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2nd February 2017, 15:04
Tell Trump: End U.S. War in Afghanistan
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Click here to join those listed below in asking Donald Trump to end U.S. war in Afghanistan. (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h2/WQ-2BlIwq7W2eCmkkcwbDiBV0Frf8aO-2BhheoIczpshG3DzGC4ogWeNkerDYCd-2Bk3LVPevGngrJ-2FPcq4dCYP1yLd3cNFJ7RgsFYikciLMkY37hUFApZvmY7QqMrp 7uYIRCTC8zJHQpu8rKrAgm40EHSlbLMXkhEtrW0f-2FTVC2TEfw7HBatfsj7BNNTZci-2Fj7K1EGcXXSGF2IUA9Q2vcMcfd1vwLCyn5359gf8tXNIEp5Hv JwGRBCBc-2Bw5TCF5xS4TJyjwPIDyw04cdErAiXeZ5wYaIe8gln9pc2ksOg S8xswsYjQCz4Pi6QjH3r5d-2BfLiJ1-2F2HZFSVDAhaXug4LoYfWAvgv6P8fJQGD8cYCa-2Bbp1vQ-3D)
Read the petition and see who's signed it:
The U.S. war in Afghanistan is well into its 16th year. In 2014 President Obama declared it over, but it will remain a political, financial, security, legal, and moral problem unless you actually end it.
The U.S. military now has (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h3/qnS26PjIkLlx-2Fhowud5iCfwo7iUdfHBgz4ayaFNpQeru9WNgaglFFlXR09MfM aNESSrlGxX92mTgMec7hMPTWk9hb4W41X1B3vw1ie45IBNE2wF Ga6VduAt2X00XAEM3dYfFs29hkSNt70nAWLTA11GGcynCzl7SV IctZePfWiR9JG-2Bqt6NRQLN-2BP6q8esOUmB16EXPnh7SIU6I3JWTRWKELwue7-2FwdHDRZtM58efRHroFhR1WAMyvf73lCniLwUBhalcFPZCArIB FtzROGLvo4juH9bA2E-2FLkfdjD-2BZgPgdkO2C08fn6s2w5-2FRt5yjZrLjb6E7g1gJrn-2BhvF6tEpYM94g-2BhuLP06P75e-2FNc5VAAt4SOs1lUfJX-2FLbK1qu7K5bV4Ta-2BHMilxvwrsgMM7y-2BUwoa5oIdGBZhI2hdBBE5E-3D) approximately 8,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan , plus 6,000 other NATO troops, 1,000 mercenaries, and another 26,000 contractors (of whom about 8,000 are from the United States). That's 41,000 (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h4/ijwVZEGnS-2B4k3IYHVucfYthFr7WFun66BrYZm5eDFwoWeJv9anJnsALxzs uWwqWCTD9J1sCKhVv7w5f9WoZQoSMVMh9rBxy0Mp06lti9-2FdwzpXS0GF0qjYnbg0OWdk1Q-2FEvn947g-2FgXY925M1tnhps1OFaocT80JaY-2FVjabYO4G0pe6iqNtDr7B3nxsTwZtAxSLbUN39OH9mr-2BsrIetDN62lIsbgoWPoEA8tMko6Sol8oWqI44aCs-2FrzkTe7crDg7YDx-2FLR8kVzGjsRkS85lFL-2BzHFj-2FXNUJ1FbU7nn-2Fo1-2FBbgvwa0M7302SQTpn7dFawdGZ1R6tZCPRbG0-2FEiyiZA-3D-3D) people engaged in a foreign occupation of a country 15 years after the accomplishment of their stated mission to overthrow the Taliban government.
During each of the past 15 years, our government in Washington has informed us that success was imminent. During each of the past 15 years, Afghanistan has continued its descent into poverty, violence, environmental degradation, and instability. The withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops would send a signal to the world, and to the people of Afghanistan, that the time has come to try a different approach, something other than more troops and weaponry.
The ambassador from the U.S.-brokered and funded Afghan Unity government has reportedly told you (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h5/-2BgG2Axp9Q5O6CwaCfGvIKsQEIo-2B9hCwzE8qGLqpBbbg88ytQ5t2Hdy6e9hxfl6xuNicOT6FmsjT fbexPik6GffZIkl0WHxdofoNcq0B7ZfbWgkoFnT9oKUiFKEdQ-2BtF55KAne9rb5-2FO2vRxmsy-2FhRah7dhk7vgtw7LDmJYdzDMbgaomJYslcgmC0TgFzbkY7UZK 55SRc3HLcYE1Snr9bj67MccNtRLDXon5JQOX9qd-2FxZCszRjBKN83N2CU98IH1ZJN3tdMc2PM2qcBBpOfPLqrpJxm 8D0dvwGYtvuoIEDfuaa1rblMpMr3D5qTs8m80PUtmXfBhMGFxe 7qqoIEmWdxru2RpWRgjLPIyULM-2FDMRYe-2BkacUBK-2F7L5EiLB-2FOZlKOP-2FzCGNnOtBio7QW-2FXVyjNpDs0io4LZa-2FSgyPCv0YA-3D) that maintaining U.S. involvement in Afghanistan is "as urgent as it was on Sept. 11, 2001." There's no reason to believe he won't tell you that for the next four years, even though John Kerry tells us “Afghanistan now has a well-trained armed force ...meeting the challenge posed by the Taliban and other terrorists groups.” But involvement need not take its current form.
