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You've probably heard that President Obama is about to decide whether to send a lot more troops to Afghanistan.1
And since you're an activist, you also know that there are a ton of reasons this would be a mistake: Hundreds more troops will be killed along with countless civilians. And we could get stuck in an Iraq-style quagmire for decades, while terrorism experts say this isn't even a good way to fight Al Qaeda.
Well, here's one more reason: The war will bankrupt our economy and divert funds we urgently need for health care, education and jobs.
Afghanistan is just about the most remote, difficult-to-access part of the world there is. Sending a gallon of gas there costs $400; keeping a soldier armed, fed and cared for costs almost $1 million a year!2
Tell President Obama -- with the economy in shambles, we just can't afford any more war. It's time to stop sending troops, and create a clear timetable to bring everyone home from Afghanistan.
http://act.truemajorityaction.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=44
We have nearly 70,000 troops already in Afghanistan,3 yet over the last few months, things have consistently gone from bad to worse despite our engagement. So it's no surprise that most Americans are now opposed to the war.4
Despite Afghanistan's problems and lack of public support, some people inside the beltway want to send a huge number of additional troops into harms way -- with no timeline for their return and no clear mission to gauge progress by.5
It's the same mistake that got us trapped in Iraq, and which President Obama has promised to avoid with a new foreign policy.
Don't let us go down the same path again - tell Obama not to send more troops.
Is President Obama really going to tell us tomorrow thousands of our troops are going to Afghanistan?? I'm sorry but I can not support the president on this decision, no matter how long and hard it was for him. I don't see an end to these quagmires. I'm so thankful I have no family or friends fighting in these wars or I don't know how I would handle this horrible news! Cindy Sheehan is my hero, here is some of the latest news about her....
In August, 2009, Sheehan protested at Martha's Vineyard during President Barack Obama's stay there. According to ABC News: "Sheehan invoked Sen. Ted Kennedy's passing as part of her message, noting that he was firmly anti-war and how he said his proudest vote as a senator was his 2002 vote against the Iraq war."[84]
On October 5 Sheehan was arrested with sixty others at the White House protesting President Obama's continuation of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She told CNN: "I think the mood of the country and the mood of our movement is getting a little bit more desperate, and (that) this will be the time to be able to translate our tireless activism and work for peace."[85]
