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Do We Know What We're Doing in Afghanistan?

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George W. Bush never wanted to say what the ??War on Terrorism ? would cost, how long it would take or what sacrifices Americans would make. Now, however, it is becoming increasingly clear that Americans have been called to sacrifice our country's valuable resources for a war that could instead be used for health care, education, unemployment, housing foreclosures, decaying cities and crumbling infrastructures.

??The peace movement has a lot of work to do, ? said Bennis. ??It must demand de-escalation in Afghanistan. ?

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Olga Bonfiglio is a Huffington Post contributor and author of Heroes of a Different Stripe: How One Town Responded to the War in Iraq. She has written for several magazines and newspapers on the subjects of food, social justice and religion. She (more...)
 
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