Quote of the day -- on Iraq and Afganistan

And from an authoritative voice:

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I think we agree Vietnam was a "quagmire"

So if Vietnam was a quagmire (defined: (figuratively) A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle; a predicament as in "The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy" or "Those election results are a quagmire for any coalition except one of national union.") then what do you call a war we've been in for now just over 10 years--the longest in the nation's history? Surely, that's a "quagmire." Thankfully, we haven't lost the 50+ thousand troops we did in Southeast Asia but there is no way out yet and no way to "win" this mess. At what point do we learn, get wise and get out? Link: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/afghanistan/index.html

Unending War---Is this who we've become?

We won't get out until we--the people--demand it. Side note: I miss the old, intelligent Republican Party that was for a strong and bright America and that was less polarized.

10 years in Afghanistan

And to what end? Are they better for it? I hope so. We certainly aren't. We need a plan. We need a resolution. Endless war makes no sense.

State budgets and the insane war in Afghanistan

Wisconsin Governor Scott "Walker’s slash-and-burn attack on the unions in his state would save $150 million per year for two years. But if Wisconsin is truly in a state of fiscal emergency, as Walker claims, why is he not demanding the president withdraw troops from Afghanistan and make the savings available as fiscal aid to states? Every troop deployed in Afghanistan costs the U.S. $1 million per year, so simply bringing home 151 troops would save more money than his plan. And, with fiscal 2011 Afghanistan War spending alone to top $1.7 billion for Wisconsin taxpayers, an end to the war would free up more than ten times his plan’s cash, which the president could use for state fiscal aid.  --Robert Greenwald, from the blog Rethink Afghanistan

Link to original post here:  http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog/2011/02/bringing-home-150-troops-from-afghanistan-would-fix-wisconsins-budget-crisis/

Quote of the day--on war and peace

"Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder."  --Albert Einstein

On our 10th anniversary in Afghanistan

Out.  Let's get out of Afghanistan.  ASAP.

Link:  http://rethinkafghanistan.com/