getafghanistanright.com — A group of bloggers, writers and activists today launched "Get Afghanistan Right Week," the start of an ongoing campaign to oppose military escalation in Afghanistan. Participants argue that Afghanistan has become an un-winnable, deepening quagmire, and that escalation will drain resources needed for recovery efforts at home.
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badqatJan 14, 2009
Oh, I think Obama has already made clear what his ideas on this topic are...
vaultJan 14, 2009
Sorry pacifists, even hopey-changey himself supports the War in Afghanistan, and that should tell you something.
poprocksandsodaJan 15, 2009
Funny how before the election Americans should care what the world thinks, but now we should take care of #1. Sorry, but if we abandon the new Afghan government we'll see the same thing grow out it that we have in the past. A new Iraq and Afghanistan is a tremendous asset to the world and I prefer that we keep the course.
lhandrovalJan 15, 2009
I was hoping for original content here, but this is mostly just recycled stuff from debates against the Iraq war. Oh well.I suggest to those of you debating this yourselves is to get a historical background of Afghanistan. It's history has been especially tragic: the country has either been embroiled in civil and/or tribal warfare or ruled with an iron fist from a foreign power (before the US, it was the USSR who wanted Afghanistan, and then long ago it was the Iron Amir). Lasting solutions in Afghanistan will have to find some way to break this cycle.
bohicatwentytwoJan 15, 2009
2004 called, they want their Iraq war description back.
truepatriot4uJan 16, 2009
The simple facts are, oil, oil, oil! Google the Trans Asia Gas Pipeline Unocal. After that Google the BTC pipeline and Caspian oil fields. When your done reading all the different articles on U.S. interests in the Caspian Sea oil reserves, then and only then will you understand why we are in Iraq and Afghanistan, and will be for many years to come. The oil reserves in that region are 300 times the size of ours in the U.S. It really makes you wonder if there really is a terrorist threat, or was this all just smoke and mirrors?