Monday, November 23, 2009

Why Afghans Dig Empire Graveyards

quote-"In fact, as commerce of all kinds has begun to flow again in Iraq, the United States has been delivered a powerful message that aggression and military occupation do not pay.

Total Iraqi imports grew from $25.7 billion in 2007 to $43.5 billion in 2008. But even as other countries' trade with Iraq has grown, exports from the United States to Iraq have remained flat at a meager $2 billion per year, most of that stemming from existing contracts with the U.S.-backed government."

Open Letter to Obama: Please Bring Our Troops Home Now!

Obama is expected to address the nation early next week, saying he will send a sizable force of additional troops to Afghanistan,

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