Peace Activist Rebecca Griggin, Explains Why Moving Aditional Troop to Afghanistan is a Mistake

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Tue, 02/17/2009 - 4:00pm

President Obama’s decision to send aditional troops to Afghanistan has raised the ire of the peace activist community.  
One such organisation, Peace Action West, feels that sending the supplemental seventeen thousand soldiers contradicts Obama’s promise of more diplomacy and less force.  
Rebecca Griffin, Political Director of Peace Action West, explains why she feels this new surge is a mistake.
 

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