[Peace-discuss] Fw: Urge Congress to Vote Now Against Afghanistan Troop Increase

[Jenifer Cartwright]

--- On Wed, 12/2/09, Just Foreign Policy <info at justforeignpolicy.org> wrote:


From: Just Foreign Policy <info at justforeignpolicy.org>
Subject: Urge Congress to Vote Now Against Afghanistan Troop Increase
To: jencart13 at yahoo.com
Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 4:10 PM




 



Urge your reps to support a debate and vote on President Obama's troop escalation proposal NOW
Dear Jenifer,

Last night, President Obama announced plans to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, escalating the military conflict, instead of working to end it. Details of an exit strategy were restricted to a date for troop removal to begin, and a diplomatic strategy for reconciliation between Afghanistan's warring factions was barely mentioned. 

But Congress can still reject or limit the troop increase. To do this, however, Congress would have to move up the debate and vote on the emergency war funding that the Pentagon is preparing, which typically would not be considered until sometime in the spring after many of the additional troops have been sent to Afghanistan. If Congress waits to debate the issue, it will have little power over the deployment of additional troops. 

Urge your Representative and Senators to support a debate and vote now on the President's plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, using the following link: 

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/warfunding 

Anti-war Representatives are pressing for an early vote on funding for more troops so President Obama's policy can be judged by Congress before thousands of additional troops are sent into combat, the Politico reports [1]. "Let us have this debate before he moves forward," Rep. Jim McGovern said. "I'd like it to be before we escalate one single American troop over there." 

For most of the Iraq war, Congress typically waited until late May or June to approve emergency war funding. The last war supplemental was approved in mid-June. If Congress waits until May or June to consider President Obama's plans, most of the troops may already be in place, making it much harder for Congress to oppose or limit their deployment. If Congress acts now, it can stop or limit funding for the President's troop increase by a simple majority vote. 

Please join us in urging Congress to act now to oppose this military escalation. 

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/warfunding 

Thank you for all you do to help bring about a just foreign policy. 

Sarah Burns, Chelsea Mozen, Megan Iorio and Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy 

 

References: 

1) "Anti-war lawmakers want a vote," David Rogers, Politico, 12/1/09
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30087.html









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