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August 28, 2014
Dear Friend,
President Obama has authorized surveillance drones over Syria, and
is threatening to begin airstrikes in Syria, along with the ongoing strikes in
Iraq.All without Congressional approval.The
Syrian government has said that airstrikes in its airspace would constitute
anact of aggression. Tell
President Obama: Don’t bomb Syria or Iraq!
We’ve seen the pictures and read the news. ISIS is certainly
frightening, and we’re deeply concerned about the people of Syria and Iraq.
US military intervention in the region has historically
beencounterproductive. We've seen this from the 2003 US invasion of
Iraq. What’s needed is a political and humanitarian solution to the crisis,
not more violence.
What President Obama called a humanitarian mission to assist the
besieged Yazidis has grown into a long-term bombing campaign that threatens to
spill across the border intoSyria.
The US has already conductedover 100 airstrikes in Iraq and put 1,000
troops on the ground!
At the very least, the President (a constitutional lawyer!) should
follow US law and consult Congress before taking military action. Last month,
the House of Representatives passed H. Con. Res. 105, stating clearly
thatthere is no legal authority for U.S. military involvement in the
Middle East without express Congressional approval.
President Obama is putting the US in a dangerous position that could
lead us into another costly, open-ended war in the Middle East.But we, the
people, stopped a war on Syria last summer, and we can stop the next war
now. It is madness that last year Obama wanted to bomb Assad, and now he
wants to bomb ISISfor him! Tell
President Obama: Don’t bomb Syria or Iraq! Support regional
solutions to regional problems.
With hope in humanity and humanitarian
solutions,
Alli, Anastasia, Holly, Jodie, Janet, Jes,
Medea, Nada, Nathan, Nancy, Sophia, and
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