Or, some Democrats and socialists (do I repeat myself?) have more sense than Republicans.
I don’t know how I missed this but back on March 7 twenty-four senators sent a letter to President Obama calling for the acceleration of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Here are two of the letter’s paragraphs:
It is time to bring our troops home from Afghanistan. The United States intervened in Afghanistan to destroy al Qaeda’s safe haven, remove the Taliban government that sheltered al Qaeda, and pursue those who planned the September 11th attacks on the United States. Thanks to the exceptional service and sacrifice made by the American Armed Forces and our allies, those objectives have largely been met.
We simply cannot afford more years of elevated troop levels in Afghanistan. We are spending roughly $10 billion in Afghanistan each month at a time when we’re making tough sacrifices at home. Your recent budget calls for $88 billion more for the war in Afghanistan in 2013. If this money is appropriated, we will have spent a total of $650 billion in Afghanistan. A majority of Americans worry that the costs of the war in Afghanistan will make it more difficult for the government to address the problems facing the United States at home. They’re right.
Only two Republican senators (Rand Paul & Mike Lee) signed the letter. Twenty-one Democrats and Bernie Sanders the independent socialist signed the letter. John McCain, of course, supports continual war in Afghanistan like he did in Vietnam until he was taken prisoner and tortured. Hey DeMint–why didn’t you sign the letter?
8:11 am on May 5, 2012
