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A precondition for peace in Iraq would be the immediate withdrawal of all coalition troops. It is already a blood bath and in no small part the U.S. and U.K. governments are responsible. War reparations should be paid by the U. S and British governments for the damage caused by war, to the infrastructure, and the loss of civilan lives, over 100,000 deaths(read Lancet study)in one year alone than there would have been had not the invasion occured, and also for over ten years of sanctions that weakened the iraqi people and allowed a tyrant to hold on to power who least we forget was a U.S. ally when he commited his worst atrocities, in Halabja for example in march 1988. Also there should be some justice, for the leaders responsible for the war to be put on trail for war crimes. That means Paul Wolfowitz, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush, Tony Blair and his entire cabinet, Mr Halliburton Dick Cheney, and others, for launching an ilegal war of aggression, war crimes against civilians including the use of depleted uranium, cluster bombs and chemical weapons, wanton destruction of towns and cities, the use of torture and incaration with out trail in Abu Graib and Guantanamo. All crimes that they would prosecuted for at Nuremburg. It should be the least that we demand for the sake of our own humanity.

The crucial question we need to ask as occupiers is “Do they want us to be there?”. According to a poll by the British Ministry of Defence carried out by Iraqi university reseachers this past august the answer would seem to be a resounding no! 82 percent are strongly opposed to the presence of coalition troops and less than 1 percent believe they are responsible for any improvement in security. So coalition forces should withdrawal as the population wants them to. Instead they remain and the situation deteriorates with yet more daily deaths in Iraq, and more Muslims recuited by Al quaida while they try and set up a client regime they can control in a region rich in oil.

So I salute the Frank Allis Elementary School in Madison Wisconsin, and their third grade pupils. Calling for an end to the war in Iraq is the humane thing to do. I think most contributors underestimate the intelligence of these young pupils. I think they know what they are doing and are less indoctrinated than most contributors to this site.

I find most of the contributions hilarious on this site and look forward to some good old bellicose,jingoistic, right wing patriotic outraged responses or you might suprise me and actually say something quite thoughtful.

people can’t be trusted to vote? someone is really scared!

http://random10.blogspot.com/2005/11/madison-teachers-cross-line.html

All the links from the Wisconsin Blogosphere when this story broke.

The truist example of hypocrisy here is her admission that she would have objected had the assignment been to write a “support the troops” letter.

Pulling out of Iraq before stabilized and on their own would result in a power vacuum. Your solution would result in bloodbath. Since you mistate what people are interested in I can only say it’s fitting that I say what you are intersted in… a BLOODBATH. Why are you interested in a bloodbath steve?

Too many teachers these days are not giving students a full picture of what happened in a period and letting the individuals form opinions.

Its NOT ok to start a lesson with “This is history’s greatest mistake”, no more then i would want to hear that “this is history’s greatest triumph”.

Mistake or Triumph to who!? – a 25yo fresh out of college just looking to work off student loans?

Compared to what? – last week’s lessons?

I would not support this program because i would not support ideology being instilled into a mind that doesn’t know any better.

Considering how much the Liberal left claims that all conservatives are brainwashed, they sure do start early in the ideological training!