[Peace-discuss] JFP 5/6: Will Obama Say Yes to Afghan Peace Talks?

[Robert Naiman]

Because I value Swanson's opinion in this matter as much as I value yours.

On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 8:38 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu> wrote:
> Then why are you promoting this smokescreen resolution for the continuation
> of
> the war?  Why not work for an ending to the war via a funding cut-off, as in
> Vietnam and Nicaragua?
>
>
> On 5/6/10 6:25 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
>>
>> I already get all of Swanson's stuff, multiple times, because I am on many
>> lists that Swanson posts too. I saw this days ago. Nothing is gained by
>> sending me a 17th copy of Swanson's stuff.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 8:09 PM, C. G. Estabrook<galliher at illinois.edu>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> "If they tell you they're voting for a toothless non-binding request for
>>> an exit time-table, tell them a growing caucus opposing the funding sends
>>> a
>>> stronger message and builds toward the ability to actually end the war.
>>> Tell them the exit strategy approach, last summer, was rightly delayed
>>> until after the funding vote, and then garnered 138 votes, to which the
>>> president merely gave a one-finger salute. Let them know that ineffective
>>> rhetoric is no substitute for action, and that you see through the use of
>>> this 'timetable' vote as cover for funding an escalation. If they point
>>> to
>>> peace organizations that will accept that excuse and only want their
>>> support for the 'timetable' make clear that those organizations do not
>>> speak for you."
>>>
>>> http://blogs.mayfirst.org/node/495
>>>
>>> On 5/6/10 5:28 PM, Just Foreign Policy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ... *VIDEO: Urge Congress to End* *the War in Afghanistan * Just Foreign
>>>> Policy has made a short video to help publicize the McGovern bill and
>>>> the importance of a timetable for military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
>>>> http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/video/feingold-mcgovern
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IBKcfUpKAeBeCJCtatQl2jrQsLz6IVTa>
>>>>
>>>>
> ...
>>>>
>>>
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Urge Congress to Support a Timetable for Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/feingold-mcgovern

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