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The '''[[Call for the U.S. to Pullout from Iraq]]''' has finally been made by a member of the Top 25 in the U.S. newspaper market.
As reported March 21, 2005, by ''Editor & Publisher'', California's ''Orange County Register'', with a daily circulation of around 300,000, has become the first newspaper in that market to call for a U.S. pullout from [[Iraq]].
The <i>Register</i> stated its reasons as:
*It "opposed this war from the beginning" and believes that the United States "should withdraw its troops sooner rather than later, under a sensible [[exit strategy]] ... While some argue that chaos would follow an American withdrawal, it is also true that U.S. troops have become a lightning rod, attracting the very attacks they are working to prevent."
*[[Saddam Hussein]] is no longer in power. "Now it is time to leave [[Iraq]], for better and for worse, to the Iraqis."
*Although Iraq has had its first 'democratic election,' "Baghdad is still one of the most dangerous cities in the world, rocked by daily violence ... [which] has not decreased since the elections."
*The war effort has "cost more than 1,500 American lives and about 16,000 wounded. Estimates of Iraqi civilian deaths vary widely, but the lowest estimates are in the tens of thousands."
*The '''[[coalition of the willing]]''' has become the '''coalition of the wilting''', as within the last few weeks [[Italy]], [[Poland]], the [[Netherlands ]] and [[Ukraine ]] have announced "they would begin pulling out their troops."
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==Growing Support support for a Pullout pullout from Iraq==
*[[Peace Vigil August 17, 2005]]
*[[Peace Vigil in Crawford, Texas]]
*Steve Hartsoe, [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050819/ap_on_go_co/congressman_iraq;_ylt=AoIW_jC1nRt5fO4e0bwi.2Cs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OXIzMDMzBHNlYwM3MDM- "Support Said Growing for Iraq Exit Plan,"] Associated Press (Yahoo! News), August 18, 2005.
==Those Supporting supporting a Pullout pullout from Iraq==
*"[[Condoleezza Rice]] is expected to support administration officials who want to leave even if what is left behind does not constitute perfection." [http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak281.html].
==Those Calling calling for a Pullout pullout from Iraq==
*[[Ralph Nader]], in April 2004 during his U.S. presidential election campaign, called for a "rapid pullout from Iraq." [http://www.command-post.org/2004/2_archives/011802.html]
*''USA Today'' founder [[Al Allen H. Neuharth]], 80, "a World War II vet ... declared [January 15, 2004,] that if he were eligible to serve in Iraq, 'I would do all I could to avoid it.' He also wrote in his weekly column for the paper that America's New Year's resolution should be to bring the troops home 'sooner rather than later.' ... he would avoid serving in Iraq, likening it to the [[Vietnam ]] war, which 'many of the polticially politically connected' managed to escape." [http://www.middleeast.org/launch/redirect.cgi?num=421&a=37]
*[[Greg Mitchell]], editor of ''Editor & Publisher'', appeared on [[CNN]] May 13, 2004, and "renewed his call in a recent column (''When Will First Major Newspaper Call for a Pullout in Iraq?'') that newspaper editorials strongly consider advocating a phased U.S. pullout from Iraq, or at the minimum begin a 'healthy debate' on this subject. ... Mitchell cited a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll which found that 47% of the respondents said they favored withdrawing some or all troops from Iraq. This was up from 37% a month ago. 'So it's odd,' he said, 'that the largest newspapers are seemingly not even taking this position seriously.'" [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000509825]
*Senator [[Edward M. Kennedy]] (D-MA) in January 2005 "called on the [[Bush administration]] to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq shortly after national elections [January 30th], saying the presence of US troops is fueling an increasingly violent insurgency and exacerbating the security situation, not improving it." [http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/01/28/kennedy_calls_on_us_to_begin_troop_pullout/]
*"North Carolina Congressman [[Walter Jones]] says he has about 50 co-sponsors on a joint resolution on when U-S troops should start leaving Iraq. ... The measure calls on President Bush to announce -- by year's end -- a plan for the withdrawal. ... The initial resolution sponsors are Texas Congressman [[Ron Paul]], who voted against the war, and two who've opposed it -- [[Dennis Kucinich]] of Ohio and [[Neil Abercrombie]] of Hawaii. ...Jones says the reason for going to war - Saddam Hussein's alleged possession of [[weapons of mass destruction]] - has been proven false." --[http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3740267 KLTV 7 NC, August 19, 2005]
==Related SourceWatch Resourcesresources==
*[[adapting to win]]
*[[Baker-Hamilton Commission]]
*[[war in Iraq]]
==External Linkslinks==
*[http://www.globalpolicy.org/ngos/role/iraq.htm "Opposition to the War and Occupation in Iraq,"] ''Global Policy''.
*[http://www.command-post.org/2004/2_archives/011802.html "Nader wants rapid pullout from Iraq,"] ''Baltimore Sun'', April 20, 2004.
