Letters To Policymakers About Afghanistan & Pakistan

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Here are mine:

Dear President Obama:

Please order an end to air strikes (piloted and drone) in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The whole countryside population is not out to get you and me. The number of civilians that shooting "Talibanis" from the air kills is unacceptable.

Actually, the number of "Talibanis" that we (and the armies we fund) shoot at in Afghanistan and Pakistan is unacceptable, too. (And, to put it in your words, Mr. President, "dumb war." They aren't out to get you and me, either. They're no less likely to work with us in the event that they find themselves in charge of nukes than new leaders in the former U.S.S.R. were. They're human and know that nukes need to be kept under control, too.)

So please order an end to air strikes (piloted and drone) and please order U.S. forces to influence Afghanistan's and Pakistan's forces to respect peace deals (both signed and still under negotiation), rather than scuttling them with attacks. (Like the Pakistani forces just did in Swat.) Peace deals save lives. Important lives. Blessed lives. Lives of people who flat-out shouldn't die.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Sincerely...

Dear Vice President Biden:

Please work with President Obama to end air strikes (piloted and drone) in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The whole countryside population is not out to get you and me. The number of civilians that shooting "Talibanis" from the air kills is unacceptable.

Actually, the number of "Talibanis" that we (and the armies we fund) shoot at in Afghanistan and Pakistan is unacceptable, too. (And, to put it in the words of the President, Mr. Vice President, "dumb war." They aren't out to get you and me, either. They're no less likely to work with us in the event that they find themselves in charge of nukes than new leaders in the former U.S.S.R. were. They're human and know that nukes need to be kept under control, too.)

So please work with the President to end air strikes (piloted and drone) and to order U.S. forces to influence Afghanistan's and Pakistan's forces to respect peace deals (both signed and still under negotiation), rather than scuttling them with attacks. (Like the Pakistani forces just did in Swat.) Peace deals save lives. Important lives. Blessed lives. Lives of people who flat-out shouldn't die.

Thank you, Mr. Vice President.

Sincerely...

Dear Secretary Gates:

Please order an end to air strikes (piloted and drone) in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The whole countryside population is not out to get you and me. The number of civilians that shooting "Talibanis" from the air kills is unacceptable.

Actually, the number of "Talibanis" that we (and the armies we fund) shoot at in Afghanistan and Pakistan is unacceptable, too. (They aren't out to get you and me, either. They're no less likely to work with us in the event that they find themselves in charge of nukes than new leaders in the former U.S.S.R. were. They're human and know that nukes need to be kept under control, too.)

So please order an end to air strikes (piloted and drone), Mr. Secretary, and please order U.S. forces to influence Afghanistan's and Pakistan's forces to respect peace deals (both signed and still under negotiation), rather than scuttling them with attacks. (Like the Pakistani forces just did in Swat.) Peace deals save lives. Important lives. Blessed lives. Lives of people who flat-out shouldn't die.

Thank you, Mr. Secretary.

Sincerely...

Dear Secretary Clinton:

Please work with President Obama to end air strikes (piloted and drone) in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The whole countryside population is not out to get you and me. The number of civilians that shooting "Talibanis" from the air kills is unacceptable.

Actually, the number of "Talibanis" that we (and the armies we fund) shoot at in Afghanistan and Pakistan is unacceptable, too. (And, to put it in the words of the President, Madam Secretary, "dumb war." They aren't out to get you and me, either. They're no less likely to work with us in the event that they find themselves in charge of nukes than new leaders in the former U.S.S.R. were. They're human and know that nukes need to be kept under control, too.)

So please work with the President to end air strikes (piloted and drone) and to order U.S. forces to influence Afghanistan's and Pakistan's forces to respect peace deals (both signed and still under negotiation), rather than scuttling them with attacks. (Like the Pakistani forces just did in Swat.) Peace deals save lives. Important lives. Blessed lives. Lives of people who flat-out shouldn't die.

Thank you, Madam Secretary.

Sincerely...

Dear Senator ...:

Please do not support any supplemental funding for military action in Afghanistan or Pakistan.

The whole countryside population is not out to get you and me. The number of civilians that shooting "Talibanis" the way we're going after them is unacceptable.

Actually, the number of "Talibanis" that we (and the armies we fund) shoot at in Afghanistan and Pakistan is unacceptable, too. (And, to put it in the words of the President, Senator ..., "dumb war." They aren't out to get you and me, either. They're no less likely to work with us in the event that they find themselves in charge of nukes than new leaders in the former U.S.S.R. were. They're human and know that nukes need to be kept under control, too. Please feel free to crib this argument for the Senate floor or a meeting.)

We need to halt all this military action against the "Taliban" and only fund things that make all the branches of the U.S. government influence Afghanistan's and Pakistan's forces to respect peace deals (both signed and still under negotiation), rather than scuttling them with attacks. (Like the Pakistani forces just did in Swat.) Peace deals save lives. Important lives. Blessed lives. Lives of people who flat-out shouldn't die.

Thank you, Senator ... .

Sincerely...

Dear Representative...:

Please do not support any supplemental funding for military action in Afghanistan or Pakistan.

The whole countryside population is not out to get you and me. The number of civilians that shooting "Talibanis" the way we're going after them is unacceptable.

Actually, the number of "Talibanis" that we (and the armies we fund) shoot at in Afghanistan and Pakistan is unacceptable, too. (And, to put it in the words of the President, Representative ..., "dumb war." They aren't out to get you and me, either. They're no less likely to work with us in the event that they find themselves in charge of nukes than new leaders in the former U.S.S.R. were. They're human and know that nukes need to be kept under control, too.)

We need to halt all this military action against the "Taliban" and only fund things that make all the branches of the U.S. government influence Afghanistan's and Pakistan's forces to respect peace deals (both signed and still under negotiation), rather than scuttling them with attacks. (Like the Pakistani forces just did in Swat.) Peace deals save lives. Important lives. Blessed lives. Lives of people who flat-out shouldn't die.

Thank you, Representative ... .

Sincerely...

Thanks to Chris Floyd at Empire Burlesque and to other bloggers for giving me the ideas I needed to put together a letter.