"They say if we leave there will be civil war. But we have a civil war produced by hatred of the occupation. We need to get out, give Iraq back, leave no bases, and not take over your oil industry.
"When we do, there will have been many lives lost. But there will be fewer lives lost the minute, the second, Iraqi insurgents know we're leaving.
"The American people know we shouldn't be there, and they want our troops home".It's coming sooner than later, I promise you. And I apologize for everything you've had to live through because we do not have a nice president."
"Do what you can," Evans said, "to witness this. I remember when Elaine came to Camp Casey and I thanked her for coming, and she said 'I came for the love.'
"We have to quit disrespecting the Iraqi people and know that they can solve this themselves. We need to give them their country back."
Jodie said there are 90,000 signatures on the petition at www.womensaynotowar.org and they need 100,000 before taking it to the White House and possibly the State Department on Wednesday.
Medea Benjamin and Cindy Sheehan were expected at Monday's event, but got held up in New York by being arrested at the United Nations.
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