President Obama is under heavy pressure to order direct U.S. military intervention in Iraq and Syria. But as Thomas Friedman wrote in the New York Times, avoiding direct U.S. military involvement in these two countries’ civil wars is the “least bad option.”
Thanks to Reps. Barbara Lee and John Conyers, we have a crucial opportunity TODAY to push back against the warmongers. The House will consider amendments to the defense appropriation that would block direct U.S. military action in Iraq and block the U.S. supply of manpads to Syrian insurgents.
Call your Rep. NOW via the Congressional switchboard at FCNL's toll free number 1-855-68 NO WAR (1-855-686-6927). . If you have trouble getting through via the switchboard, you can look up your Rep's direct number here.
When you reach a staffer (or leave a voice mail) you can say something like:
"I urge you to support Barbara Lee’s amendments to the defense appropriation to block funds from being used to wage another war in Iraq, and the Yoho-Conyers amendment to block the transfer of manpads to Syrian insurgents. Congress must assert its Constitutional responsibility to publicly decide when the United States goes to war."
When you've made your call, you can report it for our tally with our
easy response form.
If your circumstances today don't allow you to call, you can send an email by signing our petition at MoveOn.
If you're on Twitter, follow and post on the hashtag #DontBombIraq.
P.S. If you're thinking that you don't need to do anything because President Obama has got this, remember that he's under tremendous pressure from the McCain/Graham crowd due to their huge platform in Big Media (which Jon Stewart so rightly mocked.) So, do nothing = let all the pressure be from the pro-war Right.
Call now. Report your call here.
Robert Naiman is Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy.