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« Two taken to hospital after collision in Burrillville | Today | Japan trip: Red Sox vote to boycott today's game » March 19, 2008Sen. Whitehouse criticizes Bush on war's anniversarySen. Sheldon Whitehouse is marking the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq by criticizing President Bush and calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. And some Rhode Islanders plan to march today to the State House and in Pawtucket to protest the war. “Our troops have served this nation with courage and honor, and now, it’s time to start bringing them home," Whitehouse said in a statement. "President Bush took our country to war on false pretenses, without a plan to win the peace. His administration’s misjudgments and poor decisions have cost our nation trillions of dollars, sapped the strength of our armed forces, hurt our standing in the international community, and distracted us from the urgent tasks of dismantling al Qaeda and dealing with a resurgent Taliban. Meanwhile, they have done little to alleviate the human suffering of the Iraqi people. “It’s clear this President will do nothing to end this endless war. I will continue to push, as Rhode Islanders have urged me to do, for a redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq, and I join millions of Americans working to see that our next President will seek a new direction.” At 4 p.m. today, people will gather in Burnside Park across from the Providence Biltmore in downtown, then march to the State House for a rally to mark the beginning of the sixth year of the war in Iraq. The event is sponsored by the Rhode Island Spring Mobilization Committee. And in Pawtucket, two candlelight processions will mark the anniversary. One group will start at the Machines with Magnets art gallery, another from Tolman High School. Both groups will meet at the Visitor’s Center. An art exhibit, “Experiencing the War in Iraq,” is on display at the Center’s gallery featuring 70 pieces of artwork. Then participants will hear a Iraq veteran Scott Ewing speak, followed by a spoken-word performance by the Brown University group WORD! and a solo performance by veteran, artist, storyteller and poet Kenny Carnes. Your turn: What have we accomplished in Iraq? Posted by Jack Perry CommentsRobert J. Nolette | March 19, 2008 10:22 AM link Hey Senator..have you done anything since becoming a senator? The only time I see your name is when you are complaining about someone or something. Have you written or sponsored any noteworthy legislation? (& I don't mean ride the coattails of another Senator's work) Why don't you get over yourself & your speeches & start representing RI. enough with the speeches | March 19, 2008 11:13 AM link Bring the Troops home..................ASAP Send the Bush's to Iraq! SEE HOW THEY LIKE IT THERE! MRS. NORTHRUP | March 19, 2008 12:00 PM link I FULLY SUPPORT THE WAR AND THE FIGHT AGAINST MURDERS. VOTED FOR WHITEHOUSE. HE DID NOT SHOW HIS COLORS UNTIL AFTER HE WAS ELECTED. I MADE A MAJOR MISTAKE. FROM OPPOSING ENGLISH AS OUR OFFICIAL LANGUAGE AND MAJOR SUPPORTER OF ILLEGAL ALIENS WHEN 75% OF OUR CITIZENS WANT THEM DEPORTED. HE HEADS GROUPS TO SUPPORT THEM. DOEN'T CARE THAT ILLEGALS ARE THE REASON FOR OUR $500 MILLION DEFICIT. SAL | March 19, 2008 5:27 PM link The senate with its new democratic majority has been disappointing. Right wing judges have been sent to the Supreme Court, the apalling concentration camp at Guantanamo continues in business, the botched war of choice in Iraq has cost 4,000 American soldier's lives, 30,000 soldiers horribly wounded, a tsunami of our money gone to waste, the dollar shrinking in value. The Congress seems impotent to resist the Bush/Cheney regieme. I don't blame Senator Whitehouse, but he needs to try harder. Henry Schwarz | March 19, 2008 7:47 PM link Henry, they aren't impotent. They're in on it. They always have been. They talk a good game but they've been behind it the whole way. Greg | March 20, 2008 7:49 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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Sounds like impeachable offenses to me.