A Long War Demands a Long Peace Movement

Submitted by Anna on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 10:00

Tom Hayden, PDA Advisory Board member
February 3, 2010

Take Action: Sign the Afghanistan Peace Petition .

I want to thank PDA for continuing to pressure against the pillars of power supporting the Long War in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. You are making military escalation more difficult and building a political obstacle to the Pentagon and White House plans through 2012. A long war demands of us a long peace movement.

Thirty one Americans lost their lives in Afghanistan last month, which is more than twice the number killed in January 2008 and January 2009. The fighting in Afghanistan is intensifying even in the winter.

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