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(回答先: 現役の米兵がイラク撤退を要求 [イラク情勢ニュース] 投稿者 white 日時 2006 年 10 月 27 日 10:02:57)
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1931667,00.html
Soldiers sign online lobby for withdrawal
Dan Glaister in Los Angeles
Thursday October 26, 2006
The Guardian
It is a common enough sentiment in a politically charged electoral season: bring the troops home. But this time the demand is coming not from politicians and activists safe at home, but from troops on active service.
An online petition aims to collect the signatures of American troops in Iraq opposed to the war and pass their grievance to members of Congress in January.
The petition asks service members to sign the statement: "As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq. Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for US troops to come home."
The petition, the Appeal for Redress, has gathered just 118 signatures since its launch a month ago. Including National Guard and reservists, there are 1.4m US troops on active duty.
With the midterm elections two weeks away one of the petition's organisers, Sgt Liam Madden, decided to go public. "The more informed I got, the more I opposed the war," he told the San Jose Mercury News. "The more people who died there, the longer we stayed there, the more I opposed the war. The more I know, the easier it is to support withdrawal."
The petition cites three criteria for demanding a withdrawal of troops from Iraq: the failure to provide troops with adequate preparation and protection; the human cost in lives to Americans and Iraqis; and the economic cost of the war.
Its website says that it aims to provide "a way in which individual service members can appeal to their Congressional Representative and US Senators to urge an end to the US military occupation."
While serving officers are barred from denouncing the president and other military leaders, and service members are not allowed to lobby for a cause while on duty, legal experts said the petition probably did not violate the restrictions. They also cited a "whistleblower protection" law under which service members can file complaints to Congress.
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