Friday, February 18, 2011

Trying to stir up the troops

The troops being us, the population of the U.S. Jim McGovern, Democrat from Massachusetts, and Walter Jones, Republican from North Carolina, have an impassioned op-ed in today's Washington Post making the argument that we should get out of Afghanistan now. It's not the first time they've made the argument. The way this country is going it won't be the last time.

When was the last time you talked about Afghanistan? Maybe when you read an article about the troops living near you have come home or been deployed. How many times did candidates in the recent elections talk about our wars? End of story.

Yes, the economy sucks. But getting out of Afghanistan - and Iraq - would free up tons of money that could be used to help us get out of this mess.

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