hundreds signed it--thousands didn't. I think congress gets hundreds of signatures to fund research into prickly heat. I wouldn't surprise me if they got hundreds of petitions to make a law against cheapskates--I'd sign that one
>WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hundreds of US soldiers have signed
>a petition calling for a troop withdrawal from
>Iraq and the document is to be formally presented to
>Congress in January, organizers said.
>
>"As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in
>uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in
>Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all
>American military forces and bases from Iraq," the
>petition says.
>
>"Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the
>price. It is time for US troops to come home," it says.
>
>The campaign's website, www.appealforredress.org, says
>the petition is sponsored by active duty service
>members based in the Norfolk, Virginia area and by a
>sponsoring committee of veterans and military family
>members.
>
>The committee includes Iraq Veterans against the War
>(IVAW), Veterans for Peace (VFP) and Military Families
>Speak Out.
>
>"Many active duty, reserve, and guard service members
>are concerned about the war in Iraq and support the
>withdrawal of US troops," the website says.
>
>"The Appeal for Redress provides a way in which
>individual service members can appeal to their
>congressional representative and US senators to urge
>an end to the US military occupation," it says.
>
>One of the campaign's activists told AFP hundreds of
>soldiers have signed the petition.
>
>According to a local newspaper, the Virginian-Pilot,
>the petition's leader is Jonathan Hutto, a sailor on
>the Norfolk-based aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
>His website was activated in October, the daily said.
>
>Iraq is the central theme of Tuesday's US
>congressional election, in which opposition Democrats
>hope to take control of Congress from President George
>W. Bush's Republicans.
