"As people of faith, we raise our voice in protest against the tragedy of the unjust war in Iraq. Thousands of lives have been lost and hundreds of billions of dollars wasted in a war the United States initiated and should never have fought."

from a resolution passed by the United Methodist Church, to which President Bush and Vice President Cheney belong. This resolution called for the U.S. to withdraw from Iraq. The church board also called on Congress to create an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate U.S. treatment of detainees overseas