Slightly edited version of talk by Peter Bohmer, at Anti-War, Support Ehren Watada Rally at gates of Ft. Lewis, Monday, February 5. 2007

Thanks for coming. It is an impressive turnout. The Vietnamese resistance to the U.S. occupation in Vietnam together with the growing resistance inside and outside the U.S. military, forced the U.S. to withdraw from Vietnam. We can and will do the same in Iraq, hopefully sooner than later. The Bush administration has given many reasons for its invasion and occupation of Iraq: first: regime change, which actually began under Clinton; then Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) including building of nuclear weapons, and Iraq government support for 9/11 and Al Qaeda. Since April, 2003, the U.S. claimed the purpose of the war and occupation was bringing democracy to Iraq, then rebuilding it; then stopping a Civil War inside Iraq and a bloodbath if we withdrew; and now stopping a regional war and Middle East instability; and/or stopping Iran expansionism…

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Rally to Free Ehren Watada, Feb. 2007 near Ft. Lewis