This is a pivotal moment. According to a recent Newsweek poll “Afghanistan War Hurting Obama’s Support at Home,” public opposition to the Afghanistan War has exploded. People are paying attention, and they’re ready to hear: that the Afghanistan War isn’t worth the cost.
Last week people across the country got together with their neighbors to rethink the Afghanistan War.
According to USA TODAY: “Afghan war toll hits high mark.” troops deaths in Afghanistan are approaching the levels of the worst moments of the Iraq War and Raw Story: “Sad milestone: Cost of US wars ‘passes $1 trillion’.” notes fiscal costs spiraling out of control, it’s our patriotic duty to have a public discussion about where we go from here.
Will you join us? Sign up for a Rethink the Afghanistan War Meetup, or, if there’s not one near you, start your own.
Posted by: Robert L. Hanafin, Major, USAF-Retired, VT News
What happens at local meetings is up to you.
Here are three quick suggestions:
- Plan a screening of the Rethink Afghanistan documentary in your community. (Get the DVD here.)
- Have a public discussion about the following question: “Are we losing the Afghanistan War?”
- Plan a group visit to the district offices of your Member of Congress or Senators.
With the November Congressional elections just around the corner, we’ve got to seize this moment. The first step is to get together with our neighbors for a conversation about where we go from here.
We hope you’ll join us.
Sincerely,
Derrick Crowe, Robert Greenwald and
the Brave New Foundation team
Sources:
- Newsweek: “Poll: Afghanistan War Hurting Obama’s Support at Home.”
- USA TODAY: “Afghan war toll hits high mark.”
- Raw Story: “Sad milestone: Cost of US wars ‘passes $1 trillion’.
Readers are more than welcome to use the articles I’ve posted on Veterans Today, I’ve had to take a break from VT as Veterans Issues and Peace Activism Editor and staff writer due to personal medical reasons in our military family that take away too much time needed to properly express future stories or respond to readers in a timely manner.
My association with VT since its founding in 2004 has been a very rewarding experience for me.
Retired from both the Air Force and Civil Service. Went in the regular Army at 17 during Vietnam (1968), stayed in the Army Reserve to complete my eight year commitment in 1976. Served in Air Defense Artillery, and a Mechanized Infantry Division (4MID) at Fort Carson, Co. Used the GI Bill to go to college, worked full time at the VA, and non-scholarship Air Force 2-Year ROTC program for prior service military. Commissioned in the Air Force in 1977. Served as a Military Intelligence Officer from 1977 to 1994. Upon retirement I entered retail drugstore management training with Safeway Drugs Stores in California. Retail Sales Management was not my cup of tea, so I applied my former U.S. Civil Service status with the VA to get my foot in the door at the Justice Department, and later Department of the Navy retiring with disability from the Civil Service in 2000.
I’ve been with Veterans Today since the site originated. I’m now on the Editorial Board. I was also on the Editorial Board of Our Troops News Ladder another progressive leaning Veterans and Military Family news clearing house.
I remain married for over 45 years. I am both a Vietnam Era and Gulf War Veteran. I served on Okinawa and Fort Carson, Colorado during Vietnam and in the Office of the Air Force Inspector General at Norton AFB, CA during Desert Storm. I retired from the Air Force in 1994 having worked on the Air Staff and Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon.
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