[Marxism] dangerous new "occupation-lite" proposal

["acpollack2@xxxxxxxx" <acpollack2@xxxxxxxx>]

Why does Tom Hayden think the US has the right to negotiate anything with 
anybody in Iraq? We already HAVE a peace plan: it's called
GET OUT NOW!

http://peace-action.org/home/8.16.05petition.html
People?s Petition on Iraq Urges Bush to Shift Strategies

As the death toll in Iraq escalates and support for the Iraq war plummets, a 
national consensus has taken root that current U.S. strategies there have 
failed and cannot bring about peace and stability in that country. While 
President Bush and his chief advisors seem in deep denial, it is overwhelmingly 
apparent to the rest of the nation that we are faced with only one question: 
How to exit Iraq.

Peace Action and the Progressive Democrats of America are offering ordinary 
Americans and other interested groups the opportunity to provide leadership for 
the politicians in Washington. This leadership will take the form of a petition 
to Congress. The plan calls for the administration to shift from a military to 
a conflict resolution model and offers five initial policies, which if enacted, 
will markedly move the U.S. towards peace in Iraq.

The petition lists five principles essential to ending the quagmire in Iraq:

-the US government must declare it has no interest in permanent military bases 
or controlling Iraqi oil or other resources.

-the US government must set goals for ending the occupation and bringing all 
our troops home, in months, not years, beginning with an initial withdrawal of 
troops by the end of this year.

-the US government must request that the United Nations monitor the process of 
military disengagement and de-escalation, and organize a peaceful 
reconstruction effort.

-the US government should appoint a peace envoy independent of the occupation 
authorities to underscore its commitment to an entirely different mission?that 
of a peace process ending the occupation and returning our soldiers home.

-the peace envoy should encourage and cooperate in talks with Iraqi groups 
opposed to the occupation, including insurgents, to explore a political 
settlement. The settlement must include representation of opposition forces and 
parties, and power-sharing and the protection of women's rights as core 
principles of governance and economic and energy development.

To sign the petition and join hundreds of thousands of our fellow Americans in 
calling for an end to the war in Iraq, click here.




Ultimately, in order to break the cycle of violence, we must change the foreign 
policy that institutionalizes violence. Join Peace Action's Campaign for a New 
Foreign Policy


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