The United States is spending $4 million an hour on planes, drones, bombs, guns, and over-priced contractors in a country that needs food and agricultural equipment, much of which could be provided by U.S. businesses. Thus far, the United States has spent an outrageous $783 billion (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h6/hrrHYVl00KlMcVCA9JiaTb2A-2F-2FHyWEbOCw7-2BCZSPOUtvOUQg9syJMMg4k8Ws-2B3hWEuHJNGaPDKu7qIvH6xbeUOd4axIq-2BKEF7TjH3bDfST3UlEuNqe3EekE8aceDCfWfeXEPd-2F2mNArxm4qam0cqPZiLOCpDqRLfrDQCBOPYumHroKZRHmPLzZ 0XvFBpFbyKIPyvuBkwF6j7knPd1oGpB8LKghd0-2BCRn-2FKzqYN23UTuSQ6RymrHYPEZM61Qb9JKemPEdo8LjnnwuEIhQd vCWZllTp8Ta6bEWSg-2BHppRQ-2F7s-3D) with virtually nothing to show for it except the death of thousands of U.S. soldiers (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h7/DZhDW-2BZVxBhPgRyZsc18-2Boicrg3fH1w-2FwHIAlAsUrlEnMIk58KCH5NhthL0oepGp6Haipx8qZUQqTIpQ VrBK1d7U4DaZObh0crf6wOuAHNtWMzoNTsltBmxIYxiwwyk-2Bl-2BmCI0kYFpPcS21DbOGKsRhKege48NqPXCn6GE5VyffGpgIlJ4 GuzYGaC4szVHMYjSjTuHLtk7njzbUveGqhZe3BR0vezzBNkTqO gkPKD7dA1AnWOLHdKR2Bc0V8qcOJGVKRaYBOn6E6DNLWHA2dtc laTd0MPCXae9o-2BGdgVgcszQuYRzV0t8wytv3z-2B57423ee3XTK75OVeJDfU7untactmXP7Pqq3fkKJMYxXoI6cy w2pbV04WmakXu-2F8QKBISdIvxOZD4CMntRr0AVtol-2FQvxeB0LLaOKkozhK7NqPnBwGDdeqzYRJY8Wt6ElTRyO) , and the death, injury and displacement of millions of Afghans. The Afghanistan War has been and will continue to be, as long as it lasts, a steady source (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h8/Ey2E0cZeDClTvPEYGcEMIEO5NMOq-2By37HdMzFNExto5EpJ2Ni1Y1Rnq1c-2FdOXupIW8euJSA790ONePod0oQgm9mK6mcXykn46vvu-2FUfKsMnCH3wOgngEI34GXmkAlAZk6kBKY1-2FycOWpSyo4OS-2BgqMyY2c3bWnTdNHT25-2FTFskb1LUdDiTOjvFBNGoEAlGJzNuhMEtlmN9c6v28fRP5-2FO4aAoDQDLCGD8ksS5EVOyoSsl8esQGrlgAM2NNyT4YFYxA8S y52-2BxzL8BSv7xAaUv31O-2BBPINGzHEFmuCUpBy1OiTAcVjVrEJ030CudHHEFLmpeJLKYhz 4bGMIpybthrvmvWGECdhgymnPh8-2B-2F7zavaldJouz34-2Fgp0Hs5vOWYkgatiRijUWrmU4LqjajbMyCw-3D-3D) of scandalous stories (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h9/XRKgPkcogAW-2FcrBWJXPDlJS6Q-2FiSp2IxOUbyuv0Rdec-2Bjz-2BFz9qbEDBOnYeSMeCsCguNM0XqCYL4er8ypP0ph0F8JFOJ7ka i-2FKOJEtAmCU-2BaCQUeu8g1oGJfmWu-2FvlO7gZ2arDQoN95V3Y-2BJTl9aQcA-2F1CqP5QDU30RFp-2BgYe9lPGP5cKvPViOim0BYH-2F-2FmHEoShesfZc9kQsJW5qB0jujXOciDV-2BSw4ARHkbKyMcij1FtByiekMo3ygKe3xU3qLpmuKX2GogijNO 6roCrV0LAIpHPfzOlSkcr31t6tfQ5peZk-2BzvtUMTs8ktxKsYREQwM5BlOpyYuRNMg3CuGtzg8xT1zUVYwx wiPeObbZxcg2saTrKjKu1hLCmjsdZeIqW8orunE5j5A703Waow VJe57IN6Z5CIt4X-2B0UcR-2BtPsDQ-3D) of fraud (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h10/xBcAx3HbYqeyHIz5GdL8zcbM3Tp6Ia88oejgmkgJx0Jw3Hw75k 7PIWSkTLxzrR6YxcUuebengMyjmhRFtb8CwyERFkWt1k0cosAi sKy6NIoaM4-2BJfoLZdJuwW2Su-2FNZqbVxPyK1Go7b4kqY7n2WoT6h8cwDTv-2BfKl9EEAcnhSJS4MpwZY6hfaLsYy3AjcS85mEXPdQl7CUw0Z8-2Bg4y-2FzL2OmN6IRESjalTvqlnLejsaLd3lV24DNBSmWhIQ-2B5cD9xc8cchSKzhUXKiKWmeHSF50qLK3OVYAlQtzF-2Fy8nz7yAaVkSsmTGTCVP8EDbz20aCzBxsOV0eBHif8K47udIg VFAzovbRekzfIcNONiXjv1sU5zj-2F1-2BQviM8jHHn3G9CfyoTb8NaCcXyEZhSNFFOGQ-3D-3D) and waste (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h11/xE9xEY-2FaPDx8aHXofvG4yPrZ0xtY-2BM7O84PIYADPp7iKHih2NM5WIkI3f30D0rho7k0DfggsqbY8J XLdVz2rnFaPWEfLAbbxRI-2B2wdqrjEYkM8y4sWrMVR48s-2FmXGRBW2cP9kBNtXOJCvGVQgYCKlDo-2B39pPI1-2FAvFaSFH1MeTA72ZM0byIiAncfMN5GyHK6p9yJfdF-2Fr05XEohsk-2FpUH-2FCjgWTQmTxAF6yyiNOfS9G1f4cwOgm5cGxHBOGbzotMf7h2WR bNbHiZSeKzSez6HsJo9RxO-2BnfoUG1nSO5RJopv-2FfhO77d1rgWgG9dT78oRGgCGu8oS63MnrwPIM2hotmixENnFy OmSQiomNPlOE2iozF6cYkQAjHLxM38JViFP7lCZ5wMCndojQvj D7U4u1b0n8mRywogz8XjtFD1Eu00HW3iAoGHZO1BQvGbWsTxie eTaxhWWDj8g89ssOygwww-3D-3D). Even as an investment in the U.S. economy