Dear Mr. President,
You may be surprised to learn that I support the 1%, even though I
am part of the 99%. The 1% that I support are the 78,000 men and women still serving
in Afghanistan, and their families still praying for their safety. I support
bringing them home much sooner than the end of 2014. Move that timeline up by
one year.
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| Soldiers in Afghanistan... Bring Them Home Now! |
When you first announced that all troops would be out of
Afghanistan by 2014, I thought, well, that's not too bad, one more year to wrap
things up seemed reasonable. Upon reflection, my thoughts are that it is not
reasonable. It's not reasonable because nothing further can be gained by
keeping our men and women there. It is counter productive to keep forces there
that are being attacked by the very people they are training to take over their
own security. The Afghans.
What is the gain verses the cost of remaining where we are clearly
not welcome? The gains are negligible compared to the losses. The loss of
additional American lives, the loss of billions of dollars, thousands more
injured requiring extensive medical rehabilitation, and mental rehabilitation,
more marriages destroyed by long and multiple deployments, including the
Generals. And hundreds of children living with single parents, some of them
permanently due to the death of one parent. This is no longer acceptable, it
time to end the charade of this
terrible war.
What are the gains, war profiteers will continue to make billions
while our young men and women who put their lives on the line, make pennies on
the dollar compared to the war profiteers. The Afghans who profit by what we
bring to their country, including millions of dollars given to corrupt Afghan
politicians.
The election is over and the war in Afghanistan was hardly even
mentioned during the campaign, let alone actually talked about. Why are we
still committing our men and women to a war no one wants to talk about? It's
not right and we need to end this travesty sooner rather than later.
I'm sorry Mr. President, the costs are too great, the loss of
American lives is too great, and the sacrifices of the 1% are too numerous to
justify continuing this war for another TWO years, because that's what you're
really talking about.
Yes Mr. President, it's time for you to support the 1% now, it's
time to bring our 78,000 men and women home from the longest war in our
history, they have sacrificed enough, and so have their families. It’s time to move
that timeline up by one year and it’s time to bring the 1% back to the country
they fought for… America.
Most Respectfully,
Marcia Reimers,
Your Gadfly Granny
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