Letter to The Editor of the Washington Post by MFSO Board Member Larry Syverson
August 26th, 2009
A Changing Tide on the Wars
Letter to the Editor: Wednesday, August 26, 2009
As someone whose son was recently deployed to Afghanistan, I'm heartened by poll numbers indicating a majority of Americans have turned against the war there news story, President Obama has tried to frame the war in Afghanistan as a "good" war, as opposed to the "bad" war in Iraq. It appears the American people are not buying his analogy.
Regardless of how these wars are framed, Americans do not support them. To most Americans, both wars are bad. The American people should demand that the president bring all our troops home now. If he refuses, we should ask our members of Congress to defund the wars. Congress must realize that funding these wars is not supporting our troops but killing them.
LARRY SYVERSON
The writer is a member of the board of Military Families Speak Out.
