[Peace-discuss] Peace Action West: An end in sight for the war in Afghanistan?

Tue Apr 27 11:43:00 CDT 2010

Our Rep., Tim Johnson, is an original co-sponsor of the McGovern bill. But
our Democratic Senators, Durbin and Burris, have not yet agreed to
co-sponsor the companion Feingold bill. You can use this link to take
action.

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From: Jon Rainwater, Peace Action West <alerts at peaceactionwest.org>
Date: Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: An end in sight for the war in Afghanistan?
To: Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>

       Dear Robert,
I want to make sure you see this important action to end the war in
Afghanistan. Last week in a conference call with activists, *Rep. Jim
McGovern said he needs our help to get at least 100 cosponsors on his bill
in the next few weeks.* With that groundswell of support, he can push to
have a vote to require a timeline for withdrawal from Afghanistan.

*Can you help us reach that goal?* We are up to 32 cosponsors, with eleven
joining in just the last week.  We have already generated thousands of
messages, and your voice now can get us closer to ending the war. Please
take action today.

Sincerely,

Jon Rainwater
Executive Director
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   Tell your representative and senators to raise their voices in support of
ending the war in Afghanistan. Click here to urge them to cosponsor the
McGovern/Feingold
bill.<http://capwiz.com/peaceactionwest/utr/1/OIYYMLDEBF/KZUMMLFYZF/5103496216>

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Dear Robert,

A new bill just hit Congress that demands a clear, unequivocal end of the
war in Afghanistan. With your help we've been laying the groundwork for
legislation like this. *We can’t stop now. *

Please click here to ask your representative and senators to cosponsor the
new McGovern/Feingold bill calling for a timeline for withdrawal from
Afghanistan.
<http://capwiz.com/peaceactionwest/utr/1/OIYYMLDEBF/NTYBMLFYZH/5103496216>

Last week, people around the country flooded Congress with phone calls for a
better approach in Afghanistan. Thank you to everyone who made a call last
week, for helping set the stage for this major push for legislation that
allows us to hold Congress accountable to ending this tragic war.

The evidence that the war in Afghanistan is a catastrophe just keeps piling
up. Despite General McChrystal’s efforts to reduce civilian deaths, we just
learned that so far this year the number of civilians killed by NATO has
more than doubled. [1] This includes a botched raid where special operations
forces killed 5 innocent civilians, including two pregnant mothers, and then
tried to cover it up. Just last week, troops fired into a bus full of
civilians, killing as many as five people and causing a firestorm of
protest. [2] The Obama administration wants to add another $33 billion to
escalate this war and put more Americans in harm’s way. *How is more of this
destruction going to be better? We need a new way. Click here to urge your
representatives and senators to support a clear end date for this
war.<http://capwiz.com/peaceactionwest/utr/1/OIYYMLDEBF/BLWPMLFYZI/5103496216>
*

This new bill, introduced by Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), Rep. Walter Jones
(R-NC) and Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), would require the president to present
Congress with an exit strategy by the beginning of next year, and report to
Congress every 90 days on implementing the strategy.

Everyone, we need your help to get a strong showing to end the war. The word
about this effort is getting out in the news. We need to make sure the final
story is that opposition to the war in Congress is only getting
stronger. Please
take action today.<http://capwiz.com/peaceactionwest/utr/1/OIYYMLDEBF/NZGOMLFYZJ/5103496216>

Thank you for your tireless efforts for peace.

 Rebecca Griffin
Political Director
Peace Action West

[1] http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-04-15-afghan-shooting_N.htm

[2] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/world/asia/13afghan.html?src=mv**<http://capwiz.com/peaceactionwest/utr/1/OIYYMLDEBF/IVNCMLFYZK/5103496216>

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