Thousands rally against wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Millions are still standing by while the war IS NOT winding down under this President, whom I voted for, and another illegal war has been increased while we have now illegally entered a couple of other countries and plan another war in Iran. You're partisanship blinds you to the ongoing atrocities under your 'Party'. BTW, to say yes it's wrong but your side sat by and watched first sounds like a schoolyard argument between kids playing kickball. It's my ball so I make the rules, lol. I voted for Obama but I don't claim a partisanship, both parties make me sick now. Nothing ever gets done when the argument is we're in the majority now, bitches! That's Democracy, we live in a Republic where everyone works together, preferably.

Excellent addition, Dems should check him out very well. He is a friend and confidant of this administration and it is no exaggeration to say his mind is as sick or sicker than anyone in the Nazi party.

I agree that the Taliban must be PERMANENTLY BANNED from the planet. They are like a noxious weed that will come back. It must be removed by the root. But at what cost. There has to be a limit. There has to be a better way.

Don't believe the easy explanation, ever. The healthcare bill is a bill of many kinds. Page 1382 of the bill gives the President the funding to start a civilian military with all of the money, equipment and funds of our regular military. Talk about bankrupting the country. Guess what else, these people aren't to protect you from foreigners but are to patrol the streets and spy on Americans. This is, or was, completely illegal in this country and for very good reasons. These are nothing more than Brown Coats, SS, BAD NEWS! Why would that be in the Health-Care bill? Don't just read snippets in the news or even listen to the news. These days you can't make any decision without in-depth research of your own.

Right, so stay and waste billions and put lives in jeopardy and continue generations of hate and resentment which is what they really want to get the same result. Sounds perfectly logical to me. And if you think "Al Qaeda" is the only reason we are over there now I have some swampland in Florida to sell you. Remember, Al Qaeda wasn't in Iraq until we invaded. The same is more than likely true for Afghanistan. And of course, those who make up Al Qaeda were considered our allies in the 80s when Russia was in Afghanistan under Reagan ( who actually called Bin Laden a "freedom fighter" when they started all of this cr**) when we were told we had to fight off the "commie bastards" ( the bogeyman du jour) to "save democracy". People really are easy regarding being fed the propaganda... Fear, fear, fear.

Al Qaeda is a CIA creation. The real enemies are everywhere and there is no way to fight a war against ghosts.

Al Qaeda never has and doesn't exist. Nobody call themselves that except CIA. Yes, Iraqis are shown attacking Americans but those are called insurgents. An insurgent is not a terrorist, they are people who don't want strangers with guns in their neighborhoods. What we are fighting in Afghanistan are guess, insurgents. It's easy to call them a name, invade and then show the resistance fighting back and claim that's your proof.

What if foreigners were using Mt. Rushmore for target practice? Wouldn't you hope some local boys would do their best to stop it?

The wars we are in are indirectly killing you, my friend. Something is happening to the planet and dropping bombs and driving around 1mph gas guzzling tanks and flying jets everywhere are putting us ALL at greater risk. Let the 'terrorists' be and let's take that money to seed the oceans with fine iron. The result would eliminate most of the CO2 problem that we are having.

I vote we send you instead.

You certainly must be one of the least educated people on this site. Her name is CINDY not CHINDY.

We don't want or need ignorant assholes over there with us. Believe it or not the U.S. Military does not want psychos or cowards, that punk would never make it past basic, forget Advanced Infantry. The fool would fail the ASVAB anyways. The U.S. Army does not suffer fools lightly.

Well, 2/3 of the world came out to protest the start of the invasion of Iraq... now, it appears that becasue Obama in in the White House war is now OK. I find it to be totally hypocritical and outrageous.

Agreed, and that huge number of protesters were completely ignored.

Thank you for trying to bring attention to the general apathy of the American Public and lack of in-depth media coverage. Regardless of your personal opinion of the "War on Terror", we still have over 80,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and 47,000 troops with more to come in Afghanistan. I fully support the right of the American public to peacefully protest the direction of the war and our President. A sudden and complete withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and Afghanistan would plunge the entire region into chaos, threatening the security of the entire world. I would like to hear some well thought out plans and ideas then just simple anti-war slogans.

I don't know if it shoulld or could be sudden at this point, but it damned well should be complete. And as for plans, how about us actually doing what we say we need to do regarding weaning ourselves off of foreign oil? How about allowing it's people to truly be able to reclaim their country and their farmland without US AID AND MONSANTO to be able to grow sustainably to have more options for agriculture than just growing poppies? They have nothing else because everything else has been taken from them. Our policies on drugs, oil, and war in general have brought us to this place. Sending troops into these areas accomplishes nothing of real substance. Afghanistan after more than thirty years of war is a wasteland because of it and the longer we are there the more generations will come along to resent us. War does not end terrorism.

You know as well as anyone that the war on terror with its mandate, will never end. The only way out is to change our thinking. Our CIA will make sure that the american military always has a job. Hearts and minds. The people of the world are the same. We love, live, learn, work, sleep, fight, and fuck. We want safety for our families and food for our tummies and peace with God. Do not pretend that the american military has these interests at heart. Every time a civilian is killed a terrorist is created.

Accountability would be a start in the right direction. Also our support of Israel needs to stop until they start an honest peace process. Oh and Iran is not the great Satan who would wipe the world out with nuclear weapons.

everytime a civilian is killed a terrorist is created?? what kinda shit is this do you know how many civilians were killed and how many REAL terrorist there actually are?

No, but I do know that they are popping up in our country. Everyone is someones father, mother, brother, sister, son ,and (or) daughter. Someone on this site who I really respect said Fuck with my family and I turn into a Neanderthal. In other words if you kill one of mine all bets are off. Do you think that it is any different for an Iraqi?

so whose fault is it that their loved ones are dying? if they killed your mom how would you react? sucicide is extreme but going 51 50 aint..you know the wars are bullshit..why are so many veterans (american) killing one self?? they know the truth more than you and i.. but your talking about some corny ass neanderthal remark? terroism is a fucking scare tactic. the taliban is weak iam sorry. they need to be stopped but we got bigger problems in the US..we cant spend billions over seas accomplishing jack shit but trouble

Boy I agree with you here. Suicide is a side-affect of mental torture. I would not want to kill anyone for any reason, I think I would have trouble living with myself. I try to respect all life. That being said, there is no way to wipe out terrorism. It has always been a problem to the establishment. The one thing about the people of the middle east is they know how to hold a grudge. I know the wars are bullshit. If our government had been doing their job 911 would never have happened. Where do you think terrorism comes from? Do you have a way to show that we are actually fighting terrorist or is our military just stabilizing a region to acquire its natural resources?

The recent increase of suicides among U.S. soldiers breaks my heart. The reasons are varied as the individuals who feel so desperate and hopeless that they take their own lives. Some are from multiple deployments, others from destroyed home lives, destructive marriages, massive unemployment and a malaise from soldiers who feel that they have been deceived and lied to by the previous Administration. But, with all due respect to think the Taliban is weak or not a threat is just foolish thinking. The Afghan people are among the most determined, focused and brave soldiers, I have ever faced. Many of their tactics are considered cowardly (but then again how much courage does it take to fly a predator drone) but they will fight to the death with inferior arms when cornered. Their belief in the righteousness of their cause is unshakeable, but they can be defeated. The Taliban must be defeated. The world is not safe with an unstable Pakistan. What's horrible and I question I avoid asking myself is that is our military simply being used as an arm of the Industrial Military Complex to pacify nations for the sole purpose of increasing the profits of these International Corporations.