"The new Iraqi government is in the final stages of drafting a constitution. Regrettably, the constitution currently under debate is almost sure to include Islamic "Sharia" law as a basis for all legislation. Ironically, this will mean that as a result of the U.S. invasion, women in Iraq will have significantly fewer legal rights than they were afforded even under the despotic regime of Saddam Hussein.
All the same, the Iraqi people will soon have a government and a constitution in place, and the purpose of an ongoing presence of American troops is increasingly unclear -- even to some who supported the invasion. However, it is abundantly clear that without a specific commitment to a withdrawal date, we will only continue to create more terrorists, inspired to jihad by what they see as permanent American occupation of their country.
While the President considered it productive to set and enforce a timetable for the drafting of an Iraqi constitution, he does not feel the same way about specifying a timeframe to bring our troops home from Iraq. Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin has now "broken the taboo" and is calling on the President to complete our primary military goal -- and bring American troops home -- by December 31, 2006. Senator Feingold needs and deserves our support if America is ever to get our troops out of the quagmire that Iraq has become.
Urge your Senator to publicly support Sen. Feingold's call for completion of our mission in Iraq by December 31st, 2006.-from ActforChange.
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