"Kucinich plans to force vote on US withdrawal from Afghanistan" by Daniel Tencer

[StarfarerBill]

"For congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Afghan President Hamid Karzai's announcement Tuesday that his country would need the US's military support for another 10 or 15 years seems to have been the last straw.

"The outspoken House representative says it was Karzai's statement that prompted him to draft a resolution calling for a House vote on the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

"'We shouldn't be there another 15 to 20 months, let alone 15 to 20 years,' Kucinich told the Cleveland Plain Dealer. 'When I'm in my district talking to people, nobody has come up to me and said we need to be in Afghanistan for the next 15 to 20 years. They do say we need jobs, we need to protect our basic industry, we need education, we need to protect retirement security. I'd like to see us start taking care of things here at home.'"

http://rawstory.com/2009/12/kucinich-vote-withdrawal-afghanistan/

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. I wonder why we bother to have the United Nations or NATO

all countries can chip into this and support Afghanistan. The people are very poor. In humanitarian terms we the world have to support them. Why should it be just the USA. I guess China just lends us the money instead of it getting its feet wet.

However, the same thing could be said about Africa which is neglected.

[classysassy]

2. Africa

The so called colonials powers that ravished the continent of Africa,they are the one who should be forced to repay some of the stolen loot they heisted.

[Duende azul]

3. The USA will have to pay for Afghanistan.

They had their hands in destroying the country long before Bush.

[winyanstaz]

4. Again Kucinich does the right thing.

He is a real American hero.