Press release: Tommy Sowers discusses Afghanistan War on Morning Joe
September 14, 2010
Tommy Sowers discusses Afghanistan War on Morning Joe:
“We are building infrastructure halfway around the world when we should be building it right here at home”
Contact: Christie Cunningham
Email: christie@sowersforcongress.com
Phone: 573.458.0028
On Monday, Tommy Sowers was invited to be a guest on MSNBC’s Morning Joe show to discuss the war in Afghanistan. Speaking with host Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough, host Mika Brzezinski and other guests, Tommy Sowers commented:
“Part of my campaign is ending the war in Afghanistan… When you look at our objectives there right now, it is to train up the Afghan military and police so that one day we can high five them and leave. The problem of course is a question that Congress has been derelict in not asking. It’s who will pay for that military once we leave? The Afghans can’t, America won’t forever, and our allies won’t. So training up 400,000-600,000 Afghan tribesmen that will one day be looking for a paycheck is not in our nation’s long-term strategic interest.
“In my district there are 70,000 veterans, and when I am doing a town hall and I ask how many of you are veterans or related to someone who is serving, almost the entire room raises their hand. This is why Afghanistan matters in 2010. It matters on a fiscal perspective. When we’re spending 400 dollars a gallon for every gallon of gas we put into a humvee in Kabul, people are worried about that. When we’re building infrastructure halfway around the world when we should be building it right here at home, people want that to end… they want us investing back at home.”
Video of the appearance can be found here: http://bit.ly/aF2eYA
Tommy Sowers is campaigning to bring new blood and leadership to Congress, jobs and 21st century infrastructure to Missouri, and an end to the war in Afghanistan.
Tommy Sowers, a native of Rolla and an 11-year Army Special Forces veteran who served two tours in Iraq, is running for Congress against incumbent Jo Ann Emerson, a former insurance lobbyist and native of the Washington, DC beltway. Tommy Sowers is the Democratic candidate for Missouri’s 8th Congressional district.
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