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 Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:56 pm Post subject: Anti-Iraq...group formalizes opposition to Afghan war |
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File this in the "you knew it was coming" department.
With the ascendancy of Obama and attendant "anti-Iraq war" fervor having all but disappeared from even the back pages of the MSM's minds-eye, the leftist leadership of IVAW is apparently trying to cope with a rather bleak self-diagnosis of terminal irrelevancy. How sad.
Perhaps even more dispiriting, their alter-ego (IAVA) continues to demonstrate some viability and financial wherewithal in an ongoing purchase of media slots in which to air their recruiting propaganda (I saw one yesterday on CNN).
What are good leftist leaders to do when their organization's "raison d'etre" vanishes from the media radar and the future holds nothing more vital than a sporadic (perhaps nostalgic) uptick in their sitemeter count?
Why, an evolution of the revolution...of course!
| Quote: | Anti-Iraq war veterans group formalizes opposition to Afghan war
By Kevin Dougherty, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, August 23, 2009
With the U.S. military presence in Iraq expected to end by 2011, an organization of current and former servicemembers opposed to the war there is widening its mandate to include Afghanistan.
At its annual convention in College Park, Md., earlier this month, members of Iraq Veterans Against the War vigorously debated what the group’s stance should be on Afghanistan, according to some participants. Opposition to the war quietly became official policy earlier this year following an online membership poll. The vote was said to be close, though no details were publicly released.
"A decision has been made in terms of our position, which is we are against it," said Jose Vasquez, executive director of IVAW and co-founder of the New York City chapter.
With that, leaders are "working out the way forward."
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As is the case with Iraq, the existing IVAW resolution advocates "the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all occupying forces in Afghanistan and reparations for the Afghan people, and support (for) all troops and veterans working toward those ends."
Stars and Stripes - cont'd |
P.S. As I might have expected, John Lilyea of "This Ain't Hell" blog also made note. |
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