06/10/07 Immoral war wastes lives, funds, resources

Immoral war wastes lives, funds, resources

Of course Congress should end funding for the occupation of Iraq and bring the troops home now. That's what the 2006 election was all about.

Sen. Russ Feingold is right when he says that the way to support our troops is to end the war. This war is illegal because it violates the United Nations charter prohibiting preemptive war. It's immoral because it is based on lies by the Bush-Cheney administration.

Iraq was not a threat to the United States, was not involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and had no weapons of mass destruction. This war is unjust because it has killed hundreds of thousands Iraqis and 3,500 U.S. soldiers in pursuit of oil and empire. Why have more of our troops killed and maimed for such a cause?

This occupation is bankrupting us, and making us less secure because the government's own intelligence report says it recruits more terrorists. This occupation wastes billions a month on death and destruction in Iraq. Couldn't we better use those funds to provide health care for all our citizens, fight global warming, and prevent hunger here at home?

Madrid and London had terrorist attacks similar to ours and they responded by tracking down the perpetrators, not by going to war and killing even more innocent people as the U.S. has done in Afghanistan and Iraq.

- Bonnie Block, Madison