Millions of Americans opposed the war, and many marched against it, but we had almost no representation among elites.
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I'm sure the "Afghanistan papers" are damning, but US pols lie to stay at war, every time. The real crime was going to war in the first place -- and almost no US pols, pundits, and or journos w large platforms opposed the war.
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Statement in October 2001 of the Revolutionary Association of Afghan Women denouncing the "vast aggression on our country." http://www.spectrezine.org/war/RAWA.html
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A few times, an opponent of the war found a large platform. Here, for example, is
@samhusseini.https://twitter.com/DavidMizner/status/1019635881869742080 …Show this thread -
But even in left-liberal media, opposition was rare. Notably, the late Michael Ratner spoke out against the 2001 AUMF & the invasion of Afganistan.https://twitter.com/DavidMizner/status/650983614763663360 …
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Those were exceptions. Mostly it was like this -- Michael Walzer taking a victory lap for the "decent left" in 2002.https://twitter.com/DavidMizner/status/555089802157379585 …
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Never Forget !
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