this war has been a bust (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h12/lQAFXLiaWjoOhd28p5uwOmNuAxW7-2Bt3dzbHKOuXCfJtDhrfEiyt2wBc6yxrjZ2WE-2B9jQmUFbR-2FbgMD5ZVAMFfBHZQdVUIaSwZHGQyXjkoZcWB3wAKvBzV8oXst W6q-2B9XQNnFYOt2Xa74wD8Wxxq3CKRxKH12Wn-2FjG-2BQFQ2JrT8ZzX2eq81HSAyexQzVpryjzbYkg19zhZ21cOClwqr ZuFRnka49f88wWWeuO8qmC9nY6-2FjqYMie4-2FbpTSBpLd5BXhlPc1FyfOmispX56QM83aVFz-2FaSq-2B8Y0Ij5ItoOGuvDjPHsIWmvalqRX0g8BM-2FEtF-2BuyJFKiLgJE9w5M8msILQdEfO7sWY60aViJzgSnx6d6vY1lHv m-2BGV2XHiQ6YBuO7HzUaaN9jxSLIXwipQ4NZe50xqiGHs92oyNw Drc4-2FIcmawN74hgoCFzV5RhILyJB).
But the war has had a substantial impact on our security: it has endangered us. Before Faisal Shahzad tried to blow up a car in Times Square, he had tried to join the war against the United States in Afghanistan. In numerous other incidents, terrorists targeting the United States have stated their motives as including revenge for the U.S. war in Afghanistan, along with other U.S. wars in the region. There is no reason to imagine this will change.
In addition, Afghanistan is the one nation where the United States is engaged in major warfare with a country that is a member of the International Criminal Court. That body has now announced (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h13/0NMlYTJFelCc96MaVI-2FD-2FgI3Xl3EHKAYJeDXl1tJo4hu1pmYbV3k7oSsEtGRuuJs0xFX6 6ffhfwNVzgVQHqf3VZkBBJOcy-2B3-2F8zImm4bL-2FwJrG27tCBV3I-2B-2BqOGvRYNPhfGFtdy6H1ojzK7npv02Q7Udl8N3BAwrTyOt9mA2 wjS4-2BW9yGr1XRq30iYIej0c-2FWH0RsHO-2FzmcrNayoY8fd6rmuXtRsjFY-2Bs7HMa2Ln7YQ9-2BIeQOY051lQBqCfWfWENDyKKOc4bZ0PznSNkbMexlt5Ekd2RG lajXg99mbcJle2CaCGRg2az91gUnP6J-2Fu204D-2FHh7wbWio1RSuUquXn1TAXPiMbRqglOu8dc664g5Q-3D) that it is investigating (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h14/o3hKGjP2lyKkChtzXOzYGfH6JCTQMWK9QvsjBG2lPsEiwZfEOr NTaLzOOjLIiimNDkLMR2S0UebzmHVL8A3SMRScvm4RBkf3gU8T hSxXRe4zAT5ncSYAscza5MjgmuRzDXMM-2FM1MpjjkPQREtle9WUFMSgdD-2FPpAwxab0TIj7AZwKFbfWNgYnEXVGVu0zjU81yM0A5GsWfkvf 1HrA-2FzNOS6Z-2BAsSshEFhyfSdWadFz4X4siErU2k-2BuSWbmv2gloN0Hkloz-2FBj28s2245zYRnfgVb85-2FHtZCmpZ5E0CAeTsQuPY1xkgn1VLD81Vt9gcPiLFfOsOV3X6Q wVrSslVYTizhfqQRl-2F9peHkEo8kuP-2FSPs6KHgO9f27BT69GNv4dowYseUq59TgFPqtNQqiTdmbxrlN U9-2FYc5RnO-2FyICrvg1dlDE6V7LM-2Fw1nuuqtKKg8G) possible prosecutions for U.S. crimes in Afghanistan. Over the past 15 years, we have been treated to an almost routine repetition of scandals: hunting children from helicopters, blowing up hospitals with drones, urinating on corpses -- all fueling anti-U.S. propaganda, all brutalizing and shaming the United States.
Ordering young American men and women into a kill-or-die mission that was accomplished 15 years ago is a lot to ask. Expecting them to believe in that mission is too much. That fact may help explain this one: the top killer of U.S. troops in Afghanistan is suicide. The second highest killer of American military is green on blue, or the Afghan youth who the U.S. is training are turning their weapons on their trainers! You yourself recognized this, saying (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h15/kDzY-2FVtrXQTbhmyM1aiDSy-2B3MBcLsIgMx553d75YZz4zshH-2FH-2FcjZd1a3DLE8Ixv8PPyyUOlxGhPChUxEFIhpM3q8yE9cAUTL5 ScK6Oio-2BZhM8Mbpa50pkCs67f0q0GtGvjN8N1EeQtxeuQ0M-2FLPi8erAIOR1MC9bwGHbBqDbKpaMNBak-2FEB9dSXfJtB9zQvpzQGDGMhXe4kKdTF19bZIfQNU393eP6oVp MZXQwVMJgdcSPpjo5lLswQLVOho5tB9-2F0jyT6hbzMN5E-2BLryMpsQS-2F7ZK9Y6rJo2wAcXqoXawgb6t2TNv-2Bks-2Fnx-2Bu8Zs1qvVqQDrgIGkqSUOnyPJOjndHDI0qs8aqXwunMifoLWh A-3D): "Let's get out of Afghanistan. Our troops are being killed by the Afghans we train and we waste billions there. Nonsense! Rebuild the USA."
