Former Member of Afghan Parliament: Obama, We Don't Want a Troop Surge in Our Country

AlterNet, Comment Is Free by Malalai Joya | Dec. 1, 2009 (Opinion)
If Barack Obama heralds an escalation of the war, he will betray his own message of hope and deepen my people's pain.

by installing warlords and drug traffickers in power in Kabul, the US and Nato have pushed us from the frying pan to the fire. Now Obama is pouring fuel on these flames, and this week's announcement of upwards of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan will have tragic consequences.

Already this year we have seen the impact of an increase in troops occupying Afghanistan: more violence, and more civilian deaths. My people, the poor of Afghanistan who ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Politics
Topics: Poverty, War, Afghanistan, Obama Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Dec 2, 2009 - 6:48 AM PST
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Dec 2, 2009 - 6:58 AM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 2, 2009

Joya provides a voice for peace in Afghanistan from an Afghani. This voice is under reported in the big corporate media.

The reality is that only the drug traffickers and warlords have been helped under this corrupt and illegitimate Karzai government. More »

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