November 09 2009
Stop Escalation. End the War.
The news is reporting that President Obama is likely to send 34,000 more troops to Afghanistan and that the Pentagon is getting ready to ask for $50 billion in additional funding for the wars after receiving $130 billion already. Obama seems to be on a slippery slope going deeper into a war quagmire rather than taking a path toward leaving Afghanistan.
We are asking you to write President Obama to end the war in Afghanistan and not increase the troops. We are also asking you to contact Congress to help us count the votes on escalation. Visit http://noescalation.org/.
This decision comes after President Karzai was "re-elected" in a fraud-dominated election in which the corruption was so rampant his run-off opponent decided participation would be wrong, Karzai will not be a legitimate leader.
Malalai Joya, a 31-year-old activist and former member of Afghanistan's Parliament, described as Afghanistan's Conscience, sees the U.S./NATO troop presence as an occupation that does more harm than good. She sees it increasing violence and instability.
Her views are echoed by Matthew Hoh, a top Foreign Service officer who resigned over the failed Afghan strategy. Hoh is a former Marine Corps captain with combat experience in Iraq who served in uniform at the Pentagon and as a civilian in Iraq and at the State Department; he was the senior U.S. civilian in Zabul province in Afghanistan. He resigned saying he could not understand "why and to what end" the U.S. was pursuing this war. Hoh says Afghans are fighting the United States largely because its troops are there. The growing military presence is not welcome, especially with a corrupt, U.S.-backed national government in charge. He describes the United States as asking its troops to die in Afghanistan for what is essentially a far-off civil war between urban and rural Afghanistan.
Please take action today. We urge you to take the following steps:
Write President Obama and tell him to end the war in Afghanistan and not to escalate it. Write President Obama and your elected representatives at http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/4175/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1490.
Visit http://www.NoEscalation.org to help us track where Congress stands on the Afghanistan War.
Please make a contribution to Voters for Peace today. We need your support to continue to keep the pressure on Congress and the administration to end the war. Donate now at https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/6850/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=1355.
Thank you for supporting our efforts.
We are asking you to write President Obama to end the war in Afghanistan and not increase the troops. We are also asking you to contact Congress to help us count the votes on escalation. Visit http://noescalation.org/.
This decision comes after President Karzai was "re-elected" in a fraud-dominated election in which the corruption was so rampant his run-off opponent decided participation would be wrong, Karzai will not be a legitimate leader.
Malalai Joya, a 31-year-old activist and former member of Afghanistan's Parliament, described as Afghanistan's Conscience, sees the U.S./NATO troop presence as an occupation that does more harm than good. She sees it increasing violence and instability.
Her views are echoed by Matthew Hoh, a top Foreign Service officer who resigned over the failed Afghan strategy. Hoh is a former Marine Corps captain with combat experience in Iraq who served in uniform at the Pentagon and as a civilian in Iraq and at the State Department; he was the senior U.S. civilian in Zabul province in Afghanistan. He resigned saying he could not understand "why and to what end" the U.S. was pursuing this war. Hoh says Afghans are fighting the United States largely because its troops are there. The growing military presence is not welcome, especially with a corrupt, U.S.-backed national government in charge. He describes the United States as asking its troops to die in Afghanistan for what is essentially a far-off civil war between urban and rural Afghanistan.
Please take action today. We urge you to take the following steps:
Write President Obama and tell him to end the war in Afghanistan and not to escalate it. Write President Obama and your elected representatives at http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/4175/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1490.
Visit http://www.NoEscalation.org to help us track where Congress stands on the Afghanistan War.
Please make a contribution to Voters for Peace today. We need your support to continue to keep the pressure on Congress and the administration to end the war. Donate now at https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1312/t/6850/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=1355.
Thank you for supporting our efforts.
