[Peace-discuss] Kyl-Lieberman Iran Amendment

[Morton K. Brussel]

I called Durbin's office to express my "disappointment" , saying his  
vote was a vote for war with Iran. I was told that originally Durbin  
was against the Lieberman amendment, but after they took out its most  
warlike words, he decided to vote for it.  Yes, it's remains disgusting.

--mkb


On Sep 26, 2007, at 2:57 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

>
> Here's how our "anti-war" senators did:
>
> Durbin voted FOR the amendment;  Obama skipped the vote (and McCain  
> was the only other senator who did.)
>
> Hypocrites.
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	Update on Kyl-Lieberman Iran Amendment
> Date: 	Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:23:51 -0400 (EDT)
> From: 	Just Foreign Policy <patrick at justforeignpolicy.org>
> Reply-To: 	patrick at justforeignpolicy.org
> To: 	cge at shout.net
>
>
> Dear Supporter of a Just Foreign Policy in Iran,
>
> We have bad news, some good news and a follow-up to your action  
> against
> the Kyl-Lieberman amendment on Iran.
>
> First, the bad news: the Kyl-Lieberman amendment was approved earlier
> today by the Senate. If passed into law, the amendment would designate
> Iran's army as a "terrorist group," a very aggressive measure that  
> could
> push us closer to military conflict with Iran.
>
> (You can see how your Senators voted here
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp? 
> key=424361851&url_num=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.senate.gov% 
> 2Flegislative%2FLIS%2Froll_call_lists%2Froll_call_vote_cfm.cfm% 
> 3Fcongress%3D110%26amp%3Bsession%3D1%26amp%3Bvote%3D00349>.)
>
>
> The good news is that we won some important victories. The sponsors of
> the amendment were compelled to weaken it substantially, deleting
> language that would have endorsed the use of military force to  
> confront
> Iran. Plus, many Senators who voted to escalate conflict against  
> Iran in
> the past voted with us today.
>
> Senator Jim Webb of Virginia took forcefully to the floor of the  
> Senate
> to speak eloquently against this amendment, pointing out that no  
> foreign
> army has ever before been designated a terrorist organization and that
> this could pave the way to war.
>
> If you have a moment, please look up how your Senators voted on this
> amendment here
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp? 
> key=424361851&url_num=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.senate.gov% 
> 2Flegislative%2FLIS%2Froll_call_lists%2Froll_call_vote_cfm.cfm% 
> 3Fcongress%3D110%26amp%3Bsession%3D1%26amp%3Bvote%3D00349>.
>
> Then, call them either to thank them for voting "No," or express your
> disappointment that they voted "Aye." The Congressional switchboard is
> 202-224-3121.
>
> It is disappointing to lose votes like this, but we are making  
> progress.
> Our actions have made a difference.
>
> Thank you for all you do for a just foreign policy,
>
> Robert Naiman, Patrick McElwee, and Chelsea Mozen
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> <http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp? 
> key=424361851&url_num=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.justforeignpolicy.org%2F>
>
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