OpEdNews - Diary: U.S. Out of Iraq & Afghanistan!

March 18, 2009 at 14:15:46 Permalink
U.S. Out of Iraq & Afghanistan!

Diary Entry by chris rice (about the author)

Barack Obama says he will: leave 80,000 troops, thousands of private contractors, and 17 permanent bases in Iraq; send 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan , leading to more killings of civilians; keep sending robot drones over Pakistan, killing more civilians; deploy nuclear carriers with enough firepower to annihilate any country in the Mideast; support the Israeli siege on Gaza; keep in place the "secret rendition...

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THURSDAY March 19 leave work & school to PROTEST the 6th anniversary of the Iraq War.

SATURDAY March 21 march on the Pentagon.

Barack Obama says he will:

leave 80,000 troops, thousands of private contractors, and 17 permanent bases in Iraq;
send 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan , leading to more killings of civilians;
keep sending robot drones over Pakistan, killing more civilians;
deploy nuclear carriers with enough firepower to annihilate any country in the Mideast;
support the Israeli siege on Gaza;
keep in place the "secret rendition" program which Bush used to torture detainees;
keep the government spying on citizens and continue Bush's "state secrets" justification;
increase the U.S. military by 92,000 troops, sending more to die for empire;
refuse to investigate & prosecute the war and torture crimes of the Bush regime.

The election of the first black president is effectively re-branding preemptive and illegal wars of aggression to make us feel good about them, enlisting us to "serve and sacrifice" for horrors we have no good reason to support.

The U.S. war on Afghanistan is an unjust war of aggression-the supreme war crime, waged not to bring democracy and liberation to the Afghan people, but to control Afghanistan with the goal of permanent domination of the Middle East.

But, we don't have to go along! It's immoral to "wait and see" or hope for the best from Obama.

If you care, get in the streets to send a message to the world that there are millions of us who don't want these crimes carried out.

It's time now to take action & make our demands visible everywhere. Find actions or organize one at http://votestrike.ning.com

Whether you call it the world financial structure, the U.S. culture of waste, or the ability of the common man to make a decent living, the system is broken. It's time for the common man to go on strike. Join or support the March on Washingon (more...)

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