2 war vets return to Afghanistan for peace mission; Vets reject Obama plan 28JUN11

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Take Action! Support Brock and Jacob's peaceful return to Afghanistan with a donation. Share Afghan vet reaction to Obama speech with friends. Send us your feedback. Help 2 Afganistan war veterans travel to back to Afghanistan - this time for peace Brock McIntosh and Jacob George, both members of IVAW's Afghanistan Veterans Against the War Committee, have been invited to travel to Afghanistan this summer with a delegation formed by Voices for Creative Nonviolence.  But in order to make this important trip, they need help covering costs for their visas, airfare, and living costs, which total $2,500 per person. Can you make a donation to support their travel costs?  Click here to donate and put "Afghan trip" in the Special Projects box.                            Brock McIntosh                                                                          Jacob George Brock is a student who is still active in the Illinois Army National Guard after serving in Afghanistan from November 2008 to August 2009.  With your help, he will be heading to Kabul, Afghanistan straight from his National Guard training! Since his time in war, Brock has dedicated himself to the cause of nonviolence and has researched numerous groups doing nonviolent peace work in Afghanistan who he hopes to connect with while there. He will be bringing copies of otherwise un-affordable nonviolence materials translated into Pashtun to share in Afghanistan, including the work of Gandhi. Jacob served in Afghanistan with the Army Special Operations Command for three tours beginning in 2004 helping run counterinsurgency operations. After years of quiet reflection, he felt compelled to break his silence and clear his conscience by embarking on a national bike tour until the wars end. He is hoping to explore the possibility to setting up a program to send bicycles to Afghans who need them. Can you support Brock and Jacob's travel costs with a generous donation?  Click here and put "Afghan trip" in the Special Projects box. By sending our Afghanistan veterans back to the country they once fought, we hope to achieve the following: Explore possibilities for future joint projects between Afghanistan veterans and the Afghan people. Build solidarity with Afghanistan organizations working for peace, human rights and a just end to the U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan. Provide on-the-ground reporting from an Afghanistan veteran perspective. Build on contacts from previous delegations in order to gather the perspectives of Afghans regarding the question: What do the Afghan people wish for Afghanistan, and how can we as veterans of the Afghanistan War humbly assist in achieving those goals? If you want to support Brock and Jacob in pursuing these goals, make a generous donation today.  (Put "Afghan Trip" in the Special Projects box.) Thanks! Afghanistan Veterans Against the War critiques Obama's Afghanistan "withdrawal" plan When President Obama gave his speech on Afghanistan last week, veterans of that occupation were listening closely. Read the response of IVAW's Afghanistan Veterans Against the War (AVAW) Committee to the President's speech, and share it with your friends.  With the ten-year anniversary of our invasion of Afghanistan approaching, it's a critical time to push our government and military to end the wasteful spending on a failed occupation, and focus on re-building America for working families here at home.  Share the critique of the Afghanistan occupation with friends by clicking here. Thank you for your continued support. In Solidarity, Iraq Veterans Against the War

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