Edwards believes the president is taking the U.S. in the wrong direction in Afghanistan. She argues that Obama has no plan for winning and no strategy for getting out.
Congress "failed" its responsibility to challenge President George W. Bush's policies in Iraq, Edwards said in an interview. "And we can't make that mistake with President Obama."
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The article reports on a congress person with the rare courage to vote for peace and justice in an institution sadly lacking in such courage.
Like others on the left, Edwards is unhappy with some of Obama’s early pragmatic decisions, such as withholding photos of Abu Ghraib detainee abuses (releasing them would be “part of how we reach the rest of the world,” she contends) or taking a single-payer health care option off the table before congressional negotiations even started (“not helpful”). “I think at his core the president is one of us,” Edwards told activists during a panel discussion at the conference. By bringing pressure from the left, liberals can “open up the political space for this president to do what his gut wants him to do anyway.”
Kudos to Donna Edwards!