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| March 29, 2008
| Op Ed
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WASHINGTON — ¿Cuantos más van a morir en vano por una mentira? Esa fue la pregunta que hizo Joan Kosloff cuyo hijastro, Sherwood Baker, murió en Irak en 2003. “El Congreso no debe autorizar ni un centavo más a penas que no sea para traer nuestras tropas a casa y proveer indemnización para el pueblo de Irak”, ella dijo.
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When a TV reporter recently asked Vice President Cheney how he reconciled U.S. policy on Iraq with the fact that two-thirds of Americans oppose the war, he shrugged his shoulders and arrogantly replied, “So?”
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The killing of Raul Reyes, a leading spokesperson for the Revolutionary Armed Forced of Colombia (FARC), and 19 other FARC insurgents by Colombian armed forces in Ecuador March 1 came as hopes for peace in Colombia were rising. The FARC had recently released six hostages.
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The online activism group MoveOn.org has launched an “Iraq/Recession” campaign, aiming to “make sure that politicians and pundits understand what voters already know: As long as we keep pouring that money down the drain in Iraq, we won’t have the money we need to solve our economic woes.”
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To a woman and man, both Democratic presidential candidates pledge to bring our troops home. It is a question of when, not if. That’s cautious good news for the families of 160,000 U.S. military personnel in Iraq. But when are the estimated 130,000 military contractors leaving? That is nearly a one-to-one ratio of uniformed soldiers, sailors, pilots and Marines to non-uniformed mercenaries. Even if every private is pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, the U.S. would still have an army of rent-a-thugs on the ground.
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Una batalla se está formando en el Congreso sobre el plan del gobierno de Bush de establecer una ocupación militar de Irak de plazo largo.
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In an emotional rally at the Gaza border Jan. 26, undaunted by rain, some 2,000 Israelis brought humanitarian aid and demonstrated for peace and an end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza.
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A battle is shaping up in Congress over the Bush administration’s move to entrench long-term U.S. military occupation in Iraq.
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CLEVELAND — Braving bitterly cold winds, 100 peace activists rallied in Market Square here Jan. 26 and marched several blocks to a town hall meeting to demand an end to the Israeli siege of Gaza., for a town hall meeting.
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