The withdrawal of U.S. troops would also be good for the Afghan people, as the presence of foreign soldiers has been an obstacle to peace talks. The Afghans themselves have to determine their future, and will only be able to do so once there is an end to foreign intervention.
We urge you to turn the page on this catastrophic military intervention. Bring all U.S. troops home from Afghanistan. Cease U.S. airstrikes and instead, for a fraction of the cost, help the Afghans with food, shelter, and agricultural equipment.
Sign by clicking here.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-us-war-in-afghanistan
SIGNED BY:
Elliott Adams, Veterans For Peace
Deborah K. Andresen, Tackling Torture at the Top
Rita Archibald, Nonviolence Trainer
Judy Bello, Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars
Medea Benjamin, Code Pink
Fred Bially
Barry Binks, Veterans for Peace Ch. 87, Occupy Beale
Toby Blome', Code Pink
Alison Bodine, Mobilization Against War and Occupation
Leah Bolger, World Beyond War
John Calder, Veterans for Peace Ch. 69
Kathleen Christison, Author, Veterans for Peace
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
Helena Cobban, Just World Books
David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential Nominee
Jeff Cohen, RootsAction.org
Gerry Condon,Veterans for Peace National Board of Directors
Mary Crosby, Roman Catholic Women Priests
James Eilers, Code Pink Auxiliary
Michael Eisenscher, U.S. Labor Against the War
Melissa Crosby, Black Lives Matter
Nicolas J S Davies, author
Mary Dean, World Beyond War
Thomas Dickinson, Tackling Torture at the Top, Women Against Military Madness
Jennifer DiZio, UC Berkeley
Maria Eitz, Roman Catholic Women Priests
Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower
Jodie Evans, Code Pink
Joseph J. Fahey, Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace
Robert Fantina, World Beyond War
Bill Fletcher Jr., BlackCommentator.com
Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance
Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report
Bruce K. Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
Johan Galtung, Founder Trancend Interntional
Lindsey German, Stop the War Coalition UK
The Rev. Dr. Diana C. Gibson, Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice
Michael Goldstein, The 99 Percent
Kevin Gosztola, Shadowproof.com
Will Griffin, The Peace Report
Patty Guerrero, Tackling Torture at the Top, Women Against Military Madness, Pax-Salon
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
Amith Gupta, student, NYU School of Law
Bill Habedank, Veterans For Peace Ch. 115
Steve Harms, Peace Lutheran Church, Past-President Interfaith Council of Contra Costa County
David Hartsough, Peaceworkers
Jan Hartsough, San Francisco Friends Meeting
Hayley Hathaway, Quaker Earthcare Witness
Dud Hendrick, Veterans for Peace
Adam Hochschild, author
Matthew Hoh, former director of Afghanistan Study Group
Martha Hubert, Code Pink San Francisco
Aaron Hughes, Iraq Veterans Against the War
Tony Jenkins, World Beyond War
Sonja Johnson, Women Against Military Madness
Kathy Kelly, Voices For Creative Nonviolence
Gary W. King, Tackling Torture at the Top, Women Against Military Madness
John Kiriakou, former Central Intelligence agency officer
Dennis Kucinich, former Member of United States Congress
Peter Kuznick, Professor of History, American University
Barry Ladendorf, Veterans For Peace President Board of Directors
Paul Leuenberger, Veterans for Peace
Dave Lindorff, This Can't Be Happening
Dave Logsdon, Veterans For Peace Ch. 27
Richard Lord, Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice
Douglas Mackey, Global Days of Listening
Jody Mackey, New Traditions Fair Trade
Mike Madden, Veterans For Peace Ch. 27
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate
Ben Manski, Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution
Stephen Matchett, AVP Trainer, San Francisco Friends Meeting
Sherri Maurin, Campaign Nonviolence, Associate Veterans for Peace Ch. 69
Ken Mayers, Veterans for Peace
Ray McGovern, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
Cynthia McKinney, former member of United States Congress
Stephen McNeil, American Friends Service Committee
Michael T. McPhearson, Veterans For Peace Executive Director
Tom Morman, Nonviolence Coalition San Jose
Nick Mottern, Knowdrones.com
Elizabeth Murray, former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East, NIC
Michael Nagler, Metta Center for Nonviolence Founder and President
Carroll Nast, Veterans for Peace Ch. 122
Agneta Norberg, Swedish Peace Council
Cathe Norman, Veterans for Peace Associate
Tom Norman, Veterans for Peace Ch. 60
Todd E. Pierce, JA, MAJ, USA (Ret.)
