Massachusetts Peace Action Condemns Illegal Syria Strikes, Calls on Congress to Reclaim War Powers: Protest Saturday
For Immediate Release
Contact: Cole Harrison, 617-466-9274
Massachusetts Peace Action Condemns Illegal Syria Strikes, Calls on Congress to Reclaim War Powers – Will Protest Saturday in Cambridge
Cambridge, April 13 – Massachusetts Peace Action condemns President Trump’s decision to launch a military attack on Syria, its executive director Cole Harrison said.
“President Trump’s attack on Syrian forces in response to a chemical weapons attack is a reckless, knee jerk reaction to a complex and dangerous situation. There hasn’t been an independent investigation into the chemical weapons attack, Congress still hasn’t debated or authorized the use of force in Syria, and there is still no international legal basis for U.S. military action in Syria," said Kevin Martin, president of Peace Action.
“The US attack on Syria violates international law, and 88 members of Congress cautioned that a U.S. attack on Syria violates the War Powers Act since it was not approved by Congress,” Harrison said.
“Instead of escalating our involvement in Syria by responding to an alleged unlawful chemical attack with unlawful strikes, the president should support an independent investigation into the chemical attack and pursue diplomatic and humanitarian strategies for addressing individual war crimes as well as the conflict as a whole.
“With Iran and Russia supporting the Syrian government, Israel's attack on an Iranian base in Syria yesterday, the Saudi war on Yemen causing an escalating humanitarian criis, and Trump threatening to cancel the Iran deal on May 12, the situation in the Middle East is rapidly unraveling. It is imperative that the United States stop its attacks, play a constructive role, and work through the United Nations, both to investigate the alleged chemical attack and to achieve a diplomatic solution to the Syrian conflict.
“President Trump should also act on his stated desire to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria without delay, which would help de-escalate the conflict and give the U.S. more credibility in the diplomatic push to end the war.”
Activists will rally on Cambridge Common on Saturday, April 14 at noon to denounce the U.S. and allied attack on Syria, call for cuts in the Pentagon budget, and demand repeal of the Trump tax bill. Seehttp://masspeaceaction.org/event/tax-day-rally/ for information on speakers and performers at the Tax Day rally.
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Massachusetts Peace Action is the state affiliate of Peace Action, the nation’s largest peace organization, founded in 1957 as the Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE). Peace Action works to abolish nuclear weapons, promote government spending priorities that support human needs, encourage real security through international cooperation and human rights, and support just and nonmilitary solutions to the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Palestine. The public may learn more and take action at masspeaceaction.org. For more up-to-date peace insider information, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Youtube at @masspeaceaction.
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