[Peace-discuss] AfPak: Congress Clears Its Throat

[C. G. Estabrook]

Options 2 & 3 look like simply giving cover to representatives to vote funding 
for the war -- as "timeliness" did in the last administration.

You point out that the McGovern amendment is in fact Obama's position.


Robert Naiman wrote:
> If people want to call to say no to the money, I support them in doing that.
> 
> If people want to ask Congress to support the McGovern Amendment, I
> support that too.
> 
> If people want to say that the money should go for diplomacy and
> development, not for war, I support that too.
> 
> To me the most important thing at this stage is that people call...
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:00 PM, C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu> wrote:
>> Would you agree that the message should be, "Vote 'No' on the
>> Administration's request for 'supplemental' money for the wars in
>> Afghanistan and Pakistan"?
>>
>> --CGE
>>
>>
>> Robert Naiman wrote:
>>> This week Congress continues its formal consideration of the
>>> Administration's request for "supplemental" money for the wars in
>>> Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a decision expected Wednesday by the
>>> Rules Committee on what amendments will be allowed. Regardless of the
>>> outcome on the actual money - it's widely expected that the money will
>>> eventually go though - this is a key window for Congressional action.
>>> ...
>>> Likewise, there's never a bad time to call or write your Member of
>>> Congress expressing concern about U.S. policy in Afghanistan and
>>> Pakistan, but this week is a particularly good time to make contact,
>>> whether it's to oppose the money or lobby for conditions. And Tuesday,
>>> May 12 would be a particularly good day to call, because many advocacy
>>> groups - including the Friends Committee on National Legislation,
>>> Peace Action, United for Peace and Justice, and Just Foreign Policy -
>>> are calling on Americans to contact Congress on Tuesday in opposition
>>> to expansion of the war and in support of alternatives to military
>>> escalation.
>>> ...
>>>
>>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/afpak-congress-clears-its_b_201634.html
>>>
>>> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/11/133057/102
>>>
>>> http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/42511
>>>
>>> --
>>> Robert Naiman
>>> Just Foreign Policy
>>> www.justforeignpolicy.org
>>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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