Top officials of the Obama Administration are divided on the expected request of the Pentagon for more troops in Afghanistan, the New York Times reports today. Leading the opposition is Vice-President Biden. Biden has the wind of public opinion at his back. McClatchy News reports that 56% of Americans oppose sending any more combat troops to Afghanistan, with 35% in favor. Women oppose sending more troops by the lopsided margin of 60-30. The first step to ending this war is stopping its escalation.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/team-obama-divided-public_b_277487.html http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/4/12917/34949 http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/321 -- Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] Senator Feingold Calls for Timetable for U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/exit-afghanistan _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
