President Obama plans to announce his plans for the Afghanistan war in a speech Wednesday night. According to press reports he is still evaluating three options, but the most favorable of the 3 options considered is a withdrawal of only 30,000 over 12 months. That option would still leave 70,000 US troops, 42,000 NATO troops, and 90,000 foreign contractors, in Afghanistan. It is a plan for continued war.
We will join a number of other organizations to demonstrate Thursday, June 23, at 5pm, at Park Street Station in downtown Boston, to protest the continuation of the Afghanistan war. UJP will also hold a vigil Wednesday, June 22, at 5pm, at the JFK Federal Building in anticipation of the speech.
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