U.S.
mayors, for the first time since the Vietnam War, have taken a stand against
America's conflicts worldwide, seeking to end U.S. engagement in wars, says
CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin.
"There
are mayors around the country who are asking the very question about how can the
Congress have such skewed priorities where it continues to put billions of
dollars every week into endless unwinnable wars while they're cutting essential
programs like
providing school lunches or healthcare to millions of Americans who don't have
it," Benjamin told Press TV's U.S. Desk on Sunday.
She
further said that the mayors "most of whom are Democrats" have stood up to
"their own members of congress and the White House to say 'Stop the
misappropriation of our funds.'"
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