U.S. lawmakers appeal to Obama against Afghan troop surge

Sun, 03/22/2009 - 11:57pm | posted by Dr. Charles Kennedy

A group of 15 Congressmen, led by Ron Paul (R-TX) and including Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Walter Jones (R-NC), have written a stern letter to President Obama appealing to him against his proposed troop surge in Afghanistan. This report from Russia Today’s Dina Gusovsky (who has achieved note for several interviews of Ron Paul, prompting the Congressman to joke with her that she was “stealing [his] thunder”), examines many issues and raises many questions about U.S. involvement in Afghanistan that appear to be receiving little or no attention from the Obama administration.

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The video didn’t play, but I’ve heard Walter Jones and Ron Paul talk about this before. I didn’t know Dennis Kucinich was on board too. Good for him.

I read in Liberty magazine recently that if the occupation in Afghanistan (I was hesitant to really use the term “war”) is still happening in 2015, it could surpass the 14 year war in Vietnam. We need to figure out what we’re doing there or leave. Treating Afghanistan like Iraq may lead to us being there longer.

“Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.” - Thomas Jefferson

Michael Orion Powell on Mon, 03/23/2009 - 8:30pm.

I had no trouble getting the video to play just now, so perhaps there was an issue with YouTube (which, as of the time of this comment, is undergoing site maintenance). If it doesn’t play soon enough, I’ve found the best thing is double click on the video screen, and it will open up the video in a new window on its YouTube page.

Viewers will notice that the audio and video are considerably off from one another (the video is about 4 to 5 seconds delayed compared with the audio), a problem I’ve noticed frequently with YouTube videos of Russia Today reports.