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THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW - December 7, 2009
Bipartisan Group of Legislators Opposes Increasing Troops
in Afghanistan
by: Mary Susan Littlepage
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A bipartisan group of legislators wrote a letter to
President Barack Obama to oppose his call to increase the
number of US troops in Afghanistan. The group consists of
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.)
and Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.).
Feingold, McGovern and Jones said they think that Congress
should debate and vote on an increase in troops for the
eight-year war in Afghanistan. The bipartisan group also
opposes the increase because the three men said they think
it could undermine the United States' ability to address
the global threat posed by al Qaeda, and they expressed
concern for the loss in lives and resources from the war,
as well as concern that the war creates many mental health
troubles such as post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide
among many soldiers.
In the letter, the members wrote,"Congress should vote on
whether to continue an armed nation-building campaign in
Afghanistan that has already cost the lives of over eight
hundred brave American men and women and hundreds of
billions of dollars."
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When President Obama gave his presidential address on
Tuesday night, he said that we owe our people and troops
a complete review of the war in Afghanistan and that it
is a vital necessity to send 30,000 more troops to
Afghanistan, starting in early 2010, to target the
insurgency and secure key population centers. "I do not
make this decision lightly," Obama said.
Obama estimated that $30 billion would be spent this year
on the war in Afghanistan, and he said the security of not
only Americans but also people in Afghanistan and Pakistan
is at stake. He said he aims for the troops to disrupt and
dismantle al Qaeda and to deny al Qaeda a safe haven for
violent extremism in Afghanistan. Obama also said he aims
to start sending troops home after 18 months and hopes for
a "responsible transition of our forces out of Afghanistan."
Feingold, McGovern and Jones wrote the president, "We
appreciate your thoughtful deliberation on this topic and
commend you for saying when you will begin to reduce our
large-scale military presence in Afghanistan. But we cannot
support your decision to prolong and expand a risky and
unsustainable strategy in the region.
"While we support ongoing civilian engagement in
Afghanistan and counterterrorism efforts in the region,
we do not believe more American lives should be risked
to support an illegitimate, corrupt government fighting
what is largely a civil war."
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Obama said that extra troops in Afghanistan would increase
the United States' ability to train competent Afghan
security forces and to partner with them so that more
Afghanis can get into the fight and so that the troops
will help create the conditions for the US to transfer
responsibility to the people in Afghanistan.
The three congressmen said that sending more troops to
Afghanistan is "unlikely to help, and could hurt, our
efforts to address al Qaeda's safe haven in Pakistan."
Also, they said al Qaeda and its affiliates are also
located in Yemen, Somalia, North Africa and other places
around the world."Rather than investing so many of our
resources in Afghanistan, we should pursue a comprehensive,
global counterterrorism strategy," they said.
Feingold, McGovern and Jones expressed doubt that the US
military objectives that the Obama administration has
identified may not be achievable and that a troop buildup
could be counterproductive. "There is a serious danger
that the ongoing, large-scale US military presence will
continue to provoke greater militancy in the region and
further destabilize both Afghanistan and nuclear-armed
Pakistan," they said. "The pursuit of unrealistic nation-
building goals is making it harder to isolate members of
al Qaeda from those who do not have an international
terrorist agenda."
The group of congressmen also expressed concern for the
strain that sending extra troops to Afghanistan would put
on people in the military and their communities.
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"In spite of the military's best efforts, suicide and post-
traumatic stress rates continue to soar," they said. "The
ability of individual service members and their units to
rest, recuperate, retrain and re-equip themselves for
redeployment is stretched beyond its limits. Finally, our
ability to care for the wounded is severely over-burdened."
Also, Feingold, McGovern and Jones said they are really
concerned about the cost of sending more troops. "At a time
when our country faces record deficits, and many Americans
are struggling to make ends meet, it simply does not make
sense to spend tens of billions of dollars to escalate our
military involvement in Afghanistan," they said.
They asked Obama to reconsider his decision and urged him
not to send any extra troops to Afghanistan "until Congress
has enacted appropriations to pay for the cost of such an
increase, and that you propose reductions in spending to
pay for the cost of any military operations in Afghanistan."
Such an important decision shouldn't be made without the
support of the American people and their representatives
in Congress, they said."History has shown that our national
security is often best served when the political branches
work together to form a consensus on major strategic
decisions," they said. "Congress should vote on whether to
continue an armed nation-building campaign in Afghanistan
that has already cost the lives of over eight hundred brave
American men and women and hundreds of billions of dollars."
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