On June 21, the Philadelphia City Council passed a resolution calling on the US
Congress to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan, cut military spending, and
devote the monies saved to our very real domestic needs. Philadelphia's needs
may be greater than Delaware County's and its constituent townships and
boroughs, but our needs are still serious, and the only place to find large
amounts of money is in the Pentagon, where waste, fraud, and almost limitless
spending cause us to spend more money on the military than the next eight
nations combined. Those who question the value of local efforts on such
national questions forget American history where local pressure eventually
brought about abolition and women's sufferage. Similar resolutions have been
adopted in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and many other cities. It
would be a wonderful thing to see Delaware County and its townships and boroughs
pass a similar resolution.
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