[Peace-discuss] Obey's Afghanistan: At Long Last, It's Guns vs. Butter

[Robert Naiman]

At long last, Rep. David Obey has called the question: which is more
important to America - saving teachers' jobs, or pointless killing in
Afghanistan? This could be the beginning of the end of the Washington
consensus that wars and other military spending exist on their own
fiscal planet. But where are the big Democratic constituency groups?
It isn't just a question of missing an opportunity: there is a freight
train coming called "deficit reduction," and if cuts in military
spending aren't on board the train, the train's cargo will be cuts in
Social Security and Medicare benefits.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/obeys-afghanistan-at-long_b_617302.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/6/18/12336/4408

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/622

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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
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/feingold-mcgovern

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