August 25, 2007, Kennebunkport, Maine, Iraq Veterans Against the War

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08/26/07
8:27pm

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/26/national/main3204570.shtml?source=mostpop_story

(AP) A call by Puerto Rico's governor for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq earned a standing ovation from a conference of more than 4,000 National Guardsmen.

Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila said Saturday that the U.S. administration has "no new strategy and no signs of success" and that prolonging the war would needlessly put guardsmen in harm's way.

"The war in Iraq has fractured the political will of the United States and the world," he said at the opening of the 129th National Guard Association general conference. "Clearly, a new war strategy is required and urgently."

Acevedo said sending more troops to Iraq would be a costly blunder.

The fabric of the lie of "stay the course" is beginning to rip apart...