So who wants to argue the merits of the war in Afghanistnam? 5 more dead US soldiers

[greencharlie]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/afghan.blast/index.html?hpt=T1

Let's hear your best argument... why does the US have tens of thousands of soldiers in Afghanistnam? Because of a 6'4" boogey-man in Pakistan?

lol.

[robdogbucky]

1. The cheerleaders are too busy

creaming their jeans over opinions about possible economic successes of the administration. They can't be distracted by the gusher or the wars or the racism.

Nope, just create a good scorecard for the prez and get him re-elected in '12, regardless the cost. Don't get me wrong, I voted for the man. I just hope he hasn't completely sold us down the river to the highest corporate bidders. It gets harder to hide the similarities between this admin and the last one when we see the debacles like the gusher and the ongoing unjustifiable warfare we are responsible for.

Here are some of the most recent news releases by RAWA:


Civilian Casualties Raise Afghan Ire at U.S.
May 17, 2010

TIME: Local witnesses interviewed by TIME say the nighttime raid by U.S. forces killed eight residents of this sun-baked farming village in eastern Afghanistan. The U.S. military insists that the operation in Koshkaky targeted insurgents active in the area, including a Taliban sub-commander who was killed. But ordinary Afghans are more inclined to believe the worst. As word of the incident spread Friday morning, street protests erupted... Full news...


Hillary lies again to Afghan women
May 15, 2010

Daily Mail Times: Secretary of State Mrs. Hillary Rodham-Clinton has once again lied to Afghan women. She said that America will not abandon Afghan women. It already has. America has not kept its promises to the women of Afghanistan. The youngest woman in the Afghan parliament has used International Women’s Day to slam the “disastrous conditions” for women in her country and ask Australians to help bring change. Full news...


Afghans protest against NATO, say 12 civilians killed
May 14, 2010

AFP: ‌Hundreds of angry protesters staged a protest Friday in eastern Afghanistan, accusing NATO forces of killing a dozen civilians during an overnight raid. Around 300 protesters in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province chanted “Death to Shairzai (the provincial governor), (Afghan President Hamid) Karzai and the Americans” as they threw stones at the district administration offices. Full news...

http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/





Just my dos centavos


robdogbucky

[joe black]

2. Dear President Obama.

As a combat vietnam vet I implore you to stop this insanity. If I had the guts I would have reenlisted and taken one of these young soldiers place but I just couldn't put myself through that hell again. War resolves nothing and hurts everyone and everything. Look inside yourself and muster up the guts I lacked.