November 30, 2009

Tomorrow, President Obama will announce his decision about the direction we will take in Afghanistan. It is expected he will send more soldiers into battle, making neo-cons, Republicans, war contractors and generals very happy.

His decision will be reckless.

Obama was elected to make changes in the way America does things. We knew he would have a difficult time confronting Republicans who want things to remain the same including war and threats of war.

Despite this pressure, he must confront the negative forces driving him into a deeper conflict in a lawless land filled with strife before Westerners arrived years go. It is a war we will never win.

Obama must ignore the demands of his generals because they have a vested interest in war. He must not listen to neo-cons and Republicans who love war because it satisfies their blood lust and hate. And finally he must not listen to war contractors because war is good for their business as was proven in Iraq.

The correct and moral decision is to not send more soldiers to Afghanistan and end the war ASAP. Our soldiers must not be pawns to political and corporate greed.

Mr. Obama, end the war in Afghanistan. This would be historic change that will save lives. It would be change we could believe in.