(CNN)  -- Before I explain why I believe the time has come to start a stop-the-war movement, I should say that I am not one of those intellectuals who has never worried about the fate of their loved ones or gotten his own boots dirty. My son completed a five-year stint in the U.S. 1st Armored Division. As an Israeli commando, I saw a lot of fighting during Israel's war for independence. My unit started fighting with 1,100 members; when the fighting stopped, 700 were dead and buried or wounded. And we killed all too many on the other side.
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Amitai Etzioni was Israeli commando, son served in U.S. 1st Armored Division
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Etzioni says U.S. goal, to rid Afghanistan of al Qaeda, has been met; only 100 remain
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Etzioni says people should not die for fraudulent elections, corrupt regime
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Afghanistan must resolve Taliban issue itself, he writes, and U.S. should pull out
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