[Peace-discuss] Did Voters Give Republicans a Mandate for More War?

[Robert Naiman]

Senator McCain is apparently trying to argue that because of the results of
the Congressional election, the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan should
be postponed.



The world would be a better place if one could just ignore things like this.
But as Reuters points out, McCain is ranking member on Senate Armed
Services, in addition to being the 2008 Republican presidential nominee. Two
axioms of politics in America are: 1) you can't ignore a dangerous political
claim, just because it's nonsensical, and 2) you can't wait for a
nonsensical and dangerous political claim to gain momentum before moving to
quash it, because it's like a highly infectious disease: you have to stamp
it out immediately before it takes root in the population.



So, donning my Captain Obvious superhero costume, allow me to try to bring
some evidence to bear on Senator McCain's apparent claim that the recent
election was a mandate to extend the presence of US troops in Afghanistan.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/did-voters-give-republica_b_779661.html


-- 
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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