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How to End Wars

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What I am proposing is not easy. It's just the easiest path we have. It will be easier, the more of us get involved, the more of us refrain from discouraging each other with our knowledge of how hard the struggle will be, and the more of us who are willing to go beyond lobbying to nonviolently disrupting, including by sitting in our congress members' offices and refusing to leave until they agree to leave Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. These wars, like all wars, are Congress's wars. The blood is on their hands and they represent us.

David Swanson is the author of the new book "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union" by Seven Stories Press. You can order it and find out when tour will be in your town: http://davidswanson.org/book

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David Swanson is the author of "When the World Outlawed War," "War Is A Lie" and "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union." He blogs at http://davidswanson.org and http://warisacrime.org and works for the online (more...)
 

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addicted to war power by gone on Saturday, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:24:11 AM
Let's address "cannon fodder" by Margaret Bassett on Saturday, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:58:23 AM
Not so much..... by Roger on Saturday, Nov 7, 2009 at 1:23:42 PM
How to End Wars by Johnny T. on Saturday, Nov 7, 2009 at 2:29:49 PM
An Excellent Article... by Jason Paz on Saturday, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:15:49 PM
Evil and the Draft by wagelaborer on Sunday, Nov 8, 2009 at 1:18:29 AM
Members of Congress must serve by Anton Grambihler on Sunday, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:22:11 AM
Power of the Purse by Patrick on Sunday, Nov 8, 2009 at 11:45:43 AM
How by Michael Dewey on Tuesday, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:57:06 AM