[Peace-discuss] Bob Herbert calls out Obama on Afghanistan

[Brussel]

Yet, Herbert's article is useful in trying to stop the buildup in  
Afghanistan, and challenging Obama to change his mind.  --mkb


On Jan 6, 2009, at 4:37 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> "The time to go all out in Afghanistan was in the immediate  
> aftermath of the
> 2001 terror attacks," writes Bob Herbert in "The Afghan Quagmire."
>
> Herbert was in favor of the war from the beginning (as was Obama).  
> Neither notes
> that the US rejected the Afghan government's offer to deliver Osama  
> bin Laden
> for trial: the US was (and is) much more interested in having an  
> excuse for war.
>
> There are two ways to oppose your government's wars (SE Asia, SW  
> Asia, etc.):
> 	[1] because they're crimes; or
> 	[2] because they're too expensive.
>
> Herbert and others have chosen the second.  --CGE
>
>
> Robert Naiman wrote:
>> check this out.
>> The Afghan Quagmire http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/opinion/ 
>> 06herbert.html
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