WASHINGTON (AP) — Support for the war in Afghanistan has reached a
new low, with only 27 percent of Americans saying they back the effort
and about half of those who oppose the war saying the continued presence of American troops in Afghanistan is doing more harm than good, according to an AP-GfK poll.
In results released Wednesday, 66 percent opposed the war, with 40 percent saying they were "strongly" opposed. A year ago, 37 percent favored the war, and in the spring of 2010, support was at 46
percent. Eight percent strongly supported the war in the new poll.
Join the global movement to invest in peace rather than in the instruments of war
See demilitarize.org for more details. Twitter #demilitarize.
On April 17, 2012, thousands from around the world will take part in the second annual Global Day of Action on Military Spending. With actions taking place in more than 30 countries, we will send a message to the 1% who profit off war and destruction, and the governments who do their bidding.
Global military spending reached over $1.6 trillion in 2010, and on April 17th, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) will release the data for 2011. Almost certainly, they'll announce that military spending went up.
As the people of the world face existential crises from climate change, conflict and underdevelopment, the resources we need to solve humanity's problems are being overwhelmingly devoted to death and destruction. In 2011 people spoke in one voice for a global priorities shift. This year, we'll raise our voice even louder.
Lt. Col. Daniel Davis,
an actively serving Army officer assigned to the Pentagon accuses top U.S. military officials of misleading the
American public about the war in Afghanistan.
Survivors, Afghan guards describe night of massacre
Report from first western journalist to visit the villages where a U.S. soldier allegedly killed 17 people
A Message of Peace and Friendship from Iran
. . . . Dear fellow American peace lovers, please deliver our message to your politicians. We are not just a piece of land. We are not oil. We are not
nuclear sites. We are not evil. We are women, men, children. We are people with dreams, jobs, families, with a baggage of 5000 years of experience. When we talk about war we know what we are talking about. . . .
Iraq Nine Years Later: Poverty and Violence Continue
Sahar Issa: In spite of growing oil revenues most Iraqis live without water, power and housing
Sahar Issa is a McClatchy Baghdad Bureau Correspondent. She does the Round-up of Daily Violence in Iraq. In 2007, along with five other women from the McClatchy and Knight Ridder newspaper chain, she was honored with the Women of Courage in Journalism Award from the International Women's Media Foundation.
". . . . until the proper people pay the proper recompense for what they did to this country, to that country, and to the world - the Iraq War is not over. . . ."
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