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A recent rash of civilian deaths from U.S. airstrikes and military operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan is feeding widespread outrage and anger in those countries toward the U.S. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned recent U.S. attacks in his country, while the Pakistan government has filed a formal protest. This increased carnage and unrest amply demonstrates the danger and immorality of our military operations in those countries, as well as the futility of trying to suppress local movements and militias with a foreign military occupation.

The brutal Russian invasion of neighboring Georgia exemplifies the worst aspects of nation-state behavior. Yet it also highlights our own nation's guilt for such crimes, as well as the complete failure of our current system of international relations, one still based largely on military alliances, confrontation and conflict.

Response by Congressional Candidate Gordon Clark
To H. Con. Res. 362 Regarding Iran