<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div id="yiv1186850442"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" id="yiv1186850442bodyDrftID" class="yiv1186850442"><tbody><tr><td id="yiv1186850442drftMsgContent" style="font:inherit;font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;"><br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 9/19/12, Rebecca Griffin, Peace Action West <i><alerts@peaceactionwest.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;"><br><div id="yiv1186850442">
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<div><span>Don't let anti-Iran hawks exploit the heated election season to push for war with Iran.<br></span></div>
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<div><strong><span style="color:#003366;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://capwiz.com/peaceactionwest/utr/1/APUGSCZBGD/OFVLSCZECO/8722348086">Tell Congress to say no t<em><span style="color:#003366;"></span></em>o another costly, devastating war.</a></span></strong></div></div>
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<div style="font-size:11pt;padding:2px 10px;"><br>Presidential candidates are terrified of looking weak on security -- especially in the final weeks before an election. Anti-Iran hawks are doing everything they can to exploit this window in their drive for a dangerous confrontation.<br><br><strong>We need to fight back. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://capwiz.com/peaceactionwest/utr/1/APUGSCZBGD/KTFESCZECP/8722348086"><span style="color:#003366;">Take action now to tell the House and Senate to stand up against military action against Iran.</span></a></strong><br><br>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken to American airwaves to increase the pressure on President Obama to attack Iran. Misinformation is rampant, with an ABC reporter going as far as making the ludicrous claim that
Iran could assemble a nuclear weapon in 4 weeks. [1] <br><br>At the same time, Mitt Romney just demonstrated his total lack of knowledge about both Iran and nuclear proliferation. His barely
coherent comments on Iran's nuclear program at a fundraiser sound more like a pitch for an episode of "24" than an informed reading of geopolitical realities. [2] <br><br><strong>Organizations around the country are mobilizing this week to drown out the war drums with a clear message to Congress: "No war on Iran!" <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://capwiz.com/peaceactionwest/utr/1/APUGSCZBGD/AADBSCZECQ/8722348086"><span style="color:#003366;">Take action now.</span> </a></strong><br><br>The bomb first, ask questions later crowd is not shy about putting the heat on Congress. We already know from Iraq that politicians can be backed into supporting war if the pressure is strong enough.<br><br><strong>We need to get out ahead of the calls for military action and tell Congress we won't stand for another
costly, devastating war. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://capwiz.com/peaceactionwest/utr/1/APUGSCZBGD/ABLFSCZECR/8722348086"><span style="color:#003366;">Take action
today.</span></a></strong><br><br>Thanks for helping us stop the next war.<br><br>
<div>Rebecca Griffin, <span style="font-size:11pt;">Political Director, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;">Peace Action West</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;">[1] http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/09/16/855731/abc-news-reporter-makes-specious-claim-that-iran-is-capable-of-producing-nuclear-weapons-in-four-weeks/<br><br>[2] http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/09/romney-secret-video-israeli-palestinian-middle-east-peace<strong><br><br></strong></span><br>
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