End the war, not just the general 28JUN10

I AM TIRED OF MORE OF MY COUNTRIES RESOURCES, THAT INCLUDES FLESH AND BLOOD AS WELL AS TAX DOLLARS, BEING WASTED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. I AM TIRED OF THE DEATH AND RUINED LIVES OF AMERICANS AND IRAQIS AND AFGHANS. I AM TIRED OF THIS COUNTRY SPENDING MORE MONEY ON WAR AND WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION AND MASS DESTRUCTION THAN ON SCHOOLS, TRACTORS, BOOKS.....I AM TIRED OF THE GREED AND CORRUPTION OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE AMERICA AND OF TOO MANY AMERICANS THAT KEEPS US ENSLAVED TO THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. IT IS TIME TO END THE WARS AND OUR MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND TO BEGIN TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN AND EACH OTHER IT IS GOOD TO LIVE THE LIFE THAT CAUSES OTHER NATIONS TO LOOOK AT US AND SAY 'BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS'.

Obama fired the general, but not the war. Tell Congress we want more, we want an end to the war.

Last week, President Obama fired Gen. Stanley McChrystal after he gave a crude and candid interview to Rolling Stone in which he insulted the president, the secretary of defense and most Americans for not doing more to support the war.¹ Unfortunately, Obama fired only the general, not his strategy -- and he's planning to continue with the wrongheaded plan to escalate the war in Afghanistan that McChrystal championed.²

Obama made the right decision but for the wrong reasons. Now, we're running out of time to change the future, and not just the leadership, of this war.

This week, the House is set to vote on the funding that will keep McChrystal's war alive after he's gone.³ But Rep. Jim McGovern and a caucus of progressive leaders want to use this moment to end the war.⁴

Can you email your representative today and tell him or her to end the war by refusing to pay for it until there's a timeline for our troops to come home? Click here to tell Congress: "We want more than personnel changes -- we want an end to the war."

http://act.truemajorityaction.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=70

Obama wants to replace McChrystal with Gen. Petraeus, another general who thinks we can kill our way to a peaceful Middle-East.⁵ But Congress holds the power over whether we keep funding that strategy or change course and begin to bring our troops home.

Sen. Robert Byrd, who died today, was a powerful advocate for that idea. He opposed the Bush-Cheney plan to invade Iraq, and was a master at using the wars' funding bills to call for a new strategy.⁶ But with Sen. Byrd gone, it will fall to a new generation of leaders in Congress to help end the war.

You can help. Click here to tell your Representative to get behind the Progressive plan to stop spending money on the war until we know it will end.

Thanks,

-Drew

Drew Hudson
TrueMajority / USAction

1 - npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128061733
2 - csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2010/0628/Time-for-Obama-to-rethink-Afghanistan-war-strategy
3 - washingtonexaminer.com/politics/congress/Petraeus-hearing-provides-forum-for-critics-of-Obama-war-policies-97180989.html
4 - politico.com/news/stories/0610/39010.html
5 - time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2000044,00.html
6 - google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ho7Mwjor4AW6m81jFq8Y7vNTT_fAD9GKD2M80