Rep Ellison (1st Muslim member of Congress) ‘I Am Skeptical Of The Troop Escalation In Afghanistan’

[kpete]

Run time: 04:23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk_HKMmWdTU   Posted on YouTube: April 01, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 02, 2009 By DU Member: kpete Views on DU: 498

 
I am skeptical of the troop escalation in Afghanistan. I have my doubts about whether that’s what’s needed. But if troop escalations is what’s going to happen, and if it may in fact be the right thing, the real question is, what are they going to be doing? If they’re just going to be taking it to the “enemy,” I am confident that it will be a failed effort. And I don’t say that with any relish. … The best course of action, I think, is to have an increase in civilian efforts to improve the lot of the average Afghan, with a clear goal to move things into the Afghans as fast as possible.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/01/ellison-afghanistan/

[MNBrewer]

1. Does Rep. Ellison know he's being videotaped?

He's my Representative. I voted for him. The video is terrible, with those black squares everywhere. Was he videotaped surreptitiously?

[burning rain]

2. Good to see a member of Congress taking this position.

We need to draw down there, not build up. Prop up the government in Kabul at most.