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| Dear Carol,
This year, 30,000 additional American troops will be deployed to Afghanistan - despite the fact that the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan expressly opposed troop escalation in two strongly worded cables sent to the White House in 2009.
As shown in our latest video, Ambassador Eikenberry is a retired general who previously led the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan. In his cables, Eikenberry stated that "the proposed troop increase will bring vastly increased costs and an indefinite, large-scale U.S. military role in Afghanistan...in a mission that most agree cannot be won solely by military means."
The White House ignored Eikenberry's warnings and sent troops anyway.
Sign our Act.ly petition urging House Armed Services Committee Members to to read the Eikenberry cables.
Today, House Armed Services Committee (HASC) members are meeting to begin writing a 2011 budget for the Afghanistan war. It's absolutely essential that they read the Eikenberry memos before they authorize more troops and funds for a war that will cost the U.S. a fortune when we can least afford it and that is not making us safer.
Let's make sure HASC members hear Eikenberry's warning before they compound the mistake of sending more troops into a bloody, expensive war in Afghanistan.
Sincerely,
Derrick Crowe
Political Associate
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