Students for a Democratic Society is calling for students across the country to protest the U.S. government’s plans for a massive escalation of the war in Afghanistan. President Obama will announce his plans next week to mobilize 30,000 to 40,000 more combat troops in Afghanistan. We must respond with protest. A majority of people in the U.S. oppose the occupation; we must make this opposition visible. Take action by holding a street protest, a film screening, a teach-in, or anything you can do to demonstrate public opposition to this unjust war.
We categorically reject U.S. wars, occupations, and bombings of the people of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq. The Afghan people have a right to self-determination, to control their own resources, and take care of their own affairs. It is not the place of the U.S. to bomb Afghanistan into submission and control its destiny. The only way for Afghanistan to be free is for the bombings to halt, and for all U.S. and NATO troops to leave the country immediately. We support the people of Afghanistan in their struggle for liberation and freedom from foreign occupation and domination.
Funding for education, not for war and occupation! U.S. out of Afghanistan and Iraq NOW!
Get in touch
Contact the SDS Antiwar Working Group if your campus is organizing, or if you’d like help in getting something going:
sdsantiwar.wg@gmail.com | https://sdsantiwar.wordpress.com
[…] more details. Also, we encourage other chapters and progressive student groups to sign on to the national call from the SDS Antiwar Working Group to hold demonstrations against Obama’s troop surge […]
Welcome to the “30-year war” and re-instatement of general draft soon. The approximately 250,000 U.S. troops in the geographical region spanning Iraq and Afghanistan will have less to do with the few hundred terrorists left in AfPak and more with the long-term strategy to gain a foothold in the region to manage the Pakistan and Iran nuclear issues. Since the volatility of the region spanning the Middle East and the Asia sub-continent is virtually permanent, so will be our presence. As General “Ike” warned us more than 50 years ago, this approach to solving our security issues is going to lead to tragic long-term results. If we want to have a long-term, strategic presence in the region, why not base our troops in friendly India like we do in Germany, etc.
Obama’s Afghan War is not better than Bush’s Wars.
Together they will impoverish this country and leave our grandchildren and children with no future but paying off this enormous debt that both of them have incurred.
This is Vietnam all over again – Obama’s Vietnam.
He is no better than Bush.
How convenient – pull the troops out before the election – after incurring hundreds of billions of additional debt.
Fool me once, Obama – I will not vote for you again.