Gordon Brown faces fresh questions over the war in Afghanistan at this month's Labour party conference, with grassroots activists circulating a motion demanding that troops be withdrawn, the Guardian reports. I'd give anything to address this conference. I'd wait until people gave speeches arguing that Britain had to keep its troops in Afghanistan out of friendship with the United States. Then I'd ask to be recognized, and I'd say,
"As an American, I thank the honorable gentlemen and ladies for their kind words of friendship towards the people of the United States. I assure you, as you know very well, that the feelings are reciprocated. But I beg you, in the name of humanity: show your love differently than by continuing to support this war...the presence of British military forces in Afghanistan is being used to justify the presence of American military forces in Afghanistan...If you love America, if you love Americans, show your love by passing this resolution put forward by the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy demanding the withdrawal of British troops of Afghanistan. Help America. Help America to get its own troops out of Afghanistan. Get out of Afghanistan, so we can get out." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/dear-britain-get-out-of-a_b_278336.html http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/9/6/777781/-Dear-Britain:-Get-Out-of-Afghanistan,-So-We-Can-Get-Out http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/323 -- 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
