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Senator George McGovern on Jim and Afghanistan

By Is

“There was never a good war, or a bad peace.” – Ben Franklin, 1783

Yesterday, on the anniversary of those words written by Ben Franklin, the House voted to spend an additional $33 billion in war funding in Afghanistan; an additional $33 billion for what can now be seen as nothing but a “monstrous maze,” as Maureen Dowd wrote this morning in the New York Times.

As a Senator in the 1960’s, and a presidential candidate in 1972, I agonized and crusaded against the terrible blunder that was the Vietnam War. I prayed and hoped that we would learn from the error of our ways and never again put young Americans’ lives at risk to support corrupt regimes.

Today, I see that my prayers and hopes remain woefully unanswered. The situation we as a country face in Afghanistan is untenable. Our brave troops – sons and daughters; fathers and mothers – are fighting an unseen enemy in a strategy built on quicksand. They are risking everything in an ambiguous mission with no definable end. And they are dying in the name of nation building over there.

Yesterday, I was proud to watch Congressman Jim McGovern, one of my closest friends, speak up against the expansion of funding, and urge his colleagues to do the same. As Jim has said consistently, we should be spending billions on nation building here at home; not on a corrupt and inefficient government over there.

The documents leaked this week showing the incompetence and corruption of the Afghanistan government only further demonstrates why it is so important to bring our men and women home. But the five Republicans fighting for a chance to run against Jim this fall are all opposed to setting a firm date for withdrawal. They want a stronger military presence in the Middle East, and have advocated decimating services that matter to people—services that could be financially supported if we weren’t spending additional billions on an awful war.

Those aren’t policies we can tolerate. Jim needs your help to ensure he can continue the crusade to bring our troops home. I urge you to donate at JimMcGovern.com/donate, and endorse Jim by visiting JimMcgovern.com/endorse-Jim.

Jim has been one of the few consistent voices against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Earlier this year, he introduced a bipartisan, bicameral bill calling for a flexible timetable for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan as a matter of national security and fiscal responsibility. He has consistently voted against funding for escalating the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and voted against the initial authorization of force in Iraq in 2002.

On this day 45 years ago, our country announced a massive troop expansion in Vietnam—an expansion that led us nowhere but deeper into a predicament that took us years to escape from.

Jim is one of the true champions for peace in Congress, and this is as important a campaign as he has ever had. Your donation will allow him to continue to fight aggressively against the war, and to represent values that matter to all of us. Please donate today at JimMcGovern.com/donate.

Thank you,

Senator George McGovern

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Join Jim at Franklin area volunteer meeting

By DuncanArsenault

WORCESTER, MA—Congressman Jim McGovern and the Reelect Jim McGovern Committee announce the next in a series of organizational meetings for supporters and volunteers from the following communities. Voters in the Franklin area are invited to come meet Congressman McGovern, your local Field Organizer and additional campaign staff, and find out how you can get involved in the campaign.

For more information, contact Scott Lieber at ScottL@jimmcgovern.com, call him at 508-795-1998 or visit www.jimmcgovern.com.

For residents of Franklin, Holliston, Medway, Plainville, Wrentham
July 25th:
The Rome
4 East Central St
Franklin, MA
7-8:15 PM

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