[Peace-discuss] president's speech on afghanistan - emergency response...

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Mr. Obama campaigned on a promise to pursue war in Afghanistan.

He would certainly be breaking that promise to the voters if he changed 
course and quit prosecuting the war.


On 11/11/2009 12:17 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> A good idea -- but what do we do if the administration chooses one of 
> the "four options" (from its present propaganda blitz) that would say 
> McChrystal won't get his 40,000 troops but only, say 10,000 -- and 
> maybe only trainers?  Would we be seen as applauding presidential 
> restraint?
>
> Tim Johnson seems to be committed to a demand for withdrawal, and I 
> would presume would continue to be so, regardless of what Obama does, 
> short of withdrawal.  That would seem to me to be the basis on which 
> to organize a rally.
>
>
> Robert Naiman wrote:
>> press speculation would suggest better than even odds that sometime in
>> November, the President will give a speech announcing that he intends
>> to send tens of thousands of more troops to Afghanistan in 2010.
>>
>> I propose to spread around in advance the idea that there will be
>> a demonstration at the Vets Memorial in Urbana at 5pm the day of the
>> president's speech.
>>
>> the idea of 5pm the day of the speech is to try to get into the
>> president's news cycle. so that when people are watching the local tv
>> news, the first thing they see is the president's announcement and the
>> second thing they see is the local reaction: "but local protesters say
>> that escalation is not the answer."
>>
>> I furthermore propose that we invite Tim Johnson to speak. he's
>> rock-solid on this. now that's man bites dog.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Robert Naiman
>> Just Foreign Policy
>> www.justforeignpolicy.org
>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
>> _______________________________________________
>> Peace-discuss mailing list
>> Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
>> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/peace-discuss
> _______________________________________________
> Peace-discuss mailing list
> Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/peace-discuss
>
>