House Members to Obama: Rethink Afghanistan Surge

Congressional Democrats and Republicans are signing on to a letter
urging President Obama to reconsider his plan to surge tens of
thousands of additional U.S. troops into Afghanistan.

“Mr. President, in reviewing the past history of Afghanistan and the
nations that have failed to conquer it — Russia spent nine years in
Afghanistan and lost many billions of dollars and more than 15,000
Russian soldiers– we urge you to reconsider the decision to send an
additional 17,000 troops and to resist pressure to escalate even
further,” reads a “Get on the Right Side of History” letter that has
attracted the support of House Democrats Representative Neil
Abercrombie, of Hawaii; John Conyers of Michigan; Bob Filner and Mike
Honda of California; Steve Kagen of Wisconsin; Marcy Kaptur and
Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, and Jim McGovern of Massachusetts.

Also signing the letter are Republicans Roscoe Bartlett, of Maryland,
Howard Coble and Walter Jones Jr. of North Carolina; John Duncan of
Tennessee; Ron Paul of Texas, and Ed Whitfield of Kentucky.

For the full letter from the House:

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=423677

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