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

[C. G. Estabrook]

"US troops out of the Middle East!"?

Karen Medina wrote:
>> ...if we were [sic] to say, "Thank goodness Obama's not sending [all] the
>> troops McChrystal wants."
> 
> It is ALWAYS hard to have a clear public statement.
> Our presence on the streets can have multiple interpretations: the
> real messages are more complex than a single sign can express.
> Staying home could be sending several other messages, different than
> the presence would be but also with many possible interpretations.
> 
> I don't like Obama's choices for advisors.
> I don't think McChrystal's suggestions are worthy of Obama's consideration.
> I think Congress has the constitutional right and responsibility to
> stop the wars.
> I don't think US Military has any accomplishable goals in Afghanistan.
> I think every person the US Military sends to Afghanistan takes the
> US' culture along as baggage. It is not as if the people in the
> military are going to eat what the Afghanis eat or have a small
> ecological footprint.
> 
> How do we best say any of this?
> -karen medina
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