In an Democracy Now! exclusive, we go to Iraq to speak with Army Sergeant Ronn Cantu who is serving his second tour in Iraq. Cantu recently signed a petition to Congress - known as an Appeal for Redress - calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. He says, "Everything we do here is on the defense. Any troops increase over here - they will just be more sitting ducks, more targets." [includes rush transcript]

The Appeal for Redress will be delivered to Capitol Hill next week. Sgt. Cantu is a member of the Iraq Veterans Against the War. He started the website forum soldiervoices.net to give soldiers a forum to speak about the Iraq war. He joins us on the phone from Iraq.

• Sgt. Ronn Cantu, serving second tour of duty in Iraq.