Families of US troops in Iraq launch campaign for their return

<snip>"Bring them home because there was no imminent danger to the United States. Bring them home because there were no weapons of mass destruction. Bring them home because there was no link between al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)," said Lessin.

"We are here today to say it was wrong for the US to invade Iraq, it is wrong for the US to be occupying Iraq, and there is no right way to do a wrong thing."

Members of her group rallied in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, home of the 82nd Airborne Infantry. They stressed that most of them were Republicans, had voted for Bush and had supported the war based on intelligence presented early this year.

"From proud liberators in the great American tradition, our troops have become oppressors and occupiers in a hostile nation," said Susan Shuman, whose son is in the Massachusetts National Guard serving in Iraq. snip

"My question to Mr. Bush is, 'How many more of our sons do you need to bring our children home?'" said Fernando Suarez de Solar, whose son, Jesus Alberto, was killed in action in Iraq.

"How many American lives are worth one gallon of oil?," he mused.

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