Get the troops home

word up !

Totally agreed. I always had the feeling, though, that we ought to at least try a tactic that I don't think we've tried in Iraq so far- a serious attempt at seeding an economic reform (that is not engineered for the sole purpose of profiting U.S. corporations).

At this point, our military presence (or lack of) doesn't do much good. You can't fight violent insurgence with troop presence any more than you can fight racism with bumper stickers. The underlying problem in Iraq has grown out of extreme poverty, fear, and flat-out horrible development of the financial and political infrastructure.

I think we can fight the developing problems there with education, business grants, scholarships, and a lot of patient, private coaching for the people that have to figure out how to maintain a stable and constructive environment after decades of brutal suppression. Imagine what Iraq would look like if the money for every column of armed Humvees was spent hiring better Iraqi police and funding little neigborhood shops. The price of a single Blackwater escort could probably pay for any number of business courses at a local scool in Baghdad. Ultimately, we're going to see the civil war- we already see it. We just ought to give them a few of the tools that actually work in suppressing desperate and violent uprisings, which grow in a culture of poverty, disenfranchisement, and addiction to military intervention as a means of solving problems.

I agree with you, Al. Let's bring them home.

You're dead on Al. Please, I hate to beg, but there is no one running that has the passion that you do. I just rewatched your Constitution Society speech and it kills me that I may not have the opportunity to vote for you next year.

Please consider running Al.

Mr Gore.

Thanks for Warning us in 2002 about the dangers of invading Iraq. Again you are ahead of the curve on policy. Please, please, please Run for President. We will fight for you. Hillary is not a leader she is a weather vane. She did not vote against Kyl-Lieberman. Sir Please you need to take the lead once again.

"There is no way to peace. Peace is the way." --Mahatma Gandhi

Al Gore won the popular vote and had the election stolen by the warmongering bushies. It is time to stop the madness, the greed, the revenge, the violence. It is time to work for peace through elimination of poverty, stopping war profiteering, protection of the environment, and equality for everyone. We need Gore more than ever.

I couldn't agree more. But, these current presidential candidates seem to be continuing the course, or changing it only enough to say it's different, but the end result is the same.......continuing our occupation of this country. Even the top tier Democratic candidates couldn't say they would have our troops out of Iraq by the end of the year 2013.

We need your leadership to get us on the correct path.

Please Al --- with the other candidates saying troops may be in Iraq until 2013, we need your leadership.

Please consider running!

For years I have been wondering if and when the international community would intervene in some way to help Americans rescue our government from the illegal occupation by BushCo. The Nobel Peace Prize award is, I believe, a profound statement of how urgently that community desires your leadership.

Simply by entering the presidential race, Mr. Gore, you will transform an exchange of empty rhetoric into a demonstration of true democracy by posing real questions, demanding real answers, and reminding US citizens, and the US Congress, of the importance of the Constitution. ("If not now, when?") What a wake-up call!

To accomplish this, you don't even have to win—but I'm quite sure you will.

With great admiration....

I will donate and work hard for your campaign if you announced. Run AL RUN!

smorrisey, your list of "what would happen" has already occured in instances 1 and 3 and partially occured in instance 2. i also find it extremely arrogant for you to say that those 3, or a combination thereof are the only possible outcomes. and all US presence out in hours? i'm sorry but you do not seem to have an informed opinion of Iraq or military logistics at all.

my point is, all the negative consequences are consequences of the invasion. they are already happening, all the terrible scenarios people portray.

and nobody knows what will happen if we leave, except that we will mitigate the extensive damage happening in three areas,

1. unsustainable cost of the war (over $9B per month)

2. unsustainable cost on troops, casualty rates and otherwise

3. resentment from iraqis from the daily murders that have taken place since the invasion.

al gore was right before. he is right now. he is the right guy to be pres.

ps - you can't train police with the level of corruption and multiple allegiances (to militias or clerics above iraqi unity and american occupation forces), and the level of infiltration.

this is not our fight

Mr. Gore, I add my voice to the chorus to beg of you. Beg of you, plead with you, knowing at least to some extent the sacrifice that it entails, please, please lead this poor nation out of this quagmire. Please, please and pretty please.

This is hardly an original opinion at this point, but...

PLEASE run for president again, Mr. Vice President. Your country and your planet need you. (And, not incidentally, so does your party.) What you're doing now is of tremendous value, but it can't begin to compare with the mountains you could help move from the Oval Office.

Mr. Gore, Senator Gore, Vice President Gore, President Gore (you are the rightful president), please, please run for President again - your country needs you and the world needs you!

We are in a dangerous, dangerous time in more ways than one and we need the leadership that only you can provide. I will give you my money, my time and my vote - please help us, we won't let you down and we got your back from the attacks of the righ-wing spin machine.

If you run, you will win.

Absolutely yes. James Fallows had an article in Atlantic Monthly in Sept 2006 which said the same thing in 15 pages.

Furthermore I think that as long as we are there, none of the other countries in the region which could have a peaceful influence on Iraq will be able to exercise that influence for fear of enflaming anti-American sentiments within their own populations.

Please run for President.

ASAP means electing someone who is committed to doing just that, only Richardson & Kucinich are on the same page as you. I love them both, but their chances of winning primary are slim. I read the heartfelt messages on the DraftGore petition and wonder if you read them. There's so much support for a Gore 08 run.

Thank you for saying this so succinctly and please let this message indicate that you are considering running for president. We really need a person with your integrity and astuteness.

The people of America agree with you on this, as well as your stance on other important issues. This is why the theme of this election was "the anti-war vote". So why haven't we heard much from the current crop of candidates on this? Either they have no plan or their plan wouldn't get them votes.

Please run Al. Everyone I talk to is ready to jump ship for you. No one running really excites anyone. You do though.

Al Gore, your three videos are fantastic! You were correct that we should not invade Iraq back in December 2002. You have been correct all along. The sooner we get our troops out of Iraq, the sooner the contending groups will seriously discuss their differences, and the nearby nations, the Arab League, the UN, European Union and others will help the Iraqis to rebuild their nation.

Keep your videos coming and allow us to continue building the grass roots networks and organizations to assure that you are the winner of each state primary and caucus across the nation. The other Democratic candidates are good, but you understand the unethical and illegal actions that the Bush Cheney and Neo-Con forces and media will do to try and steal the 2008 election, just as they did 2000 and 2004.

You have the respect and support of the largest majority of Americans, and most of the world, and we will do all we can to make sure that you win the primaries, the November 2008 election and serve for 8 years in our White House.

Onward to victory for the American people and the world. Bob Alexander, East Lansing, Michigan

Al, once again--agree with you completely. The situation in Iraq is only fueling more potential conflicts, and does nothing to treat the symptom of these problems. massforgore.com americaforgore.org

Vice President Gore,
I made these videos over the past two months -- they are the first videos I ever made -- about drafting you to run for President. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmGYYqJ6Ns0 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARoNENPSIGw .

Everyone knows that you are the only person who can lead us at this crucial time in history. Please, run, Mr. Gore, run.

Linda Solomon
New York

Presdent Gore - Your Country awaits you. We, the people have your back. Vote for Solution - Vote for Al Gore

Amen, Brother!