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By Vivian Greentree

This is the letter I just signed to send to my Congress Representative:

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Subject: Please support House Joint Resolution 55 for ending the Iraq occupation

Dear Representative X,

I was glad to see that Rep. Jones is leading a bipartisan effort to press President Bush to create an exit strategy and timetable for withdrawal of our troops from Iraq. Being an occupying force in Iraq with no end in sight only fuels the insurgency there. I ask you to join the thirty other cosponsors of the resolution, and to support it by voting for it.

Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
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I was sent the form in an email link by True Majority.

They are urging people to get in touch with their representatives about the resolution pushing President Bush to plan an Iraq pullout.

The man responsible for the resolution, Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr., is a Republican from North Carolina. He introduced the bipartisan resolution calling for President Bush to come up with a plan by the end of this year to withdraw the troops from Iraq, and for the withdrawal to start no later than October of 2006.

If you remember "freedom fries," then you'll remember Rep. Jones. He was the one who spearheaded changing the name of the french fries served in the congressional cafeteria to "freedom fries" when France came out against invading Iraq. He also represents Camp Lejeune, a Marine Corp base where many new recruits go for basic training. And, while I always cheer at a voice of reason, his support of this resolution and consquently, his break with Bush politcy is particulary significant, given his previous positions.

I have always been very ambivalent with how I feel about our staying in Iraq to "finish the job." Part of me says we can't leave those people with nothing after we invaded their country and left it in rubble. The other part says not another American soldier (or any country's soldier for that matter) should die for the lies that got us into this unjust war. This resolution that is being talked about, for me, is a way to open the discussion of the when's and how's we are going to leave Iraq. With this on the table, the administration can't ignore the topic by saying he's giving the matter lots of "thought." To me, this is a beginning of the end, and that is why I signed it.