“My reason to end the Iraq war”

  — answer to question on Code Pink website:                                                        11/26/2008

If you are concerned about the war on terror, it is making us less safe.

If you are concerned about the economy, it is stealing resources from all social public services and bankrupting us, our children, and their children.

If you are concerned about the environment, it is an attempt to forestall the inevitable—our much needed shift from petroleum.

If you are concerned about the troops, it is turning many young men and women committed to serving their country into confused and broken individuals, attempting to cope with their feelings about their participation in a war based on lies, largely alone without the necessary psychological help to do so.

If you identify with our country, it is a disgrace to the nation.

If you identify with god, it is an immoral tragedy.

If you identify with humanity, it is a calculated genocide to control resources.

If I had to state one reason only, it could be the name of any one individual of any nationality or religion, who died needlessly or otherwise became a casualty in this conflict. There are literally millions to choose from.