"Stop Sacrificing US Soldiers for Afghan Debacle"
source: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Stop-Sacrificing-US-Soldie-by-Medea-Benjamin-110809-259.html
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"The deaths of these 31 Americans, and the more than 2,600 U.S. soldiers who have died in this quagmire, should raise a renewed debate about our presence in Afghanistan. Let's tell President Obama that the best way to pay tribute to the soldiers who have died -- and to address our financial crisis -- is to bring the rest of the troops home."
[Our presence in Afghanistan is not making us safer because Afghanistan is not a threat to us. This was clearly acknowledged by a senior Obama administration official in a background briefing to reporters on June 21. "United States hasn't seen a terrorist threat from Afghanistan, for the past seven or eight years," he said. He noted that Al Qaeda had moved on to Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.]
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Stop-Sacrificing-US-Soldie-by-Medea-Benjamin-11...
[Our presence in Afghanistan is not making us safer because Afghanistan is not a threat to us. This was clearly acknowledged by a senior Obama administration official in a background briefing to reporters on June 21. "United States hasn't seen a terrorist threat from Afghanistan, for the past seven or eight years," he said. He noted that Al Qaeda had moved on to Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.]
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Stop-Sacrificing-US-Soldie-by-Medea-Benjamin-11...
