Telling Obama: End the wars in Afghanistan & Iraq

Signing the following petition is a start and I did. However, the kind of voice that needs to be heard is the same outspoken cry of protest chanted over and over again during the latter part of the Bush administration. Sadly, that voice of outrage was almost entirely anti-republican rather than anti-war. After 911 the "kill Bin Laden mantra" was voiced among all Americans both on the left and the right. I truly listened for an opposition to this emotional call to war and heard very little. The only policy that would make any sense for a military presence (at least military logic) in Afghanistan is to completely annihilate all anti-American militias there and in the tribal areas on the border of Pakistan. To oust all military threats to overrun Pakistan (i.e. nuclear weapons in the hands of extremists). A policy that would wake an already restless and angry giant that is THE middle east and is a nightmare scenario in the long-term. Truly a kind of Vietnam domino theory revisited. This seems to be it. To win the hearts of the people with our well trained, armed-to-the-teeth foot soldiers whom in most cases don't even speak their language. This irresponsible and naive policy is a recipe for military and diplomatic defeat! It also leaves American soldiers outgunned and without the support needed by a committed leadership. To win a violent conflict one has to be fully engaged and if the other is not they will surely die. If the end goal is not achievable then what is the purpose of occupation aside from retaliation. There is NONE!

What we have now is a messy, political policy mutation. The remnants of Bush's long term National Defense agenda. Which was to seize external energy resources in order to secure the future of this nation's economy and position of power. 911 was the fuel for this fire and the propaganda was revenge, security and freedom. The current leadership came into power with the expectation of "Change" and "Hope". Obama, was/is supposed to undo what had been done. He ran against the wars and promised timelines and exits. What we are seeing is a please everyone, one foot in, one foot out, political strategy that will probably get him re-elected. Meanwhile, the wars continue in costly, steady decline. Whatever happened to the global or even national outrage? Have things changed? Is everyone but the Tea Partiers hopeful? Is all political unrest expressed only between friends and emails? We are still at war and yet somehow the people are at peace...http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/obama_afghanistan/?r_by=-3823692-XgCiBzx&rc=mailto1