Why We Call for TROOPS OUT NOW!

The U.S. occupation is the problem, not the solution
Most Iraqis are bitterly opposed to the brutal military occupation and economic rape of their country. The longer the U.S. stays in Iraq, the more the Iraqi people will resist and fight back. The Iraqi people have the right to determine their own fate. Any genuinely democratic government in Iraq or in the U.S. would demand an immediate end to the occupation.

The U.S. is creating a civil war, not stopping it
In their attempt to create a pro-American puppet government in Iraq, Bush has used the age-old method of “divide and conquer.” Over three years of shifting alliances, the U.S. has backed Kurdish and Shiite militias to put down the Sunni resistance. They have backed up Sunni “moderate” leaders against pro-Iran Shiite “extremists.” As long as the U.S. military remains, civil war is inevitable. Only ordinary Iraqis, uniting across religious and ethnic lines in a common struggle for economic security and against U.S. imperialism, can stop sectarian violence.

The war is based on lies
Everyone now knows that Bush lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction and Iraqi ties to 9/11, and the Democrats went along for the ride. Now Bush is saying the occupation is about democracy and preventing civil war, but this is just another cover for their real oil-driven interests. We cannot trust the Pentagon or profiteering U.S. corporations like Halliburton to reconstruct Iraq on behalf of ordinary Iraqis.