The sixth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq is next Thursday, March 19, and we are calling for nation-wide protests to demand a real end to that occupation. Our concern is also over the US surge of troops into Afghanistan. Barack Obama was interviewed yesterday, telling the New York Times that the US is not winning that war. Nevertheless, 20,000 troops are going there now, with another 10,000 possible later in the year.
Out among people, as we're mobilizing for the anti-war protests on March 19, we are encountering questions about Afghanistan. People want to know why we don't think it is "the good war;" why the announced mission of capturing or killing Osama bin Laden isn't a legitimate reason to occupy Afghanistan, and how to help the Afghani civilians, especially the women whose lives are miserable under the Taliban.
We've spoken to some of those questions in the Letter to the Anti-war Movement.
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