Gareth Porter, journalist, author
Pancho Francisco Ramos-Stierle, Casa de Paz, Canticle Farm
John C. Reiger, Veterans For Peace
Denny Riley, Veterans For Peace Chapter 69
Coleen Rowley, retired FBI agent and legal counsel
Mike Rufo, Musician
Judith Sandoval, Veterans for Peace Ch. 69
Bill Schwab, Americans for Justice
Julie Searle, Educator
Michael Shaughnessy, educator
Cindy Sheehan, peace activist
Eva Sivill, Casa de Paz, Canticle Farm
Alice Slater, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Gar Smith, Environmentalists Against War
David Solnit, Global Organizer, Writer, Puppeteer
Norman Solomon, RootsAction.org
Melvin Starks, Unitarian Universalist Church
Jill Stein, 2016 Green Party presidential candidate
David Swanson, World Beyond War
Shelley Tannenbaum, Quaker Earthcare Witness
Brian Terrell, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Tiffany Tool, Nonviolent Peaceforce
Chip Tucker, Charlottesville Friends Meeting
Louie J. Vitale, OFM, Pace e Bene, Nevada Desert Experience
Zohreh Whitaker, Veterans for Peace, Peace Action
Phil Wilayto, the Virginia Defender
Ann Wright, retired U.S. Army colonel
Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance
(organizations above for identification)
ALSO SIGNED BY:
Creating a Culture of Peace
Mobilization Against War and Occupation, Vancouver Canada
Popular Resistance
Veterans For Peace
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Click here to join those listed below in asking Donald Trump to end U.S. war in Afghanistan. (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h2/WQ-2BlIwq7W2eCmkkcwbDiBV0Frf8aO-2BhheoIczpshG3DzGC4ogWeNkerDYCd-2Bk3LVPevGngrJ-2FPcq4dCYP1yLd3cNFJ7RgsFYikciLMkY37hUFApZvmY7QqMrp 7uYIRCTC8zJHQpu8rKrAgm40EHSlbLMXkhEtrW0f-2FTVC2TEfw7HBatfsj7BNNTZci-2Fj7K1EGcXXSGF2IUA9Q2vcMcfd1vwLCyn5359gf8tXNIEp5Hv JwGRBCBc-2Bw5TCF5xS4TJyjwPIDyw04cdErAiXeZ5wYaIe8gln9pc2ksOg S8xswsYjQCz4Pi6QjH3r5d-2BfLiJ1-2F2HZFSVDAhaXug4LoYfWAvgv6P8fJQGD8cYCa-2Bbp1vQ-3D)
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The U.S. war in Afghanistan is well into its 16th year. In 2014 President Obama declared it over, but it will remain a political, financial, security, legal, and moral problem unless you actually end it.
The U.S. military now has (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h3/qnS26PjIkLlx-2Fhowud5iCfwo7iUdfHBgz4ayaFNpQeru9WNgaglFFlXR09MfM aNESSrlGxX92mTgMec7hMPTWk9hb4W41X1B3vw1ie45IBNE2wF Ga6VduAt2X00XAEM3dYfFs29hkSNt70nAWLTA11GGcynCzl7SV IctZePfWiR9JG-2Bqt6NRQLN-2BP6q8esOUmB16EXPnh7SIU6I3JWTRWKELwue7-2FwdHDRZtM58efRHroFhR1WAMyvf73lCniLwUBhalcFPZCArIB FtzROGLvo4juH9bA2E-2FLkfdjD-2BZgPgdkO2C08fn6s2w5-2FRt5yjZrLjb6E7g1gJrn-2BhvF6tEpYM94g-2BhuLP06P75e-2FNc5VAAt4SOs1lUfJX-2FLbK1qu7K5bV4Ta-2BHMilxvwrsgMM7y-2BUwoa5oIdGBZhI2hdBBE5E-3D) approximately 8,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan , plus 6,000 other NATO troops, 1,000 mercenaries, and another 26,000 contractors (of whom about 8,000 are from the United States). That's 41,000 (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h4/ijwVZEGnS-2B4k3IYHVucfYthFr7WFun66BrYZm5eDFwoWeJv9anJnsALxzs uWwqWCTD9J1sCKhVv7w5f9WoZQoSMVMh9rBxy0Mp06lti9-2FdwzpXS0GF0qjYnbg0OWdk1Q-2FEvn947g-2FgXY925M1tnhps1OFaocT80JaY-2FVjabYO4G0pe6iqNtDr7B3nxsTwZtAxSLbUN39OH9mr-2BsrIetDN62lIsbgoWPoEA8tMko6Sol8oWqI44aCs-2FrzkTe7crDg7YDx-2FLR8kVzGjsRkS85lFL-2BzHFj-2FXNUJ1FbU7nn-2Fo1-2FBbgvwa0M7302SQTpn7dFawdGZ1R6tZCPRbG0-2FEiyiZA-3D-3D) people engaged in a foreign occupation of a country 15 years after the accomplishment of their stated mission to overthrow the Taliban government.
During each of the past 15 years, our government in Washington has informed us that success was imminent. During each of the past 15 years, Afghanistan has continued its descent into poverty, violence, environmental degradation, and instability. The withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops would send a signal to the world, and to the people of Afghanistan, that the time has come to try a different approach, something other than more troops and weaponry.
The ambassador from the U.S.-brokered and funded Afghan Unity government has reportedly told you (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h5/-2BgG2Axp9Q5O6CwaCfGvIKsQEIo-2B9hCwzE8qGLqpBbbg88ytQ5t2Hdy6e9hxfl6xuNicOT6FmsjT fbexPik6GffZIkl0WHxdofoNcq0B7ZfbWgkoFnT9oKUiFKEdQ-2BtF55KAne9rb5-2FO2vRxmsy-2FhRah7dhk7vgtw7LDmJYdzDMbgaomJYslcgmC0TgFzbkY7UZK 55SRc3HLcYE1Snr9bj67MccNtRLDXon5JQOX9qd-2FxZCszRjBKN83N2CU98IH1ZJN3tdMc2PM2qcBBpOfPLqrpJxm 8D0dvwGYtvuoIEDfuaa1rblMpMr3D5qTs8m80PUtmXfBhMGFxe 7qqoIEmWdxru2RpWRgjLPIyULM-2FDMRYe-2BkacUBK-2F7L5EiLB-2FOZlKOP-2FzCGNnOtBio7QW-2FXVyjNpDs0io4LZa-2FSgyPCv0YA-3D) that maintaining U.S. involvement in Afghanistan is "as urgent as it was on Sept. 11, 2001." There's no reason to believe he won't tell you that for the next four years, even though John Kerry tells us “Afghanistan now has a well-trained armed force ...meeting the challenge posed by the Taliban and other terrorists groups.” But involvement need not take its current form.
