Why we must get out of Iraq - our forces, military and mercenary, is laid out in the articles below:

This first piece is by Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal, just published in an updated paperback edition in the American Empire Project Series by Metropolitan Books, with a foreword by Howard Zinn.

http://www.counterpunch.org/arnove01302007.html -- Jan. 2007

These next two pieces are by William E. Odom, a retired Army lieutenant general, was head of Army intelligence and director of the National Security Agency under Ronald Reagan. He served on the National Security Council staff under Jimmy Carter. A West Point graduate with a PhD from Columbia, Odom teaches at Yale and is a fellow of the Hudson Institute.

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/odom/odom.html -- May/June 2006

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/09/AR200702... -- Feb. 2007

This next article is from the American Conservative magazine by John Mueller is professor of political science at Ohio State University. His most recent book is Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them.

http://amconmag.com/2007/2007_02_26/cover.html -- Feb. 2007

This next piece shows the range of dissent, from the American Conservative magazine above to Ashley Smith who writes frequently for Socialist Worker and the International Socialist Review.

http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/10/the-new-lie-to-justify-endless-war... -- Oct. 2007

The following link is an interview with Anthony Arnove, author of the first article above. In this interview, Arnove discusses the continued funding of the occupation by those who claim to be against the war. He also discusses many other myths and issues about Iraq in this interview.

http://www.counterpunch.org:80/zeese02102007.html -- Feb. 2007

Thanks to Ron Forthofer for these suggested readings