[Peace-discuss] Fw: Tell Obama: Bring all the troops home now from Afghanistan too

[David Johnson]

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TELL THE PRESIDENT TO END BOTH WARS NOW !

Doug


On October 21st, President Obama announced that all U.S. military forces 
will be withdrawn from Iraq no later than December 31st. The Obama 
administration tried to convince the Iraqi government to allow thousands of 
troops to remain but gave up when the Iraqi government refused to grant 
legal immunity to any U.S. forces that remain after the end of 2011.


This is a tremendous victory for the Iraqi and American people, and the 
cause of peace. It would not have been achieved except for the relentless 
resistance and popular will of the Iraqi people and the persistent and 
growing pressure on the White House and Congress by Americans.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH!

The Iraq War is being privatized, not ended. There are still 17,000 private 
security contractors (mercenaries) in Iraq who should be pulled out.

AND THAT'S NOT ENOUGH EITHER!

ALL THE TROOPS AND SECURITY CONTRACTORS IN AFGHANISTAN SHOULD BE BROUGHT 
HOME TOO.

There is no such thing as a "victory" to be won in Afghanistan. The original 
justification for the invasion there was to hunt down the perpetrators of 
9/11. That's been done. Then the argument was that we must dismantle the al 
Qaeda infrastructure. That has also been done.

There is virtually no possibility of establishing a Western style democracy 
there. The government there is held together only by graft and guns. With 
one of the most corrupt governments in the world, continuing in Afghanistan 
assures only that Afghan war lords, drug lords and tribal chiefs will 
continue to siphon off billions of dollars in U.S. aid. The Afghan people 
will continue to suffer, and U.S. military contractors will continue to 
profit from that suffering.

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT THIS WAR TO END!

    •

Rasmussen Reports’ latest polling (May 9, 2011) shows that 56 percent of 
likely voters want troops brought home within a year, and more than half of 
those want all troops withdrawn immediately.
    •

A Pew Research poll (May 5-8) shows that 49 percent of Americans want troops 
removed from Afghanistan “ASAP.”
    •

An NBC News poll (May 5-7) shows that 56 percent of Americans disapprove of 
leaving some troops in Afghanistan until 2014.
    •

A June CBS News poll shows a 16-percent increase in the number of people who 
think troops levels should be decreased (64 percent, vs. 48 percent a month 
earlier in the same poll).
    •

A June survey by CNN shows a 9-percent jump compared to a month earlier in 
the number of people who say the U.S. should withdraw all of its troops.
    •

An October ABC/Washington Post poll , taken three weeks ago, found that 51 
percent of respondents believe the war is not worth fighting. It is the 
first time that position has received majority support.



TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA TO BRING ALL THE TROOPS AND SECURITY CONTRACTORS HOME 
FROM AFGHANISTAN NOW .


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