[Peace-discuss] Green candidate Cobb Calls for End of Occupation by June 30th (fwd)

[C. G. Estabrook]

[Even Nader -- so far as I can tell -- has not called for what seems the
only reasonable course for the US in Iraq: bring the troops home now.
Possible Green party candidate David Cobb does (although his "possible
exception" is at best unnecessary). See <www.votecobb.org>. --CGE]

MEDIA RELEASE

April 15, 2004

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David Cobb Calls for End of Occupation by June 30th

"It is time for our tax money to stop being squandered in support of a
brutal occupation in Iraq. Last week over 800 Iraqis and 70 Americans were
killed, the latest casualties in a war that never should have happened. It
is time for the United States government to acknowledge these facts and
end the occupation," said David Cobb, one of the Green Party candidates
for President.

"I call upon the American people, including members of Congress, to demand
that June 30th truly be a day when the U.S. relinquishes power by
announcing that by that date all U.S. troops will be withdrawn, with one
possible exception."

"A newly-constituted, genuinely broad-based interim Iraqi government
should be set up in cooperation with the United Nations within the next
month and a half. It will be up to that newly-constituted interim
government - not the U.S. and not the U.N. - to determine what
peace-keeping forces are necessary, from which countries they should be
drawn, and if any U.S. troops should stay longer than June 30th while
those forces are being assembled, transported and put into place."

"This newly-constituted interim administration will have full
responsibility for organizing democratic elections by the end of the year,
utilizing whatever international resources and assistance they deem
necessary."

"The experiences of the past 13 months, since the U.S./British invasion of
Iraq, and particularly the experiences of the past two weeks, make clear
that the Bush Administration is totally incapable of leading a transition
to a just and democratic society in Iraq. Indeed, it is Iraqis who are
responsible for the political, diplomatic and humanitarian initiatives in
Falluja, Baghdad and southern Iraq which have temporarily, as this is
written, defused a major crisis brought on by U.S. arrogance, bullying and
massive and unnecessary violence."

"The time is now to end the occupation."

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