Principles

Just briefly: in chapter 3 of Principles for a Self-Directed Society I state, as many others have, that the war in Iraq has strengthened our enemies and increased terrorism worldwide, and that our continued occupation of Iraq can only cause continuing instability there.

Last week it became apparent that the Iraqi government has reached the same conclusion. In order to make our occupation "legal," the elected Iraqi leadership must pass new status of forces legislation essentially inviting us to stay before the United Nations Security Council extension of the mandate of multinational forces expires on December 31, 2008.

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