GIs Petition Congress To End Iraq War

February 25, 2007
GIs Petition Congress To End Iraq War

Correspondent Lara Logan heard dissension in the ranks from a large group of service members who are fed up and have decided to go public. They're not going AWOL, they're not disobeying orders or even refusing to fight in Iraq. But they are doing something unthinkable to many in uniform: bypassing the chain of command to denounce a war they're in the middle of fighting.

60 Minutes gathered some of them in Washington, but they had to be off base, out of uniform and off duty to speak to Logan on camera.

They've all sent a petition, called "Appeal For Redress," to their individual members of Congress, letting them know that "Staying in Iraq will not work" and it's "time for U.S. troops to come home."

Poll: 63% Oppose Escalation

February 16, 2007
Poll: 63% Oppose Escalation

Would you favor or oppose sending more troops to Iraq?

• Favor, 35 percent (26)
• Oppose, 63 percent (70)
• Not sure, 2 percent (4)

Do you think the war in Iraq is ...

• A worthy cause, 39 percent
• A hopeless cause, 56 percent
• Both equally (volunteered), 2 percent
  
• Neither (volunteered), 2 percent
  
• Not sure, 1 percent

Poll: Americans oppose surge

February 13, 2007
Poll: Americans oppose surge

Sixty percent of Americans oppose the deployment that is part of Bush's new strategy for restoring security in Iraq, according to a USA Today/Gallup Poll published on Tuesday.

The House opens debate on Tuesday on a two-sentence resolution disapproving a troop buildup in Iraq but also pledging support for U.S. forces serving there. A vote was planned for Friday.

Republican Senators Up For Reelection Who Voted Against Debating Iraq Surge

Republican Senators Up For Reelection Who Voted Against Debating Iraq Surge
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)	Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)	Thad Cochran (R-MS)	John Cornyn (R-TX)	Larry Craig (R-ID)	Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
Pete Domenici (R-NM)	Mike Enzi (R-WY)	Lindsey Graham (R-SC)	Chuck Hagel (R-NE)	Jim Inhofe (R-OK)	Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)	Jeff Sessions (R-AL)	Gordon Smith (R-OR)	Ted Stevens (R-AK)	John Sununu (R-NH)	John Warner (R-VA)

Mainline Churches oppose troop surge

February 6, 2007 (issue)
Mainline Churches oppose troop surge

Mainline church leaders are expressing opposition to President Bush's plan to escalate U.S.
troop presence in Iraq. Some clergy drew parallels to Martin Luther King's impassioned pleas
decades ago against the ultimately fruitless American war in Vietnam.

"Congress should provide funding only to bring U.S. troops home and to aid in rebuilding Iraq,"
said Winkler, general secretary of the United Methodist Board of Church and Society. The
denomination, like most mainline churches, has opposed the U.S.-led invasion and occupation since
its prelude four years ago when the administration argued that the Iraq regime had weapons of mass
destruction—a claim found to be false.