End the Occupation NOW!!

The weekend of December 2-3 thirteen American service members died in Iraq. This was an unusual number of deaths, but the fact highlights the increasing numbers of American dead in Iraq. With the total of American dead now over 2900 and climbing almost daily, we have no end in sight. President Bush continues to assure us we are winning the fight. That seems difficult to believe in view of the numbers of both Iraqi and American dead.

The time has come to recognize our mistake, accept our losses, honor our dead, and bring the living home. The more time our troops spend in Iraq, the more dead soldiers we will bring home. The sooner we end the occupation and bring our forces back to American soil the better.