The long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been back in the news recently, and we just had the bizarre spectacle of the Republican National Committee Chairman saying he didn't like Obama's war in Afghanistan, while the DNC chastised him for failing to support the troops. Here are ten reasons to end the wars now. I hope you'll take a look at some of the links. 1. American military and contractor casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. 2. Iraqi and Afghanistan civilian and military casualties. 3. These wars are a tremendous waste of taxpayer money in a time of extreme deficits, high unemployment and a falling stock market. 4. Invading and occupying Afghanistan and Iraq feeds terrorism. 5. Osama Bin Laden and his co-conspirators who attacked the World Trade Center were Saudi Arabian. 6. As Congressman Ron Paul recently said: “In Afghanistan, we are fighting the Taliban, those dangerous people with guns defending their homeland. Once they were called the Mujahideen, our old allies, along with bin Laden, in the fight to ou http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/lp-monday-message-10-reasons-to-end-the-wars-now added by: shanklinmike
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