[Peace-discuss] On Afghanistan, Michael Steele Speaks for Me

[Robert Naiman]

When Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse accused
Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele of "betting against
our troops and rooting for failure in Afghanistan" after Steele
criticized the Afghanistan war, Woodhouse wasn't just attacking
Michael Steele; Woodhouse was attacking me and every American who is
against the war.

As people who care about *issues*, it's not in our interest for the
DNC to police the boundaries of the other side. If a third of the
Republicans in the House had voted for the McGovern-Obey-Jones
amendment, reflecting the 35% of the Republicans in the country who
think the war is not worth its costs, the amendment would have passed.
Instead, 5% of the Republicans in the House did so. With his attack on
Steele, Woodhouse pushed House Republicans further away from the
three-fifths of House Democrats - including Speaker Pelosi, and
Representatives Honda and Wasserman Schultz, the two DNC Vice Chairs
who are Members of Congress - who support a timetable for withdrawal.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/on-afghanistan-michael-st_b_640976.html

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/07/09-10

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/7/9/124650/3660

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/641

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

Urge Congress to Support a Timetable for Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan
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