The United States is spending $4 million an hour on planes, drones, bombs, guns, and over-priced contractors in a country that needs food and agricultural equipment, much of which could be provided by U.S. businesses. Thus far, the United States has spent an outrageous $783 billion (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h6/hrrHYVl00KlMcVCA9JiaTb2A-2F-2FHyWEbOCw7-2BCZSPOUtvOUQg9syJMMg4k8Ws-2B3hWEuHJNGaPDKu7qIvH6xbeUOd4axIq-2BKEF7TjH3bDfST3UlEuNqe3EekE8aceDCfWfeXEPd-2F2mNArxm4qam0cqPZiLOCpDqRLfrDQCBOPYumHroKZRHmPLzZ 0XvFBpFbyKIPyvuBkwF6j7knPd1oGpB8LKghd0-2BCRn-2FKzqYN23UTuSQ6RymrHYPEZM61Qb9JKemPEdo8LjnnwuEIhQd vCWZllTp8Ta6bEWSg-2BHppRQ-2F7s-3D) with virtually nothing to show for it except the death of thousands of U.S. soldiers (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h7/DZhDW-2BZVxBhPgRyZsc18-2Boicrg3fH1w-2FwHIAlAsUrlEnMIk58KCH5NhthL0oepGp6Haipx8qZUQqTIpQ VrBK1d7U4DaZObh0crf6wOuAHNtWMzoNTsltBmxIYxiwwyk-2Bl-2BmCI0kYFpPcS21DbOGKsRhKege48NqPXCn6GE5VyffGpgIlJ4 GuzYGaC4szVHMYjSjTuHLtk7njzbUveGqhZe3BR0vezzBNkTqO gkPKD7dA1AnWOLHdKR2Bc0V8qcOJGVKRaYBOn6E6DNLWHA2dtc laTd0MPCXae9o-2BGdgVgcszQuYRzV0t8wytv3z-2B57423ee3XTK75OVeJDfU7untactmXP7Pqq3fkKJMYxXoI6cy w2pbV04WmakXu-2F8QKBISdIvxOZD4CMntRr0AVtol-2FQvxeB0LLaOKkozhK7NqPnBwGDdeqzYRJY8Wt6ElTRyO) , and the death, injury and displacement of millions of Afghans. The Afghanistan War has been and will continue to be, as long as it lasts, a steady source (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h8/Ey2E0cZeDClTvPEYGcEMIEO5NMOq-2By37HdMzFNExto5EpJ2Ni1Y1Rnq1c-2FdOXupIW8euJSA790ONePod0oQgm9mK6mcXykn46vvu-2FUfKsMnCH3wOgngEI34GXmkAlAZk6kBKY1-2FycOWpSyo4OS-2BgqMyY2c3bWnTdNHT25-2FTFskb1LUdDiTOjvFBNGoEAlGJzNuhMEtlmN9c6v28fRP5-2FO4aAoDQDLCGD8ksS5EVOyoSsl8esQGrlgAM2NNyT4YFYxA8S y52-2BxzL8BSv7xAaUv31O-2BBPINGzHEFmuCUpBy1OiTAcVjVrEJ030CudHHEFLmpeJLKYhz 4bGMIpybthrvmvWGECdhgymnPh8-2B-2F7zavaldJouz34-2Fgp0Hs5vOWYkgatiRijUWrmU4LqjajbMyCw-3D-3D) of scandalous stories (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h9/XRKgPkcogAW-2FcrBWJXPDlJS6Q-2FiSp2IxOUbyuv0Rdec-2Bjz-2BFz9qbEDBOnYeSMeCsCguNM0XqCYL4er8ypP0ph0F8JFOJ7ka i-2FKOJEtAmCU-2BaCQUeu8g1oGJfmWu-2FvlO7gZ2arDQoN95V3Y-2BJTl9aQcA-2F1CqP5QDU30RFp-2BgYe9lPGP5cKvPViOim0BYH-2F-2FmHEoShesfZc9kQsJW5qB0jujXOciDV-2BSw4ARHkbKyMcij1FtByiekMo3ygKe3xU3qLpmuKX2GogijNO 6roCrV0LAIpHPfzOlSkcr31t6tfQ5peZk-2BzvtUMTs8ktxKsYREQwM5BlOpyYuRNMg3CuGtzg8xT1zUVYwx wiPeObbZxcg2saTrKjKu1hLCmjsdZeIqW8orunE5j5A703Waow VJe57IN6Z5CIt4X-2B0UcR-2BtPsDQ-3D) of fraud (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h10/xBcAx3HbYqeyHIz5GdL8zcbM3Tp6Ia88oejgmkgJx0Jw3Hw75k 7PIWSkTLxzrR6YxcUuebengMyjmhRFtb8CwyERFkWt1k0cosAi sKy6NIoaM4-2BJfoLZdJuwW2Su-2FNZqbVxPyK1Go7b4kqY7n2WoT6h8cwDTv-2BfKl9EEAcnhSJS4MpwZY6hfaLsYy3AjcS85mEXPdQl7CUw0Z8-2Bg4y-2FzL2OmN6IRESjalTvqlnLejsaLd3lV24DNBSmWhIQ-2B5cD9xc8cchSKzhUXKiKWmeHSF50qLK3OVYAlQtzF-2Fy8nz7yAaVkSsmTGTCVP8EDbz20aCzBxsOV0eBHif8K47udIg VFAzovbRekzfIcNONiXjv1sU5zj-2F1-2BQviM8jHHn3G9CfyoTb8NaCcXyEZhSNFFOGQ-3D-3D) and waste (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h11/xE9xEY-2FaPDx8aHXofvG4yPrZ0xtY-2BM7O84PIYADPp7iKHih2NM5WIkI3f30D0rho7k0DfggsqbY8J