VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION U!

In 2004, San Francisco voters declared it City policy to urge the United States government to withdraw all troops from Iraq and bring all military personnel in Iraq back to the United States." Four years later, the number of troops in Iraq has increased rather than decreased. San Francisco needs to speak out again, even more forcefully.
Proposition U sends a message from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. that no further funds should be appropriated for the Iraq war, except for the purpose of bringing our troops home safely.
While San Francisco has struggled to fund its schools, meet the health care needs of its citizens, and provide safety on its streets, over $600 billion has been appropriated for the war and occupation of Iraq. It has cost the state of California $68 billion, and the city of San Francisco alone $1.8 billion.
And the cost in dollars is but the tip of the iceberg. More tragically, this war has also taken the lives of over 4,000 American soldiers, in addition to tens or even hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. More than 30,000 Americans have been wounded. America’s standing throughout the world has plummeted and our economy has gone into decline. We will be paying for this war for decades to come.
A majority of both the American and Iraqi people desire the withdrawal of American troops and San Francisco has the opportunity to lead the way in embodying that sentiment in a statement of policy.
There is no more time for excuses. There is no more time for delay. Let us not fund another casualty in Iraq.
BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW.
VOTE YES ON PROPOSITION U!
Supervisor Chris Daly
Supervisor Tom Ammiano
Supervisor Jake McGoldrick
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi
Supervisor Aaron Peskin