Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to war we go! by Jim Hightower

[kpete]

Jim Hightower | Obama's War

Thursday 03 December 2009

"This is no time to be deferential to executive authority.
Stand up. Speak out. It's our country, not theirs.
We are America -- ultimately, we have the power and the responsibility. "

by: Jim Hightower, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed

Hi-ho, hi-ho, it's off to war we go! Pound the drums loudly, stand with your country proudly!

Wait, wait, wait -- hold it right there. Cut the music, slow the rush, and let's all ponder what Barack Obama, Roberts Gates, Stanley McChrystal and Co. are getting us into ... and whether we really want to go there. After all, just because the White House and the Pentagon brass are waving the flag and insisting that a major escalation of America's military mission in Afghanistan is a "necessity" doesn't mean it is ... or that We the People must accept it.

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How many more dead and mangled American soldiers does the government's "new" Afghan policy deserve? How many more tens of billions of dollars should we let them siphon from our public treasury to fuel their war policy? How much more of our country's good name will they squander on what is essentially a civil war?

We've been lied to for nearly a decade about "success" in Iraq and Afghanistan -- why do the hawks deserve our trust that this time will be different?

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more:
http://www.truthout.org/topstories/120309vh05

[FrenchieCat]

1. Breaking News!

Been to war for 8 years.

Breaking Breaking News!

Light at the tunnel seen in both Wars; Dates set to bring troops home.......
FINALLY!

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. The message about Iraq sure seems to be controlled these days

Is it safe enough to go into Baghdad without a bullet proof vest yet?