Kucinich On Afghanistan Again
Speaking on Afghanistan on July 22, Dennis Kucinich protested collateral damage from U.S. air strikes in the country, and argued that military operations there should be brought to a close. He said, “Whatever moral authority our Nation has had at the beginning of the conflict is rapidly being lost… Stop the bombing. Let an international police force continue in Afghanistan . Let the humble people of Afghanistan be spared friendly fire issued from the skies.”
That was eight years ago, though – on July 22, 2002. Today, almost 100,000 American soldiers remain in Afghanistan, fighting an increasingly violent war. Just today, 5 American soldiers were killed, and 2 captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Does the war’s persistence prove that our government should have listened to Representative Kucinich, or does it prove the opposite?
