What are YOU Doing About Afghanistan? An Open Letter to the Anti-War Movement

Published on Counterpunch.org on 04/07/04

We’ve come to think of Afghanistan as a sort of a backwater, as old news. But the war is still going on there. There’s the same pattern as in Iraq.

- Seymour Hersh interview with Amy Davidson, 04/05/04.

Afghanistan has been devastated by the U.S. military and neglected by the antiwar movement. I am writing to appeal antiwar activists to seriously incorporate Afghanistan into their work.

The U.S.’s war in Afghanistan was clearly fought to maintain imperial credibility after …