How to end the Iraq war 10/28/05

Two million people are dying of cold, hunger, and tetanus for lack of helicopters and cheap vaccines in Asia and Central America. Thousands of US citizens are stranded in Cancun 5 days after Hurricane Wilma. A new storm will hit Nicaragua, not yet recovered from Hurricane Mitch in l998. Meanwhile, the USA continues to spend wildly for war in Iraq/Afghanistan. Currently it has cost the people of Indiana over 3.8 billion and South Bend over 52.5 million for the Iraq war. (Note: reference is www.costofwar.com)

There is no better time than right now to pull out of Iraq/Afghanistan. We have a good excuse, i.e., there are just more urgent things to do. President Bush would not have to admit error. The Iraqi people would have a good chance to rise to the occasion of making for themselves a free government. We would bring our troops home or assign them and military supplies to life-saving work in areas of natural disaster in the US or abroad. We could reduce federal taxes without increasing the deficit and without raising state and local property taxes. It is time to make a change for the better."

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Ellyn Stecker
1036 N. Niles Ave
South Bend, IN 46617