Facebook Campaign Held to Stop the Afghanistan War
Simon Owens reports on a vigil being held on the White House’s Facebook wall by progressive Afghanistan-war opponents. A message posted by vigil attendees
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Simon Owens reportson a “vigil” being held on the White House’s Facebook wall by progressive Afghanistan-war opponents. A message posted by vigil attendees reads: “This week’s anniversary marks 8 years of war in Afghanistan, and I’m remembering those who have died. Bullets don’t win hearts and minds. We need a better plan for Afghanistan, end the war.”
The effort’s communications director explains that the move is a form of counter-pressure to balance escalation proponents:
“„“It’s a vigil, and the reason we chose a vigil is because a lot of our members support Obama,” Communications Director Reva Patwardhan told me in a phone interview. “A lot of progressives support Obama, and we actually think that of all the people who could possibly be president he’s the most likely to do the right thing. But he’s going to need a lot of public support in order to push him in that direction, and the fact is that he’s actually considering an array of options for what he’s going to do in Afghanistan. The commander in Afghanistan, General [Stanley] McChrystal, has asked for 45,000 more troops. There’s a huge amount of pressure to give him that. We’re asking [Obama] not to give in to that pressure.”
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