XLdVz2rnFaPWEfLAbbxRI-2B2wdqrjEYkM8y4sWrMVR48s-2FmXGRBW2cP9kBNtXOJCvGVQgYCKlDo-2B39pPI1-2FAvFaSFH1MeTA72ZM0byIiAncfMN5GyHK6p9yJfdF-2Fr05XEohsk-2FpUH-2FCjgWTQmTxAF6yyiNOfS9G1f4cwOgm5cGxHBOGbzotMf7h2WR bNbHiZSeKzSez6HsJo9RxO-2BnfoUG1nSO5RJopv-2FfhO77d1rgWgG9dT78oRGgCGu8oS63MnrwPIM2hotmixENnFy OmSQiomNPlOE2iozF6cYkQAjHLxM38JViFP7lCZ5wMCndojQvj D7U4u1b0n8mRywogz8XjtFD1Eu00HW3iAoGHZO1BQvGbWsTxie eTaxhWWDj8g89ssOygwww-3D-3D). Even as an investment in the U.S. economy this war has been a bust (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h12/lQAFXLiaWjoOhd28p5uwOmNuAxW7-2Bt3dzbHKOuXCfJtDhrfEiyt2wBc6yxrjZ2WE-2B9jQmUFbR-2FbgMD5ZVAMFfBHZQdVUIaSwZHGQyXjkoZcWB3wAKvBzV8oXst W6q-2B9XQNnFYOt2Xa74wD8Wxxq3CKRxKH12Wn-2FjG-2BQFQ2JrT8ZzX2eq81HSAyexQzVpryjzbYkg19zhZ21cOClwqr ZuFRnka49f88wWWeuO8qmC9nY6-2FjqYMie4-2FbpTSBpLd5BXhlPc1FyfOmispX56QM83aVFz-2FaSq-2B8Y0Ij5ItoOGuvDjPHsIWmvalqRX0g8BM-2FEtF-2BuyJFKiLgJE9w5M8msILQdEfO7sWY60aViJzgSnx6d6vY1lHv m-2BGV2XHiQ6YBuO7HzUaaN9jxSLIXwipQ4NZe50xqiGHs92oyNw Drc4-2FIcmawN74hgoCFzV5RhILyJB).
But the war has had a substantial impact on our security: it has endangered us. Before Faisal Shahzad tried to blow up a car in Times Square, he had tried to join the war against the United States in Afghanistan. In numerous other incidents, terrorists targeting the United States have stated their motives as including revenge for the U.S. war in Afghanistan, along with other U.S. wars in the region. There is no reason to imagine this will change.
In addition, Afghanistan is the one nation where the United States is engaged in major warfare with a country that is a member of the International Criminal Court. That body has now announced (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h13/0NMlYTJFelCc96MaVI-2FD-2FgI3Xl3EHKAYJeDXl1tJo4hu1pmYbV3k7oSsEtGRuuJs0xFX6 6ffhfwNVzgVQHqf3VZkBBJOcy-2B3-2F8zImm4bL-2FwJrG27tCBV3I-2B-2BqOGvRYNPhfGFtdy6H1ojzK7npv02Q7Udl8N3BAwrTyOt9mA2 wjS4-2BW9yGr1XRq30iYIej0c-2FWH0RsHO-2FzmcrNayoY8fd6rmuXtRsjFY-2Bs7HMa2Ln7YQ9-2BIeQOY051lQBqCfWfWENDyKKOc4bZ0PznSNkbMexlt5Ekd2RG lajXg99mbcJle2CaCGRg2az91gUnP6J-2Fu204D-2FHh7wbWio1RSuUquXn1TAXPiMbRqglOu8dc664g5Q-3D) that it is investigating (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h14/o3hKGjP2lyKkChtzXOzYGfH6JCTQMWK9QvsjBG2lPsEiwZfEOr NTaLzOOjLIiimNDkLMR2S0UebzmHVL8A3SMRScvm4RBkf3gU8T hSxXRe4zAT5ncSYAscza5MjgmuRzDXMM-2FM1MpjjkPQREtle9WUFMSgdD-2FPpAwxab0TIj7AZwKFbfWNgYnEXVGVu0zjU81yM0A5GsWfkvf 1HrA-2FzNOS6Z-2BAsSshEFhyfSdWadFz4X4siErU2k-2BuSWbmv2gloN0Hkloz-2FBj28s2245zYRnfgVb85-2FHtZCmpZ5E0CAeTsQuPY1xkgn1VLD81Vt9gcPiLFfOsOV3X6Q wVrSslVYTizhfqQRl-2F9peHkEo8kuP-2FSPs6KHgO9f27BT69GNv4dowYseUq59TgFPqtNQqiTdmbxrlN U9-2FYc5RnO-2FyICrvg1dlDE6V7LM-2Fw1nuuqtKKg8G) possible prosecutions for U.S. crimes in Afghanistan. Over the past 15 years, we have been treated to an almost routine repetition of scandals: hunting children from helicopters, blowing up hospitals with drones, urinating on corpses -- all fueling anti-U.S. propaganda, all brutalizing and shaming the United States.
