Reply #36: Oh boy, white man's burden thing.

[Tom Joad]

You'd think the 21st century would have done without that. "We have to stay there because the backward people can't do it on their own".

There are a few office holders who do "act so foolishly" as i suggest. James McGovern has introduced bills to defund the war.
http://www.house.gov/mcgovern/pr102505outofiraqbill.htm

Even Murtha has said that all the troops should be out, without conditions, in less than 6 months (I strongly differ with his insistence that troops should be stationed nearby, in my view they should withdraw to Kansas or Iowa, not Kuwait) still a lot better and more clear than anything Kerry has offered. He also knows that US troops, though not often the target, are the inspiration of the resistance. If we were to withdraw, then Iraqis will not be seen as collaborating with invading forces, and there would be a better chance that things would calm down. The Iraqis will have to work this out for themselves. The US just makes it worse.

Finally, the truth is, whatever ones station in life, we can all speak against this illegal and immoral war that has been waged against the Iraqi people without stopping since 1990. We don't have to be a member of the ruling class to do so.