There's an article posted on the net on the sixth anniversary of the invasion that I hope everyone reads. It is a joint statement by organizations representing those in this country who have the most at stake in this war--the troops, the veterans and the families whose loved ones are in harm's way. (You can find it at the Military Families Speak Out website, here.)
It is a simple and urgent appeal to those of us who have argued and worked and fought and prayed to end the occupation of Iraq over the last few years.: "We ask all those who have stood with us in the past to stay faithful to the cause."
Why is such a plea necessary? Many who are dead opposed to the war are convinced that the new president should be "given a chance" to end it, which he promises to do--by 2012! Even some who believe his policies in Iraq and Afghanistan are profoundly mistaken