October 7th
Community Members Organize Rally and March as 8th Anniversary of Afghanistan Invasion Approaches
A coalition of Olympia anti-war and community organizations will hold a rally and march on October 7th to demonstrate against the war in Afghanistan. The date will mark the US invasion’s 8th anniversary.
The march is part of a worldwide outcry against war and imperialism. A national day of action has been called by Students for a Democratic Society to demonstrate against the war in an attempt to bring attention to the recent troop surges and rising death tolls in the region. Richard Holbrooke, President Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, wrote in Foreign Affairs in 2008, "As the war [Afghanistan] enters its eighth year, Americans should be told the truth: it will last a long time — longer than the United States’ longest war to date... the 14-year conflict in Vietnam."