The coming weeks hold critical significance for
the US occupation of Afghanistan. The Senate is expected to vote on the
Obama administration’s $128 billion request to fund war operations in
Afghanistan and Iraq for the coming fiscal year. Next week, the Obama
administration will unveil a report on whether US benchmarks for
success in Afghanistan are being achieved. It’s widely believed
President Obama will receive a military request to escalate the Afghan
war with thousands of additional troops. The apparent congressional
unease over a troop escalation comes near Friday’s eight-year
anniversary of the vote authorizing the attack on Afghanistan. We speak
to Norman Solomon of the Institute for Public Accuracy on his recent
trip to Afghanistan and CODEPINK’s Medea Benjamin. WATCH THE PROGRAM