<a href="http://fcnl.org/issues/iran/ask_your_senator_to_speak_out_against_rush_to_war/index.html">http://fcnl.org/issues/iran/ask_your_senator_to_speak_out_against_rush_to_war/index.html</a><br><br><h1 class="pagetitle" style="padding:10px 20px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:url(http://fcnl.org/images/bg_pagetitle.png);background-color:rgb(117,167,210);font-size:30px;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Palatino,'Palatino Linotype','Palatino LT STD','Book Antiqua',Georgia,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;background-repeat:repeat no-repeat">
Ask Your Senator to Speak Out Against Rush to War</h1><p class="date" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px">
Sep 18, 2012</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px">
Call your Senator TODAY and ask that he or she speak out on the Senate floor against the rush to war, and in support of a recent report from national security experts on the tremendous costs of a war with Iran.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px">
A <a href="http://fcnl.org/issues/iran/Weighing_Benefits_and_Costs_of_Mil_Action_Against_Iran.pdf" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,117,114)">recent report</a> signed by nearly three dozen former U.S. military officials and national security experts warns that the costs of a military strike on Iran at this time would be more numerous than any potential benefits, echoing the assessment of <a href="http://fcnl.org/issues/iran/us_israeli_security_officials_warn_against_war_with_iran/index.html" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,117,114)">many current U.S. and Israeli officials</a> as well.</p>
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Please call your senators TODAY using FCNL's special toll free number, 1-855-68-NO WAR (1-855-686-6927) and urge them to make a speech on the floor of the Senate in support of this report's findings on the tremendous costs of war with Iran.</p>
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When you call 1-855-68-NO WAR, you will be connected to the congressional switchboard, and must ask for your senators by name.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px">
If you don't know your senators' names, click here for <a href="http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/officials" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,117,114)">FCNL's Congressional Directory</a>. Put in your zip code to get your senators' names.</p>
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Here are talking points you can use:</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:15px">
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<li style="margin:1em 0px 1em 2em;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial">My name is _______ and I'm calling from ____________.</li></ul>
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I'm asking that Senator _______ make a speech on the floor of the Senate in support of a recent report by the Iran Project, which was signed by nearly three dozen former U.S. military officials and national security experts warning that the costs of a military strike on Iran would be far more numerous than any potential benefits. As many U.S. and Israeli security officials have pointed out, diplomacy is the best way to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran and a devastating war.</li>
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After you call, please let us know what reaction you received, and you can add it to the <a href="http://fcnl.org/issues/iran/iran_action_map/" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,117,114)">FCNL Diplomacy Not War with Iran Campaign Google map</a>, or you can email Kathy Zager at <a href="mailto:kathy@fcnl.org">kathy@fcnl.org</a>, and she will add it for you.</p>
<br>-- <br>Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br>
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