Jacqueline Marcus: Obama and War Advisers Miss Obvious, Afghanistan Is THEIR country! U.S. Is the INVADER

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by Jacqueline Marcus

The New York Times reports "that the United States ambassador in Kabul has expressed written opposition to deploying more American troops to Afghanistan, baring the fierce debate within the Obama administration over the direction of the war, even after weeks of deliberations and with the president on the verge of a decision."

The ambassador in Kabul speaks for the people of Afghanistan. When Hillary Clinton was touring the region, she was blasted from students who told her quite bluntly that they never asked the United States to take control of their country, they have no right to be in their country, and most importantly, they want the U.S. to LEAVE! One angry student shouted at her: "How would like it if a drone flew over and indiscriminately killed civilians in their homes?!"

Indeed. The point went right over the Secretary of State's head. Hillary wants war! Send those 40,000 troops!!  

Why is it that we never hear what the people of Afghanistan and Iraq want?  Well, I think we all know the answer to that question. We're the invaders.  Our government/corporate leaders don't give a good damn what the Afghani people want -– especially when they tell the U.S. to leave THEIR country.

This is the obvious point:  It's THEIR country and the U.S. Government is the INVADER. 

So please spare us the phony talk on how we're building new roads and schools for their people. HA! The only things the U.S. has built in Afghanistan and Iraq are permanent MILITARY BASES from our hard-earned tax dollars. I wonder if Obama realizes how stupid it is to speak about rebuilding Afghanistan when our own schools and hospitals are in ruins.

Has the President read the news that schools in his home state, Hawaii, are "last in education" because they can't afford to keep the schools open?  According to Jon Letman:

"Hawaii's public schools are in crisis. Simply put, there isn't enough money to keep them open full-time. With the State of Hawaii facing a $1 billion budget deficit through the middle of 2011 and a $468 million budget cut to Hawaii's Department of Education, in September the Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) voted to accept a two-year contract that includes 17 furlough days for both the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 academic years."

BusinessInsider.com reports that 10 states are going belly-up, budgets are crashing because Federal money is being spent on, according to Hillary and the President, "New roads, schools, and hospitals in Afghanistan." PLEASE!  Such speeches are insulting to anyone who has a brain.

As we continue to INVADE Afghanistan and Iraq, UN-welcomed and uninvited, remember what BuzzFlash reports every day:

Bush Lied. Soldiers keep Dying.
4,362 U.S. Military Fatalities in Iraq
918 U.S. Military Fatalities in Afghanistan
31,557 U.S. Military Maimed in Iraq (source: DoD Update as of October 31, 2009)
102,621 Iraqis Reported Killed (source: Iraq Body Count)
1,339,771 Iraqis Reported Killed (source: justforeignpolicy.org)

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Jacqueline Marcus' book of poems, Close to the Shore, was published by Michigan State University Press. She is a regular guest contributor to BuzzFlash.com. She taught philosophy at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, California, and is the editor of http://www.ForPoetry.com. She is currently promoting green technologies (solar & wind) on the island of Maui. www.GoSolarMaui.com. She is currently working on a new book: Corporate Media and the Erosion of a Civil Society.

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