19th Knesset. (URIEL SINAI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Getting the Words Right: Israel Isn’t Occupying Palestine—It’s Conquered It
Israeli soldiers take pictures of each other in front of Israel’s illegal apartheid wall near the Qalandia checkpoint outside Ramallah, March 30, 2013. Israeli troops earlier had clashed with Palestinian demonstrators commemorating the 37th anniversary of “Land Day.” (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
The Cyrus Cylinder—Often Referred to as The “First Bill of Human Rights”
Clay, Babylon, Mesopotamia, after 539 BCE D x H: 7.8-10 x 21.9-22.8 cm British Museum, London, ME 90920 Photo: ©The Trustees of the British Museum
Two Views: King Pyrrhus and the War on Iraq
Prosthetic legs for wounded American soldiers at the Center for Intrepid rehabilitation gym at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, TX, Aug. 7, 2012. (JOHN MOORE/GETTY IMAGES)
December 2005 Postcard
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DEAR SENATOR:
As the “PlameGate” scandal unfolds, it is more apparent than ever that the White House has lied to Americans and the world about the reasons for invading Iraq. This lie has cost the lives not only of more than 2,000 U.S. soldiers, but of aid workers, diplomats and journalists, and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians. We urge you to support the investigation into the web of lies spun by the White House, to set a clear and proximate date to end the occupation of Iraq, and devise a just plan to help the Iraqi people rebuild their shattered country.
Please support Senate legislation similar to that introduced by Rep. James McGovern (D-MA), calling for an end to all funding for the deployment of U.S. troops in Iraq. His bill will allow Defense Department funds to be used only to provide for the safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. troops or to help Iraqi security forces or international forces.
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The current administration has lost the confidence of the American people. The investigation into the “outing” of CIA agent Valerie Plame has demonstrated what the world already knew: intelligence was fixed around ideologically based policy, and there was and is no justification for the invasion and occupation of Iraq. This administration’s reckless abandonment of the rule of law has needlessly destabilized the world and caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people.
The United States has a responsibility to rectify these serious mistakes. It’s time to end the occupation of Iraq so that Iraqis can rebuild their country.
Bring our troops home. Get them off the streets of Baghdad and onto the streets of New Orleans to help residents rebuild. We need our soldiers here at home.
