Mr. President,
It’s time to face the reality of our country’s efforts in Afghanistan. It has become (actually has been for a while) a pointless futile effort.
The financial cost is staggering…
But the cost in American soldiers lives is disgraceful. How many people in your administration have sons or daughters in Afghanistan? How many members of Congress have loved ones over there? The citizens of this country are not “invested” in this war. For example, how many people do you suppose know that on December 27, 2010:
Sgt. Garrett A. Misener
Hometown:Cordova, Tennessee, U.S.
Age:25 years old
Died:December 27, 2010
Unit:Marines, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C.
…gave his life.
And for what? Do you seriously think that this country can tame a part of the world that defeated Alexander The Great, Genghis Kahn, many other imperial powers, and of course the Soviet Union?
I am about your age. I can vividly recall watching the Vietnam “body count” each Friday night at 6:30pm on CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite. Can you? Do you ever remember thinking why we were there? Why 18 year old young men were dying? I remember.
Your administration’s “draw down”, “exit strategy”, whatever you’re calling it this week is a joke. And the American people aren’t laughing.
Begin leaving in 2014? Crunch the numbers. That’s hundreds, perhaps thousands, of American lives wasted, and many billions of dollars as well.
That is what you are asking the American people to buy into. I’m not buying it. And I’m not voting for you in 2012. And I hope the numbers of people who feel the same is as big as the numbers being racked up on your watch as President and Commander In Chief.
“War of Necessity”? Not any more.
Stop The War.