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U.S. Mayors Call for Early End to Wars; Investments in Local Economy

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June 20, 2011 – “During the closing hours of the United States Conference of Mayors’ annual meeting in Baltimore, nearly 150 mayors met to debate and pass a policy resolution, calling on a speedier drawdown of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. The nation’s mayors called on leaders in Washington to end the wars as soon as strategically possible and bring war dollars home to meet vital human needs…Mayors are calling for the war dollars to instead be utilized to: promote job creation, rebuild American’s infrastructure, provide aid to municipal and state governments, and develop a new economy based upon renewable, sustainable energy and reduce the federal debt. During the debate process and in the written resolution, mayors stated that the drawdown of troops should be done in a measured way that does not destabilize the region and that can accelerate the transfer of responsibility to regional authorities.” And on June 22:

  • Obama on Afghan War Drawdown:’The Tide of War Is Receding’
  • NYT: Obama Orders Troop Cuts in Afghanistan – “…in a blunt acknowledgment of domestic economic strains, he said, “America, it is time to focus on nation-building here at home.” Mr. Obama announced plans to withdraw 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year. The remaining 20,000 troops from the 2009 “surge” of forces would leave by next summer, amounting to about a third of the 100,000 troops now in the country. He said the troop reductions would continue “at a steady pace,” bringing to an end America’s longest war — a conflict that has cost 1,500 American lives.”
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