04/06/06 Hooray For Votes To Get Out Of Iraq

Dear Editor: This is a letter of thanks to everyone in the Madison community and the places across the state who voted in support of the "Bring Our Troops Home Now" referendums.

Those who opposed this grass-roots campaign to allow voters to have a voice on this issue might argue that there weren't a lot of people who showed up or that the votes were too close to have a clear mandate on the issue. Haven't we heard that recently? They and our elected officials must understand: The majority of the people who voted want the U.S. out of Iraq now.

The best thing that we can do is to impeach that massive failure of a president. America needs a leader who can build an international coalition of support to rebuild Iraq from the shocking and awful mess that we've made. We need a leader who can apologize for George Bush's mistakes and fix them with true humanitarian rather than corporate interests at heart.

Families want the troops home. Citizens want troops home. Voters want them home where they can get real support.