Team Obama Divided, Public Strongly Opposed, to More Troops in Afghanistan
Top officials of the Obama Administration are divided on the expected request of the Pentagon for more troops in Afghanistan, the New York Timesreports today. The military's anticipated request for...
View ArticleNoEscalation.org: Can the Peace Movement Reach President Obama?
If there were ever a time when the peace movement should be able to have an impact on U.S. foreign policy, that time should be now. If there were ever a time for extraordinary effort to achieve such an...
View Article"Lessons in Disaster": If Obama Caves to the Pentagon, He's No Jack Kennedy
President Obama knows better than to agree to General McChrystal's proposal for military escalation in Afghanistan. He read the book.On October 7, the Wall Street Journalreported that top officials of...
View ArticleSpeaker Pelosi, Put Afghanistan Drawdown On Record with McGovern-Obey
With the House poised to consider the Pentagon's request for $33 billion for more death in Afghanistan, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has told the Huffington Post she expects a "serious drawdown" of U.S. troops...
View Article54% for Afghan Exit, but Petraeus Move Could Nix Peace Talks with Terror Naming
The majority of Americans want the Obama Administration to establish a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, CBS Newsreports. 54% think the U.S. should set a timetable for the...
View ArticleStan Greenberg: Afghanistan War Likely Cause of Primary Challenge
Press reports have suggested that Administration officials are trying to make Democratic voters forget that the Administration promised to start drawing down troops from Afghanistan in July 2011 by...
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