<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div bgcolor="#80a4a4"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="padding-top: 2px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 25px; padding-left: 10px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1em; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(128, 164, 164); position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"><table width="580" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" align="left" colspan="3"><table width="228" cellpadding="8" align="right" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(5, 125, 203); border-right-color: rgb(5, 125, 203); border-bottom-color: rgb(5, 125, 203); border-left-color: rgb(5, 125, 203); background-color: rgb(234, 236, 236); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; "><tbody><tr><td align="center"><table width="212" cellpadding="8" style="border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(216, 128, 38); border-right-color: rgb(216, 128, 38); border-bottom-color: rgb(216, 128, 38); border-left-color: rgb(216, 128, 38); background-color: rgb(43, 104, 104); "><tbody><tr><td align="center" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="margin-right: 5px; "><strong>Cut Special Forces Funding</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br><img width="200" height="132" src="http://act.rootsaction.org/images/specialforces.jpg" alt=""><br><br><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6N%2FVO7LaZZJUl3EYEvS9VE8mBTkmGRRF" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(43, 104, 104); text-decoration: none; "><img border="0" alt="GRAPHIC: Sign here button" src="cid:BFCEEA5E-72D7-4019-885C-368765FC6E89"></a><div style="margin-right: 5px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=S79g%2FYgzENWW%2Ff4%2FO650Pk8mBTkmGRRF" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(43, 104, 104); text-decoration: none; "><img width="25" height="25" border="0" align="absMiddle" alt="" style="margin-right: 5px; " src="cid:BE32D17F-FDED-4551-8C9F-EA4967F5BEF2"><span style="font-size: smaller; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Share this action on Facebook</span></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: left; "><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fMXrxxH%2FqyUD2uCyhxAsLk8mBTkmGRRF" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(43, 104, 104); text-decoration: none; "><img width="25" height="25" border="0" align="absMiddle" alt="" style="margin-right: 5px; " src="cid:90961FDE-212E-47DA-8736-D8CFB7BD4876"><span style="font-size: smaller; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Share this action on Twitter</span></a><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jR%2FLowPDFr4DAGfG4GicQU8mBTkmGRRF" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(43, 104, 104); text-decoration: none; "><span style="font-size: smaller; "><br></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-right: 5px; text-align: left; ">Dear C. G.,<br><br>They are squads, and their product is death. The U.S. military calls them Special Forces. Others may see them as “death squads.” <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>We spend $10.5 billion per year on them, and they operate in dozens of countries. Which countries?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>That's none of our business.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aunHKYJfFGez5A0M9w1mm08mBTkmGRRF" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(43, 104, 104); text-decoration: none; "><b>Tell Congress and the President that it IS our business, and that we want military funding cut and “special” forces placed under democratic control.</b></a><b><br><br>Special Forces operate outside of any declaration of war, authorization to use force, or standard of international or domestic law. They don't ask permission from us or our Congress.<br><br><b>Now, the head of U.S. Special Operations Command wants the authority to move troops into foreign nations without so much as asking the Pentagon brass.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What could go wrong?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Blowback. Terrorism. Global animosity. Sabotage of diplomatic negotiations. Escalation of conflicts into wars. THAT could go wrong. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Funding for Special Forces is not cut in the White House budget proposal. Instead President Obama wants big new bases built for them in Afghanistan and in the United States.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Enough is enough.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=H%2FaEG%2BYSYippTf%2ByXj5Qv08mBTkmGRRF" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(43, 104, 104); text-decoration: none; "></a></b><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=H%2FaEG%2BYSYippTf%2ByXj5Qv08mBTkmGRRF" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(43, 104, 104); text-decoration: none; "><b>It’s time to scrutinize and cut funding for Special Forces.</b></a><b><b><br></b><br>Please forward this email widely to like-minded friends.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jf9Na7kjjz6Grnmp23fSnk8mBTkmGRRF" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(43, 104, 104); text-decoration: none; "></a><br><br>And please forward this to everyone you can.</b></p><b><p style="margin-right: 5px; ">David, Aimee,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>and the RootsAction team<br><br>P.S. Our small staff is supported by contributions from people like you;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=d92W26eBnS3Zzigij7gZfU8mBTkmGRRF" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(43, 104, 104); text-decoration: none; ">your donations are greatly appreciated</a>.<br><br><span style="font-size: smaller; "><b>Resources:</b><br><br></span><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fCVN3JZR5cLheS4kFJQNVk8mBTkmGRRF" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(43, 104, 104); text-decoration: none; "><span style="font-size: smaller; ">New York Times: Admiral Seeks Freer Hand in Deployment of Elite Forces<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>War Is A Crime: 450 Bases and It's Not Over Yet<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Tomgram: Nick Turse, Uncovering the Military's Secret Military</span></a><a href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=puvNwRH%2FTz7gTX8Zkrac%2Fk8mBTkmGRRF" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(43, 104, 104); text-decoration: none; "></a></p></b></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"><br></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"><br></td><td bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center; "></div><img src="http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/images/1x1spacer.gif" width="1" height="1" alt="Web Bug from http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/TrackImage?key=1011664080"><diaemailid='1011664080' thread="374548"></diaemailid='1011664080'></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>