Please endorse the Texas statement to stop the escalation
of the war in Afghanistan
“No Escalation in
Afghanistan” is the call of a broad coalition
of organizations across the state of Texas should
President Obama choose to escalate the war in Afghanistan
by sending additional troops.
While Texans support our troops, most stand in complete
opposition to this escalation and want all soldiers
brought home from a war that is unwinnable and is
of little benefit to the people of the United States
of America or Afghanistan.
In its 9th year, the war and occupation of Afghanistan
has nearly surpassed the length of LBJ's disastrous
Vietnam war. The ongoing conflict takes resources
away from real problems – economic insecurity,
institutional violence, international terrorism and
the global spread of war - and wastes hundreds of
billions of dollars from the national treasury that
could go to serve real human needs.
Coalition spokespersons, which include the Dallas
Peace Center, the Crawford Peace House, the South
Texas Alliance for Peace and Justice, Waco Friends
of Peace, the Austin Center for Peace and Justice,
Houston Peace and Justice Center, the Border Peace
Alliance, and Texans for Peace [See attached list
of local organizations], stress that their opposition
to escalation with any number of additional troops,
remains firm.
These groups call now for withdrawal of all military
and paramilitary personnel and to begin the reconstruction
of a nation badly damaged by this War.
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