The Peace Education Fund was one of the first organizations calling for a responsible exit strategy from Iraq that included a withdrawal of U.S. troops and particpation in international efforts to rebuild that war torn country. We've been promoting that call in our literature and through paid and earned media work.
Our message has been a straightforward one: Finding a solution to the crisis in Iraq requires us to move beyond the soundbites of “stay the course” and “cut and run.” The United States and the international community have a responsibility to work with a sovereign Iraqi government to help that country become secure, stable, and independent. But the American occupation is profoundly counterproductive. Ongoing offensive military action—along with the mounting Iraqi casualties it causes—strengthens support for the insurgency and alienates potential allies. Ending the occupation is a prerequisite for rebuilding the Iraqi people’s confidence in their nation’s security forces and its fledgling democracy.
