Out of Iraq and Afghanistan – No War on Iran
The US has no right to occupy Iraq and Afghanistan for oil, gas, and military bases.
Immediately cease US combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and threats of an attack on Iran. Bring home ALL US military forces and corporate mercenaries on a six-month timetable from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the other states of the region.
Stop the covert war in Iran and threats of air strikes on Iran. Iran poses no threat to the America unless the US forces it into a wider Middle East regional war by attacking Iran.
While withdrawing, The US should provide diplomatic support for all of the region’s states and political groups to negotiate agreements for mutual security, peacekeeping, and reconstruction in the region’s zones of conflict.
Also provide US funding for humanitarian aid for the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan under the administration of local and international agencies. If requested by the people of these countries, the US should contribute funding but not troops to international peacekeeping forces.
The Democrats "took back Congress" in 2006 implying they would end the war. Instead, they voted to continue funding the war three times with supplemental war appropriations.
The Democratic standard bearer, Barack Obama, would continue the counterinsurgency war in Iraq. He would redeploy about 60,000 "combat troops" from Iraq to escalate in Afghanistan and to base a reserve strike force in Kuwait ready to re-enter Iraq. Meanwhile, the remaining 80,000 US troops and 150,000 corporate mercenaries under Pentagon contract would stay in Iraq to protect US oil and other corporate interests, to train its Iraqi proxy army, and to provide the Iraqi proxies with reconnaissance, tactical command, and air support.
Obama offers new tactics but the same war, and the same objective as Bush, McCain, and the Republicans: a "stable" client state in Iraq for oil and US military bases.
The Democrat in this congressional race, Dan Maffei, calls generally for withdrawal from Iraq while making no criticisms of the Democratic leadership’s Iraq policies. Will Maffei be a maverick who challenges the Democratic leadership on Iraq, and Afghanistan, and Iran? We have seen no evidence of that in the three years he has been campaigning.
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