(Rep. Jason) Chaffetz makes emotional call for end to Afghan war

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Source: Salt Lake Tribune

Rep. Jason Chaffetz made an emotional case to withdraw the military from Afghanistan and end the nation’s longest war.

He was one of only eight Republicans and 93 House members to back the House resolution directing the president to remove the troops. It’s not a new position from the Utah Republican, but he has never so forcefully stated his case as he did on the House floor Wednesday.

“A politically correct war is a lost war. At the present time we are playing politics,” he said, arguing that the nation should not rely on opinion polls to determine how long the military mission continues. “We are propping up a government that’s fundamentally corrupt and we all know it. It won’t get us where we want to go.”

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[plumbob]

1. Credit where due.

Let's go home; never should have left.

[catnhatnh]

2. In the last week Cali and I...

Have ties to soldiers killed with no hope of national gain. Got that-they are dead and there was never any hope there was a goal to gain. They were merely expended. I am shit tired of expending people.

[Judi Lynn]

3. How did Chaffetz feel during the Bush occupation of the White House, anyway?

Republicans actually adore war. Everyone knows it.