President Obama seems to expect Democrats to fall in line behind him as he proposes expanding the war in Afghanistan after 8 years of failed efforts there. Yet, progressive antiwar activists are having none of it.
I’m grateful to see that there are some Democrats in Congress who are willing to pay attention to the values of their constituents rather than marching orders from on high in the Democratic Party. Among these independent, antiwar Democrats is James McGovern from Massachusetts.
Representative McGovern delivered a strong speech in the House of Representatives yesterday, denouncing Obama’s decision to send tens of thousands of additional soldiers to fight and die in Afghanistan. McGovern looked at the reality of the Afghan situation and stated, “I believe the President has reached the wrong conclusion. Sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan will make it 30,000 times harder to extricate ourselves from this mess. If our fight is truly with al Qaeda, then we’re in the wrong country. They have moved to Pakistan. Indeed, General Jones has told us that there are maybe less than 100 al Qaeda members in Afghanistan . With the troop increase announced by the President last night, we will have over 100,000 U.S. service men and women in Afghanistan . Do we really need 100,000 troops to go after less than a hundred al Qaeda?”
Take a stand against war. Support James McGovern.
