Moore on CNN: ‘No middle ground’ on Afghanistan; ‘We need to leave’

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Moore on CNN: ‘No middle ground’ on Afghanistan; ‘We need to leave’
By Gavin Dahl
Friday, October 30th, 2009 -- 4:16 pm


Filmmaker Michael Moore told CNN's Larry King that it's time for President Barack Obama to wind down the war in Afghanistan. "It's unwinnable. It's immoral. It's illegal. It's wrong," he said. "We need to leave."

Moore appeared on the program Thursday along with another war critic, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).

"It is my sincere hope that he decides to wind down and end this war, at least our part of this war, in Afghanistan," Moore said. "Initially, the idea of going and trying to capture the criminals who committed a mass murder on 9/11, that was a good idea. But we never did that.

"There is no middle ground," he stated emphatically. "You're either going to go all out and fight a big war that can't be won, or you're going to bring the troops home and focus on the problems that we have right now -- huge unemployment, global warming, a health care mess, all these things, our educational system, everything."

Moved by Obama's attendance at the transfer of bodies at Dover Air Force Base, something President George W. Bush infamously didn't do, Moore offered hope that Obama might end the war in Afghanistan."I'm going to trust in all my heart that he's going to make the right decision," he opined.


Rest of article at: http://rawstory.com/2009/10/moore-withdraw-from-afghanistan/

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