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Article: VIEWS.(OPINION)(Letter to the editor)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- March 18, 2006
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Pass referendum to bring our troops home
A Wisconsin State Journal editorial on Sunday called for our troops in Iraq to be gradually withdrawn from Iraq, as certain unspecified benchmarks are met. But who decides what gradually means, or what the benchmarks are?
Until now, those decisions have been left to George W. Bush, the same man who lied us into this disastrous war. And what has happened? Our troops have accomplished much, including deposing a dictator, putting him on trial and overseeing three democratic elections, only to see Bush move the goalposts. Now the president wants our troops to stay until "stability" is achieved, whatever (and whenever) ...