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Three-Tour Iraq Vet to Democratic '08 Field: "Our Troops Need to Come Home Now" [VIDEO]

Posted by Adam Howard, AlterNet at 7:41 AM on November 16, 2007.


At Thursday's CNN Democratic debate, the candidates heard a strong warning against U.S. military action against Iran from Christopher Jackson, a Marine who served three tours of duty in Iraq.
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At Thursday’s CNN Democratic debate, the candidates heard a strong warning against U.S. military action against Iran from Christopher Jackson, a Marine who served three tours of duty in Iraq:

I feel that if we continue on the path we’re at, that’s where we’re going to end up — in Iran. And that’s not what our troops need. Our troops need to come home now.

The entire audience, including the candidates, stood and gave Jackson a rousing ovation. Watch it to your right.

Jackson’s mother, who was standing next to her son at the event, went on to say that after she “finally got her son home” from Iraq, “members of the Bush administration and neoconservative members of Congress are beating the drums of war again.”

She said her son is still a member of the Marines Individual Ready Reserve and could be called up again. She concluded by asking the candidates, “How are you going to show us your leadership on this issue now?”

UPDATE: Digby notes that the standing ovation came from the crowd after they learned of his service in Iraq. The crowd also separately applauded Jackson’s call to bring the troops home.

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Tagged as: iran, clinton, iraq war, biden, edwards, veteran, democratic debate

Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.


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Posted by: Turkiye on Nov 16, 2007 9:10 AM   
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this young man, Christopher Jackson, three tours. This is absurd! Canada won't take him, right now they are very strict about border crossing and they tasered a 20 yr old young man from Poland, non-English speaking, never flew, never in an airport in his life and yesterday at Vancouver Airport and murdered him. Tasered twice as he writhed in agony, screams of pain, over mobile communications one female guard got reception and said " Hit him again, Hit him again", All the time in English, after being told he did not understand English. So much for Canadas stance against the death penalty, especially the innocent. Whole world is OFF!
Mexico is not going to allow him in, look how pissed they are about treatment of immigrants.
Military keeps calling him up over and over.
Kucinich and ACLU-SC and us, CITIZEN's, all agree, IMPEACH!
Even Christopher Jackson, still active military, spoke up!

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What was Hillary saying?
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Posted by: heinz57 on Nov 16, 2007 9:19 AM   
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I don't know why I feel that Hillary Clinton is just a facade of "what shall I say that this crowd would like to hear" but I have never seen her take a courageous stand on any issue and find it very scary that she leads in the polls. I can only assume that she has had instruction in oratory from Hubert Horatio Humphery to fester up the amount of usless air that she spouts.

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Impeachment is long overdue!!!
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Posted by: Ellie1 on Nov 16, 2007 9:53 AM   
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Impeach, indite, imprison, execute.

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Blah, blah, blah....
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Posted by: christee on Nov 16, 2007 11:55 AM   
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...and yet the one canidate who has stood up against this war, and suggests the only proper solution to supporting our troops, and who also is the lone courageous one, by standing up and calling for the impeachment of the vandals in the White House, Dennis Kucinich, is not even in this important discussion? When are we going to wake up?

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I am sick of all the mind screws
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Posted by: Susan Kipping on Nov 16, 2007 3:01 PM   
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In the 1980's our government supplied both Iran and Iraq with all types of weapons and military support so they could fight each other. The US bombed Iran without informing Congress. Iran did not like Iraq. The United States destroyed Iraq sending millions of refuges fleeing over the borders. Iran is forced to take most of these refuges in. Do not blame Iran for the US problems. Blame the people in Washington DC. I am tired of the lying. Hilary Clinton makes me sick. Anyone that is not aware of her history should look into it. She is dangerous. Most all of these candidates are for the New World Order. I know Dennis Kucinich is not.

Hilary is poison. Kucinich will get my vote. He is the only one that has stood up to this corrupt administration. He has never supported this war.

All this talk from these three and no action, unless to support corporate/military/defense agenda. Why aren't the criminals impeached? WHY???

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