Gotta be there for years, do we?

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=4&u=/ap/20040122/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_21

Violence in Iraq Leaves Nine People Dead

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Attackers killed nine people in an outburst of violence, including four Christian women headed to jobs at a U.S. military base and two American soldiers. South of the capital, the security chief of Spanish troops in Iraq (news - web sites) was shot in the head during a raid.

Two Iraqi policemen were killed Thursday and three others were wounded when gunmen fired on a police checkpoint between Fallujah and Ramadi, two insurgency hotspots west of Baghdad.

The attack occurred along the same road where the day before, assailants firing from a speeding car killed four Christian women and wounded six other people in a convoy headed for the U.S. military base at Habaniyah, 50 miles west of the capital.

Elsewhere, two U.S. soldiers were killed and another wounded during a rocket and mortar barrage late Wednesday on an American camp near Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. American troops returned fire, damaging a house, witnesses said.

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We either take the US-owned tag off the reconstruction and oil contracts NOW, or we condemn more soldiers to death.

We're up to 505 dead soldiers now.

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1. Kick

End the occupation... no more privatized Iraq, no more sweetheart deals for Halliburton, no more US bullying the rest of the world.

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2. There's more dead in Iraq now than first four years of Vietnam

The "official" count has bypassed the number of dead US soldiers from our first four years in Vietnam. And that doesn't include the "unofficial" count, and the seriously injured.

Democrats need to remember 1968-- but not for the reasons we think, necessarily.

In 1968, Dick Nixon inherited a somewhat unpopular war from a previous administration. He promised to get us out of 'Nam and deliver "Peace With Honor".

What did we get after 1968? Increased troop committment. The illegal bombing of Cambodia and further destabilization of the region. The massacre at My Lai. And another 30,000 dead American soldiers-- not to mention the 1+ million dead Vietnamese.

America NEEDS to remember their history, and what we've done in other unpopular wars. There is no "winning" in Iraq. The only way to "win" is for the US to relinquish control and let the UN handle it.

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3. This will eventually become clear

But how many more have to die before we admit it?

"Vietnamization" ring a bell, anyone? That's the next step, this summer.

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4. This needs a kick