[Peace-discuss] floodgates are open on Afghanistan withdrawal

[Robert Naiman]

More:

Pressure builds to end Afghan war
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/159123-pressure-builds-to-end-the-afghan-war

Cliff Stearns Shifts After Bin Laden's Death, Calls For Serious
Reexamination Of Afghanistan War
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/04/cliff-stearns-bin-laden-afghanistan_n_857630.html

MoveOn: Afghanistan: Bring Our Troops Home
"President Obama, we need to end the war in Afghanistan. Please keep
your commitment to begin an accelerated withdrawal of troops in July."
http://pol.moveon.org/afghanistan_drawdown/index.html

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Corey Mattson <coreymattson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure what these developments mean exactly, in terms of what will
> happen, but I took all of it as good news. This is an opening we should
> definitely exploit. The NPR affiliate here, WGLT, is interviewing our BloNo
> peace group tomorrow in conjunction with our monthly anti-war rally, and
> while this might be small potatoes, we've been ignored by every single media
> outlet in town for years now (except for the student media at ISU, perhaps).
> It seems like those calling for withdrawal are getting some attention, to
> which leaders are being forced to respond.
> --- Corey
>
>
> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Morton K. Brussel <brussel at illinois.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> Rose colored glasses? It's good to see Lugar and Durbin calling for
>> withdrawal, but they don't count for much in D.C..
>> I would take anything coming from the WP with a large grain of salt.
>> We shall see what the U.S. demands for any withdrawal of (some) forces
>> from Afghanistan. How about the bases?
>> We are now there for geopolitical reasons, not for Al Queda, etc. etc.
>> etc. Only if the powers see obvious defeat (never to be openly admitted)
>> will withdrawal be likely, or if the business/corporate world turns against
>> our policies.
>>
>> We have a ugly, murderous, and corrupt, hypocritical government, not to
>> speak of its supporters.
>>
>> --mkb
>>
>> On May 4, 2011, at 1:47 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
>>
>> > With bin Laden’s death, U.S. sees a chance to hasten the end of the
>> > Afghan war
>> >
>> > http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/with_bin_ladens_death_us_sees_a_chance_to_hasten_the_end_of_the_afghan_war/2011/05/03/AF3TlNjF_story.html
>> >
>> > Senator Dick Durbin Questions Sending 'One More' Soldier to Die in
>> > Afghanistan
>> >
>> > http://www.thenation.com/blog/160377/senator-dick-durbin-questions-sending-one-more-soldier-die-afghanistan
>> >
>> > Lugar Says Obama Lacks Vision of Success in Afghanistan
>> > Strategic Value of Long-Term Engagement and Cost No Longer Justified
>> > http://lugar.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=332665&
>> >
>> > Lee, Leading House Progressives Pen Letter to President Obama Calling
>> > for Shift to Withdrawal in Afghanistan Following Bin Laden's Death
>> >
>> > http://lee.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=57&sectiontree=35,57&itemid=2349
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Robert Naiman
>> > Policy Director
>> > Just Foreign Policy
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