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Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:05 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Pat Scanlon" patscanlonmusic
Smedleys,
Please contact Senator Markey and Senator Warren's offices and tell them no new sanctions against Iran. They have both indicated that they will not vote for S 1881 but we need to keep the pressure on.
Senator Warren, Boston office: 617-565-3170
Senator Markey, Boston office:617-565-8519
Thanks,
Pat
Message forwarded to you from PDA
Don't Let the Senate Screw Up Peace with Iran!
Dear Patrick,
As you know, Secretary of State John Kerry has signed an interim agreement with Iran that holds the promise of ending 34 years of enmity, suspicion, economic warfare and the ever-present threat of a horrific new war.
Like most Americans, I hope that the IAEA will verify the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program and that this agreement will lead to the removal of sanctions and the normalization of relations with Iran.
But even as we thank our lucky stars and each other's efforts for these small steps toward peace, the U.S. Senate is taking up S 1881, the so-called "Nuclear Weapons Free Iran Act of 2013", to impose new sanctions on Iran in violation of the interim agreement Secretary Kerry negotiated and signed in Geneva.
Such action by the Senate would confirm all Iran's doubts about our good faith, strengthen hard-liners on both sides and undermine our two countries' first fragile steps toward peace. This failure of diplomacy could then become a pretext for new threats of US or Israeli aggression against Iran.
We can't let the Senate screw up this chance for peace! PDA has drafted a new action alert that you can use to call and/or write to your Senators to tell them:
Give Peace A Chance! Vote NO on S 1881!
For more on Iran's nuclear program, please read former CIA analyst Ray McGovern on "Divining the Truth about Iran."
On the diplomacy in Geneva, Trita Parsi asks the fundamental question we all have to answer, "Do We Want a Deal Or a War?"
For parallels with Iraq in 2003, please read my HuffPost article, "Homer Simpson and the WMDs in Iraq...(Doh)...I Mean Iran."
In 2013, our country finally took some baby steps toward peace. At PDA, with your help, we hope to make 2014 the year we really begin to turn the tide on the misbegotten "war on terror" and the most expensive unilateral military build-up in the history of the world. We'll be contacting you soon about a new campaign to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force and stop payment on Congress's blank check for military madness.
Thank you for all you do!
Peace!
Sandy Davies
for PDA's End War & Occupation Issue Organizing Team
Please contact Senator Markey and Senator Warren's offices and tell them no new sanctions against Iran. They have both indicated that they will not vote for S 1881 but we need to keep the pressure on.
Senator Warren, Boston office: 617-565-3170
Senator Markey, Boston office:617-565-8519
Thanks,
Pat
Message forwarded to you from PDA
Don't Let the Senate Screw Up Peace with Iran!
Dear Patrick,
As you know, Secretary of State John Kerry has signed an interim agreement with Iran that holds the promise of ending 34 years of enmity, suspicion, economic warfare and the ever-present threat of a horrific new war.
Like most Americans, I hope that the IAEA will verify the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program and that this agreement will lead to the removal of sanctions and the normalization of relations with Iran.
But even as we thank our lucky stars and each other's efforts for these small steps toward peace, the U.S. Senate is taking up S 1881, the so-called "Nuclear Weapons Free Iran Act of 2013", to impose new sanctions on Iran in violation of the interim agreement Secretary Kerry negotiated and signed in Geneva.
Such action by the Senate would confirm all Iran's doubts about our good faith, strengthen hard-liners on both sides and undermine our two countries' first fragile steps toward peace. This failure of diplomacy could then become a pretext for new threats of US or Israeli aggression against Iran.
We can't let the Senate screw up this chance for peace! PDA has drafted a new action alert that you can use to call and/or write to your Senators to tell them:
Give Peace A Chance! Vote NO on S 1881!
For more on Iran's nuclear program, please read former CIA analyst Ray McGovern on "Divining the Truth about Iran."
On the diplomacy in Geneva, Trita Parsi asks the fundamental question we all have to answer, "Do We Want a Deal Or a War?"
For parallels with Iraq in 2003, please read my HuffPost article, "Homer Simpson and the WMDs in Iraq...(Doh)...I Mean Iran."
In 2013, our country finally took some baby steps toward peace. At PDA, with your help, we hope to make 2014 the year we really begin to turn the tide on the misbegotten "war on terror" and the most expensive unilateral military build-up in the history of the world. We'll be contacting you soon about a new campaign to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force and stop payment on Congress's blank check for military madness.
Thank you for all you do!
Peace!
Sandy Davies
for PDA's End War & Occupation Issue Organizing Team
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