A U.S. newspaper with a heavy military readership calls for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq. The Olympian newspaper in Olympia Washington, serves Ft. Lewis and McCord Air Force Base. The editorial calling for the withdrawal of troops was boldly printed on the Fourth of July.
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"Bring Home U.S. Troops." It concludes that this war "isn't worth a single more American life."
“The Fourth of July is a time when Americans celebrate the values that have made us a great nation". "So it seemed like an appropriate time to editorialize on what has become a national disgrace.
"It is a particularly important and local issue for us because we are a military community with Ft. Lewis and McChord Air Force Base in our area. We seen too many of them killed, so many that Ft. Lewis considered stopping individual memorials. Our men and women have done their duty with honor. It is time to honor their sacrifices by ending this ill-conceived mission.”
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