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An Exit Strategy for Afghanistan - National Media Day of Action |
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Today, the Senate is voting to appropriate more money for an Afhgan war that lacks a strategy or and end game, and no longer is needed to keep America safe.
A coalition of anti-war groups have put together a national day of action focused on the media to get the word out about the war funding bill and to oppose more funds for a war without an exit strategy. That national day of action is today.
There are a myriad of ways you can join in:
- Write letters to the editor of your local paper
- Write your Senator and ask them to oppose the war funding bill
- Call in to radio talk shows
- Twitter about it: Out of Iraq and into Afghanistan? We demand another plan! http://bit.ly/out-of-afghan%20#StopAfghanWar
- Or blog, with instructions from Get Afghanistan Right
Whatever you do, just make your voice heard, because this bill is a bad one:
In spite of the well documented failure of military tactics and the President’s repeated promises to increase civilian aid to Afghanistan, his war funding supplemental allocates significantly more money for military tools than it does for civilian ones outlined above. The House version, approved last week, allocates roughly $81.3 billion to the military, while providing just $10.1 billion to civilian aid projects. The Senate is expected to vote on its own version before Memorial Day. Take action today and tell your Senator what you think about the war supplemental.
The world needs to know you don’t support escalation in Afghanistan without an exit strategy, and you don’t support more money for wars and less for aid.
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