[IMC-Editorial] Urgent: Congress needs your call

[The Sacred Earth Society]

Dear friend,

The US occupation in Iraq has left American soldiers unprepared and
vulnerable, the country is degenerating into chaos, and the Iraqi people
embittered and hostile.  Now, the President is asking Congress for a
staggering $87 billion blank check to fund more of the same.  Until
he takes strong steps to correct this failure, We don't think Congress 
should give him a cent.  

President Bush needs to fire the team responsible, starting with 
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and transfer authority
to the United Nations.

Please join us in telling Congress to hold on to our money until
President Bush changes his team and changes his course in Iraq.  
You can send an email to your Member of Congress and sign the 
MoveOn.org petition at:

   http://www.moveon.org/firerumsfeld/

Thanks.

Here's some more background info from MoveOn.org:

* 155 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq since President Bush declared
"Mission Accomplished."  Since the beginning of the war, over 300
soldiers have given their lives, more than in any U.S. conflict in
decades.

* There are 140,000 troops in the country now.  According to General
Tommy Franks, those levels won't be reduced "in the foreseeable
future."  "The Army is strained and stressed," said another general
last week.

* The U.S. occupation of Iraq now costs about $1 billion a WEEK -- as
much as the Federal Government spends on after school programs for the
entire year.  Those are just military costs -- not including any money
for rebuilding in Iraq.

* Suicide attacks and bombings throughout Iraq are becoming a daily
occurrence; they show no sign of slowing.  

* Iraqis resent the U.S. occupation.  The headline of a recent 
article in the New York Times is "Iraqis' Bitterness Is Called 
Bigger Threat Than Terror."

* No weapons of mass destruction have been found, nor have we seen
any evidence of an active weapons development program.

* And there's no exit strategy: the Administration has yet to present
a realistic plan for how the occupation of Iraq will end.


--------------------------------------------------- 
This message has come from the Sacred Earth Society 
http://SacredEarth.org providing information on Saving 
the Earth and making the world better for humans and 
animals. If you do not wish to receive our periodic 
updates (approximately once a month) please put 
remove in the subject line in your reply to us. 
----------------------------------------------------