Episode 22 – Jodie Evans – An Unreasonable Woman
Jodie Evans is a co-founder of the anti-war group CODEPINK. In October 2009, after returning from a trip to Afghanistan, she hand-delivered a petition to President Obama from Afghan women against the surge. Reviled by conservatives and a thorn in the side of liberals, she is unapologetic in her beliefs and committed to stopping wars fought in the name of the US. She shares her experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan, her formative years working for then California governor Jerry Brown and her hopes for the future.
To learn more about Jodie you can read her official bio here.
For additional reference we’ve included links to some of the people, places and things discussed in this episode:
Code Pink
Afghanistan
Kabul
Will Obama Listen to the Women?
McChrystal: More Forces or ‘Mission Failure’
Claims of Afghan Election Fraud Put U.S. in Delicate Spot
Hamid Karzai
Taliban
Loya Jirga
Battle of Tora Bora
Abdullah Abdullah
Civil War in Afghanistan
Mujahideen
From Afghan Women’s Mouths to Obama’s Ears
USAID
Al-Qaeda
Christopher Columbus
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Bramlet Calls Strip Strike
Twenty Sixth Amendment
George McGovern
Jerry Brown
Brown 1992 Presidential Campaign
César Chávez
Equal Rights Amendment
Common Sense Wind Energy by CA Office of Appropriate Technology
Clean Air Act
Medea Benjamin
Can Bush Sell Congress On Iraq?
Paul Wellstone
Single Payer Health Care
American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
Democratic Shadow Convention Opens Sunday
War on Drugs
Campaign Finance Reform
Obama Administration To Stop Raids On Medical Marijuana Dispensers
Nina Simons
Diane Wilson
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Great interview…Miss Evans is certainly a brave and outspoken woman. I signed up at Code Pink after listening to her, some of the things she said brought tears to my eyes. Keep up the good work, guys!
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Liberals are digging their own graves, in my opinion. Their bull cuts both ways.
“Clueless about structure, clueless about responsibility to anything, except their own desire for power.”
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commondreams.orgThis is an excerpt. Full article is at http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/07-8
Published on Thursday, January 7, 2010 by CommonDreams.org
What If The People Of Afghanistan Could Choose?
by Cliff Kindy & Neil Wollman
After an intense review, President Obama recently ordered about thirty thousand more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. The question is, should this decision have been made by the U.S. government? The goals for the United States are to prevent an Al Qaida threat in the homeland and to stabilize the Afghan situation, allowing for some level of central government control and a face-saving withdrawal. But who else could or should have weighed in on this decision, and what are their motivations?
The Afghan government realizes that any downsizing of the U.S. presence could threaten its hold on political power. President Karzai recently stated that he expects the U.S. military presence to continue until 2024. The U.S. public is split, mainly along party lines, between those who want an early withdrawal of troops to prevent a quagmire, and those who support the U.S. military presence and fear that withdrawal would squander the investment already made.
The missing voice among these acknowledged players is that of the Afghan public. No country can impose on another a decision that country cannot abide. History is filled with attempts by strong powers to force actions upon weaker ones. This has worked sometimes in the short run, but usually crashes in the long term. The power of democracy is its dependence upon the will of the people who are impacted by a decision.
Indeed, the Afghan citizenry seems to have no say, yet is the group that stands to gain or lose the most from the U.S. occupation. Modern warfare kills and wounds more local civilians than armed actors (about 80 percent, compared to 20 percent). Yet those civilians have little or no ability to choose their own participation.
What if Afghani citizens were to determine whether the U.S. military continues a surge or withdraws troops? Certainly this is a fitting step in encouraging democracy. It would also provide the incentive for Afghanis to really own and support a chosen policy on the ground. And perhaps the Afghanis themselves know best how to create a stable nation that does not house terrorists.
Cliff Kindy is an organic market gardener and has for the last twenty years worked frequently with Christian Peacemaker Teams in the war zones of the world. kindy@cpt.org [1]
Neil Wollman is Senior Fellow, Bentley Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility, Bentley University, and the author of a 2005 op ed suggesting that Iraqis hold a referendum concerning U.S. troop presence. NWollman@Bentley.edu [2]
Note to readers: Please direct all communication to the Neil Wollman.