Lynn C. Woolsey: “the war in Iraq is like one of those bridges in Alaska. You can give it all the money in the world, but in the end it…”

“the war in Iraq is like one of those bridges in Alaska. You can give it all the money in the world, but in the end it goes nowhere. People all around the country are waking up to the fact that this war is not making the United States safer, like the President promised. It is actually jeopardizing our national security. It is the very presence of nearly 150,000 American troops on Iraqi soil, appearing as occupiers, that galvanizes and unites the dissatisfied people in the Arab world. The American people get this, people like Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq. Cindy has been calling on the President to bring the troops home for months now. Her mission is a righteous one, that of a grieving mother who simply wants to know what noble cause her son was killed for. People in groups get it, like the members the northern California Ruth Group, who turned out in the hundreds to call for an end of the war last weekend. Over 500 people from my district joined me and fellow Members of Congress, Ms. Lee and Ms. Waters, and Cindy Sheehan at an important Ruth Group event to discuss ending the war. I have to tell you, discuss is a bit of an understatement. These folks are through discussing. They want our troops home. They want the war to be over. Mr.…”