2008 Woodie Awards
Panel speaks out against Bush
The tour for a Just Foreign Policy speaks to students about ending the war and removing all troops from Iraq
Lauren Vilbert Cynic Correspondent
Issue date: 11/6/06 Section: News
According to the Just Foreign Policy Web site, "a U.S. State Department poll in September found that most Iraqis want U.S.-led military forces to immediately withdraw." The Tour for a Just Foreign Policy in Iran and Iraq wants to educate the public about why the Bush administration continues to refuse to leave Iraq.
"The reason for the tour is to stop one war in its tracks and prevent one war from happening!" Antonia Juhasz said. "Stay the hell out of Iraq! Leave them alone!"
Juhasz is the author of "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time" and is a visiting scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Other speakers on the Wednesday night's panel included Raed Jarrar, Iraq project director at Global Exchange and Rostam Pourzal, president of the U.S. branch of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran, who explained their positions on Iraq and Iran.
"Over 600,000 Iraqis have died as a result of war and political violence since the invasion in 2003," according to the Web site. "A range of polls show the majority of the Iraqis, as high as 82 percent in a recent poll by the British Defense Ministry, want the U.S. troops out," according to the Web site.
Juhasz said that oil is the "simple answer" for the intervention in Iraq. "The current president, vice president and the secretary of state has more experience with the oil and energy corporation than the government."
She said that oil and weapons are the "Bush Agenda." The agenda is characterized by the idea that the U.S. believes that it has and should maintain economic dominance.
Jarrar was in Iraq during and after the 2003 invasion, and witnessed the destruction in Iraq. The U.S. foreign policy wants to work towards dividing Iraq into three sections. "The three major forces, the United States, Iran and religious extremists like the Al Qaeda want to divide Iraq to benefit them," he said.
"The United States is working toward what the United States wants, not what Iraq wants. Iraq wants to work hard to enhance their situation in their own country without help from outside intervention," Jarrar said.
"The reason for the tour is to stop one war in its tracks and prevent one war from happening!" Antonia Juhasz said. "Stay the hell out of Iraq! Leave them alone!"
Juhasz is the author of "The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time" and is a visiting scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Other speakers on the Wednesday night's panel included Raed Jarrar, Iraq project director at Global Exchange and Rostam Pourzal, president of the U.S. branch of the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran, who explained their positions on Iraq and Iran.
"Over 600,000 Iraqis have died as a result of war and political violence since the invasion in 2003," according to the Web site. "A range of polls show the majority of the Iraqis, as high as 82 percent in a recent poll by the British Defense Ministry, want the U.S. troops out," according to the Web site.
Juhasz said that oil is the "simple answer" for the intervention in Iraq. "The current president, vice president and the secretary of state has more experience with the oil and energy corporation than the government."
She said that oil and weapons are the "Bush Agenda." The agenda is characterized by the idea that the U.S. believes that it has and should maintain economic dominance.
Jarrar was in Iraq during and after the 2003 invasion, and witnessed the destruction in Iraq. The U.S. foreign policy wants to work towards dividing Iraq into three sections. "The three major forces, the United States, Iran and religious extremists like the Al Qaeda want to divide Iraq to benefit them," he said.
"The United States is working toward what the United States wants, not what Iraq wants. Iraq wants to work hard to enhance their situation in their own country without help from outside intervention," Jarrar said.
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