BOMBING AND BIGOTRY:

The Wars Abroad, the Wars at Home

 

Martin Luther King: “The bombs that are falling [overseas] are exploding in our cities”

 

Hands Up, Don't Shoot!
in Ferguson, Boston, Syria, Iraq...
Profiling and militarization are not the answer.

Saturday, October 18

NU4J COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS STREET FAIR

12-4pm - Our friends at New England United for Justice have invited DPP to participate in their event on Tilman St. in Dorchester and DPPers will have a table and the leaflet at the left (this is the latest version).  Please come!

 

Tuesday, October 21

DPP Standout at  Ashmont T Station

4-6pm – Please join us! We’ll have the same flyer, making the connection between the new US war in Syria/Iraq and the violence and repression in our own neighborhoods.

 

OLD MEN CLAMORING FOR WAR:

Why pressure for ISIS escalation is rising

…the public is gradually coming around to the idea of deploying their neighbors’ sons’ boots to the ground. A new NBC/WSJ poll shows that “forty-one percent of respondents believe both troops on the ground and airstrikes are necessary for the mission against ISIS, versus 35 percent who think it should be restricted to airstrikes.” In September, NBC/WSJ showed 40 percent for airstrikes only and 34 percent for airstrikes and neighbors’ sons on the ground. Or is it more like neighbors’ grandsons? The seven-point increase in those also wanting U.S. ground troops has been fueled mostly by groups that make up the GOP base. More self-described Republicans (up 14 points), men over 50 years old (up 18), white men (up 17) and seniors (up 10) now advocate for troops on the ground in the fight against the terror group. There’s been virtually no change since September among Democrats, young people, and white women.  More

 

OBAMA CONFRONTS SLIPPERY SLOPE AGAINST ISIS

As airpower has failed to dislodge the extremists from the Syrian border town of Ain al-Arab or halt their offensive in Iraq, Obama’s appeals for strategic patience are being challenged by some U.S. military and intelligence officers and diplomats who say more needs to be done. Obama has declined to consider sending American forces for ground-combat roles in Iraq, despite recent warnings from Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State John Kerry and senior intelligence officials that continued reliance on limited airstrikes and training is inadequate to achieve his goal of degrading and destroying ISIS, according to three officials active in planning and executing the administration’s strategy… Dempsey said Thursday on CNN that it’s possible he will ask for a small number of U.S. troops in Iraq to accompany Iraqi combat units to help identify targets for airstrikes. Dempsey hasn’t ruled out the possibility of asking Obama for combat forces if circumstances require it, and the general said he recently ordered Army Apache attack helicopters into action to prevent jihadists from moving against Baghdad airport.   More