"We Did Not Choose This War" and Other Hypocrisies

By Leah Bolger and David Swanson


"We did not choose this war.  This war came to us on 9/11.  We don't go looking for a fight.  But when we see our homeland violated, when we see our fellow citizens killed, then we understand what we have to do." 


These are the words that President Obama used on Tuesday to describe the Afghanistan war, but they would have been more appropriately said by any Afghan citizen.


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Published on May 02, 2012 10:41
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