March 17, 2010 12:50PM 

# Conservatives and Afghanistan 

By [Malou Innocent](https://www.cato.org/people/malou-innocent) 

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Tomorrow, the Cato Institute will be holding a half-day conference titled, “[Escalate or Withdraw? Conservatives and the War in Afghanistan](https://www.cato.org/events/100318conf.html).”

One of the many speakers at tomorrow’s conference will be Rep. John Duncan (R‑TN). On the House floor this week, he explained why [“there is nothing conservative about the war in Afghanistan.”](<http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/5281-rep-john-duncan-r-tn-there-is-nothing-conservative-about-the-war-in-afghanistan >)

Watch:

In the interest of full disclosure, I am not a conservative, and neither are many of my Cato colleagues. This event is intended to highlight that leaving Afghanistan [is far beyond Left vs. Right](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34158_Page2.html), and that anti-war sentiment is not “owned by peaceniks and pacifists.”

You can come to the event, or [watch it live online.](https://www.cato.org/events/100318conf.html)

##### Related Tags 

[Defense and Foreign Policy](https://www.cato.org/defense-foreign-policy), [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Afghanistan](https://www.cato.org/afghanistan) 

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