#6 Of 6 Reasons To Oppose The War In Afghanistan
by Brian Lenzo | Monday, February 8th, 2010

6. Afghanistan has historically been an “imperial playground” for world powers and remains so under US occupation.

I have spent a considerable amount of time and energy assembling a history of imperial intervention in Afghanistan for this post.  This would have been the longest of the series, and the most important for understanding the basic question on many American’s minds…”Why are we really in Afghanistan?”  But I have a treat for you instead.  Rather than spending 30 minutes reading my lengthy analysis, you can watch this wonderful television program about the 250 year history of Imperial intervention in Afghanistan in only 22 minutes!

Given by British Socialist and Historian, John Rees, it is a brilliant narrative with images, timelines, and video explaining the long, bloody history of Afghanistan.  Well worth it and in HD no less!

I hope, over the course of this series of articles, I have painted a comprehensive picture of the real aims of the US in Afghanistan.  I hope I have armed you with the facts and arguments you will need to convince others to not just oppose the US presence in Afghanistan, but to organize and oppose US military intervention WHEREVER it occurs.

There are no doubt, more than 6 reasons to oppose the war in Afghanistan, but the most important reason of all is that without us, working people around the world standing in the way, dissenting, protesting, and organizing to stop our government from destroying the world, there will be no peaceful resolution, no just solution.   My message is a tribute to the late historian Howard Zinn who believed and lived the credo that Frederick Douglass said long ago:

“Without struggle, there is no progress.”

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