Exiting Iraq: How?
5 STEPS TO SUCCESS
The question is no longer whether to get out of
Iraq, but how. Peace Action and the Progressive Democrats
of America have identified a workable plan based on
five simple steps that the US government can take to
end the quagmire. We are petitioning Congress to take
these five steps now.
1. NO PERMANENT BASES.
Declare that the U.S has no interest in permanent military
bases or controlling Iraqi oil or other resources.
2. MONTHS, NOT YEARS.
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.
3. U.N.-MONITORED PEACEFUL
RECONSTRUCTION.
Request that the United Nations monitor the process
of military disengagement and de-escalation, and organize
a peaceful reconstruction effort.
4. INDEPENDENT PEACE PROCESS.
Appoint a peace envoy independent of the occupation
authorities to underscore U.S. commitment to an entirely
different mission-a peace process ending the occupation
and returning our soldiers home.
5. COOPERATIVE POLITICAL
SETTLEMENT.
Empower the peace envoy to 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 hold power-sharing and the protection of
women's rights as core principles of governance and
economic and energy development.
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