Ordering young American men and women into a kill-or-die mission that was accomplished 15 years ago is a lot to ask. Expecting them to believe in that mission is too much. That fact may help explain this one: the top killer of U.S. troops in Afghanistan is suicide. The second highest killer of American military is green on blue, or the Afghan youth who the U.S. is training are turning their weapons on their trainers! You yourself recognized this, saying (http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/5gA/ni0YAA/t.24f/vZM7gSV9Rm-BfDnIJ4Ygug/h15/kDzY-2FVtrXQTbhmyM1aiDSy-2B3MBcLsIgMx553d75YZz4zshH-2FH-2FcjZd1a3DLE8Ixv8PPyyUOlxGhPChUxEFIhpM3q8yE9cAUTL5 ScK6Oio-2BZhM8Mbpa50pkCs67f0q0GtGvjN8N1EeQtxeuQ0M-2FLPi8erAIOR1MC9bwGHbBqDbKpaMNBak-2FEB9dSXfJtB9zQvpzQGDGMhXe4kKdTF19bZIfQNU393eP6oVp MZXQwVMJgdcSPpjo5lLswQLVOho5tB9-2F0jyT6hbzMN5E-2BLryMpsQS-2F7ZK9Y6rJo2wAcXqoXawgb6t2TNv-2Bks-2Fnx-2Bu8Zs1qvVqQDrgIGkqSUOnyPJOjndHDI0qs8aqXwunMifoLWh A-3D): "Let's get out of Afghanistan. Our troops are being killed by the Afghans we train and we waste billions there. Nonsense! Rebuild the USA."
The withdrawal of U.S. troops would also be good for the Afghan people, as the presence of foreign soldiers has been an obstacle to peace talks. The Afghans themselves have to determine their future, and will only be able to do so once there is an end to foreign intervention.
We urge you to turn the page on this catastrophic military intervention. Bring all U.S. troops home from Afghanistan. Cease U.S. airstrikes and instead, for a fraction of the cost, help the Afghans with food, shelter, and agricultural equipment.
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Leah Bolger, World Beyond War
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Kathleen Christison, Author, Veterans for Peace
Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General
Helena Cobban, Just World Books
David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential Nominee
Jeff Cohen, RootsAction.org
Gerry Condon,Veterans for Peace National Board of Directors
Mary Crosby, Roman Catholic Women Priests
James Eilers, Code Pink Auxiliary
Michael Eisenscher, U.S. Labor Against the War
Melissa Crosby, Black Lives Matter
Nicolas J S Davies, author
Mary Dean, World Beyond War
Thomas Dickinson, Tackling Torture at the Top, Women Against Military Madness
Jennifer DiZio, UC Berkeley
Maria Eitz, Roman Catholic Women Priests
Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower
Jodie Evans, Code Pink
Joseph J. Fahey, Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace
Robert Fantina, World Beyond War
Bill Fletcher Jr., BlackCommentator.com
Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance
Glen Ford, Black Agenda Report
Bruce K. Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
Johan Galtung, Founder Trancend Interntional
Lindsey German, Stop the War Coalition UK
The Rev. Dr. Diana C. Gibson, Multifaith Voices for Peace & Justice
Michael Goldstein, The 99 Percent
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Amith Gupta, student, NYU School of Law
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David Hartsough, Peaceworkers
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Dud Hendrick, Veterans for Peace
Adam Hochschild, author
Matthew Hoh, former director of Afghanistan Study Group
Martha Hubert, Code Pink San Francisco
Aaron Hughes, Iraq Veterans Against the War
Tony Jenkins, World Beyond War
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Kathy Kelly, Voices For Creative Nonviolence
Gary W. King, Tackling Torture at the Top, Women Against Military Madness
John Kiriakou, former Central Intelligence agency officer
Dennis Kucinich, former Member of United States Congress
Peter Kuznick, Professor of History, American University
Barry Ladendorf, Veterans For Peace President Board of Directors
Paul Leuenberger, Veterans for Peace
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Sherri Maurin, Campaign Nonviolence, Associate Veterans for Peace Ch. 69
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Ray McGovern, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
Cynthia McKinney, former member of United States Congress
Stephen McNeil, American Friends Service Committee
Michael T. McPhearson, Veterans For Peace Executive Director
Tom Morman, Nonviolence Coalition San Jose
Nick Mottern, Knowdrones.com
Elizabeth Murray, former Deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East, NIC
Michael Nagler, Metta Center for Nonviolence Founder and President
Carroll Nast, Veterans for Peace Ch. 122
Agneta Norberg, Swedish Peace Council
Cathe Norman, Veterans for Peace Associate
Tom Norman, Veterans for Peace Ch. 60
Todd E. Pierce, JA, MAJ, USA (Ret.)
Gareth Porter, journalist, author
Pancho Francisco Ramos-Stierle, Casa de Paz, Canticle Farm
John C. Reiger, Veterans For Peace
Denny Riley, Veterans For Peace Chapter 69
Coleen Rowley, retired FBI agent and legal counsel
Mike Rufo, Musician
Judith Sandoval, Veterans for Peace Ch. 69
Bill Schwab, Americans for Justice
Julie Searle, Educator
Michael Shaughnessy, educator
Cindy Sheehan, peace activist
Eva Sivill, Casa de Paz, Canticle Farm
Alice Slater, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Gar Smith, Environmentalists Against War
David Solnit, Global Organizer, Writer, Puppeteer
Norman Solomon, RootsAction.org
Melvin Starks, Unitarian Universalist Church
Jill Stein, 2016 Green Party presidential candidate
David Swanson, World Beyond War
Shelley Tannenbaum, Quaker Earthcare Witness
Brian Terrell, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Tiffany Tool, Nonviolent Peaceforce
Chip Tucker, Charlottesville Friends Meeting
Louie J. Vitale, OFM, Pace e Bene, Nevada Desert Experience
Zohreh Whitaker, Veterans for Peace, Peace Action
Phil Wilayto, the Virginia Defender
Ann Wright, retired U.S. Army colonel
Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance
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