[Peace-discuss] AfPak: Congress Clears Its Throat

[C. G. Estabrook]

Sorry.  My spellchecker hates me: I meant "timelines."  --CGE


C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 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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