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Afghanistan veterans of america, wrote american knows the afghanistan front still rages on. with the end of combat operations not expected until 2013. that doesn t mean our country can t start welcoming home those who have returned and paved the way for those still to come. it will show our troops in afghanistan now that they won t be forgotten when they war ends, too. if we can afford two wars, he writes, we can afford two welcome home parades. here s the big news on this, though. even though mayor mike bloomberg has so far been shy on this issue of an end of the iraq war parade in new york, it s starting to seem like the rest of new york city government might not be so shy, they may be coming around. new york s powerful city council speaker christine quinn put out a statement saying after the initial drawdown of forces we called for a celebration, a parade in honor of the troops returning from iraq when the time was right. excuse me, when the time was right. in 2012, the time is now. ....