[blind-democracy] FW: Sign the petition: Tell Pres. Obama to keep his promise to end the war in Afghanistan
- From: Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 10:07:29 -0400
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To: Miriam Vieni
Subject: Sign the petition: Tell Pres. Obama to keep his promise to end the
war in Afghanistan
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Dear Miriam,
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On Thursday, President Obama announced he planned to break his promise to
withdraw American combat troops from Afghanistan before the end of his
presidency.1
Instead of drawing down to a small force to defend the American embassy in
Kabul, the United States will now leave 9,800 troops in the country to carry
out airstrikes and special operations raids through 2016. After that, 5,500
troops will remain in the country through the end of the president's term.
After 14 years of fighting, in spite of the United States spending over a
trillion dollars on the war, the Taliban today controls more of the country
than at any time since 2001 and Afghanistan's corrupt, incompetent
government appears incapable of surviving if it is not propped up by with
significant U.S. support.2
The simple truth is that there is no military solution to the conflict in
Afghanistan. There's nothing that 9,800 troops can do in the next year and a
half that 100,000 couldn't do in a decade of fighting. It's time to bring
our troops home - all of them.
Tell
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President Obama: No more endless war. Keep your promise to end the war in
Afghanistan. Click here to sign the petition.
In 2012, speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte,
President Obama made this promise (emphasis ours):
Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to
refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. And we have.
We've blunted the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our
longest war will be over.3
Three years later, America is once again at war in Iraq and President Obama
just re-committed our country to fighting in Afghanistan until he leaves
office.
President Obama's plan kicks the can down the road and leaves the decision
on whether to withdraw troops from Afghanistan for the next president. With
a presidential field crowded with war hawks, that decision carries a serious
risk of more endless war and escalation in Afghanistan.
The Afghan government will be no more capable of surviving and governing in
2017 than it is now. After spending an incredible $65 billion to build the
Afghan Army and police, government forces simply collapsed in September in
the face of a Taliban offensive in Kunduz, giving the Taliban control of its
first provincial capital in 14 years.4 The Afghan government was only able
to retake the city two weeks later with assistance from U.S. special forces
and airstrikes.5
Moreover, the recent U.S. airstrike on Doctors Without Borders' hospital in
Kunduz - a strike that the Pentagon says was called in by Afghan soldiers -
shows the risk of continuing to use American airpower to back up a corrupt
government with a track record of incompetence and appalling human rights
abuses.6
More American troops will not fundamentally change the equation in
Afghanistan. And while we are particularly concerned about the fate of women
and girls in Afghanistan, there is no indication that a continued U.S.
occupation would make a positive outcome for women possible.
Osama Bin Laden is dead and the network of al-Qaida operatives that carried
out the 9/11 attacks has been destroyed. It's time to end the war in
Afghanistan, not commit ourselves to more endless war.
Tell President Obama: No more endless war. Keep your promise to end the war
in Afghanistan. Click the link below to sign the petition:
https://act.credoaction.com/sign/drawdown_2015?t=6
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Thank you for taking action.
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1. Matthew Rosenberg and Michael D. Shear, "Obama
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Halt of U.S. Troop Withdrawal in Afghanistan," New York Times, October 15,
2015
2. Rod Norland and Joseph Goldstein, "Afghan
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Taliban's Reach Is Widest Since 2001, U.N. Says," New York Times, October
11, 2015
3. Remarks
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President at the Democratic National Convention, September 6, 2012
4. Zack Beauchamp, "Kunduz:
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Taliban's biggest victory in years, explained," Vox, September 29, 2015
5. Rod Norland, "Taliban
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Takeover of Kunduz After 15 Days, New York Times, October 13, 2015
6. World
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2015: Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch
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