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From: Stephen Miles, Win Without War [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 2:17 PM
To: miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: The war that just won't end
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Dear Miriam,
Yesterday, President Obama announced that America's longest war is going to
last a little longer. After 15 years of fighting, yesterday's announcement
means that thousands of America's men and women in uniform will remain in
Afghanistan, fighting a war that has no military solution. It's time to stop
trying to bomb our way to peace in Afghanistan.
Click here to send President Obama a message asking
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AnnW1> him to launch a plan for peace in Afghanistan before he leaves
office.
When President Obama leaves office in January of 2017, he will hand over to
Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump command of a war he himself inherited from
George W. Bush. If something doesn't change, they are just as likely to hand
over a failed war to their successor in 4 or 8 years.
That's madness. And worse, it is deadly, costly, and making America less
safe.
America's war in Afghanistan was launched in the fall of 2001 as a fight to
combat al Qaeda. Yet more than 5 years after Osama bin Laden was killed in
Pakistan, the war rages on with no real plan for peace. In truth, the war in
Afghanistan goes back decades, long before American and NATO soldiers
arrived, and ending that conflict will take a robust peace initiative.
Yet instead of pursuing peace, America continues to opt for more war.
Instead of peace initiatives like empowering women, promoting dialogue, and
forcing our partners and international allies to pressure combatants to
negotiate, we are simply sending a few thousand more American soldiers to
keep fighting an endless war. This has to stop.
Send the President a message asking him to finally put
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While the President has unfortunately failed in his promise to bring our
troops home, he still has time to push for peace in Afghanistan. That's
where we come in. Washington is full of armchair generals who like to debate
and demand the President send as many troops or specific types of weapons to
Afghanistan.
But far too often no one is demanding peace. That's why we need your voice.
Right now the White House is monitoring their email inbox to see how the
American public is responding to the President's latest announcement.
They're paying attention, so let's make sure they hear a call for peace.
Please take 2 minutes to write a note to President Obama asking that in his
final months in office he launch a major peace initiative in Afghanistan.
Click here to send a message demanding peace to
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We've already made our disappointment with the President's announcement
known to the White House directly on behalf of our movement. Now it's time
to add thousands of voices to that choir for peace.
Thank you for working for peace,
Stephen, Amy, Mariam, and the Win Without War Team
P.S. You can read our full statement on the President's announcement on
Afghanistan here.
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