[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [ronpaul-305] Fw: URGENT: Libya Vote TOMORROW

Tue May 31 19:40:07 CDT 2011

We have an alert on this, the email will go out probably tomorrow morning
when Congressional offices open.

*http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/hconres51<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.justforeignpolicy.org%2Fact%2Fhconres51>
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On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 7:33 PM, "E. Wayne Johnson ???" <ewj at pigs.ag> wrote:

>  Vote on Kucinich resolution.
>
> "Pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(c)),
> Congress directs the President to remove the United States Armed Forces from
> Libya by not later than the date that is 15 days after the date of the
> adoption of this concurrent resolution."  H.CON.RES.51.IH<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.CON.RES.51:>
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: [ronpaul-305] Fw: URGENT:
> Libya Vote TOMORROW  Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 17:47:42 -0400  From: Barry
> Holley <blh9783 at yahoo.com> <blh9783 at yahoo.com>  Reply-To:
> ronpaul-305 at meetup.com  To: ronpaul-305 at meetup.com
>
>  Urgent call to stop President Obama's rougue WAR of AGGRESSION he
> all-by-himself perpetrated on Libya.
> Sometimes there are highly targeted actions we can take that use only a
> minute of our time.  This one is very important.  Vote YES on H.Con. Res.
> 51 which is tomorrow June 1, 2011. THIS PUTS THEM ALL ON RECORD.    blood
> and treasure lost because of ONE man, acting by himself.
>
> Tim Johnson: House of Representatives
> Phone: 202-225-2371
> webform:
> http://www.congress.org/congressorg/webreturn/?url=http://timjohnson.house.gov
>
> Senator Richard Durbin
> phone: (202) 224-2152; fax: (202) 228-0400
> Web form for generic contact:
> http://durbin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact
>
> Senator Mark Kirk
> (202) 224-2854
> Web form for generic contac:
> http://kirk.senate.gov/?p=comment_on_legislation
>
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> *Sent:* Tue, May 31, 2011 2:30:53 PM
> *Subject:* URGENT: Libya Vote TOMORROW
>
>  *QUOTE OF THE DAY:* "Pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers
> Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1544(c)), Congress directs the President to remove the
> United States Armed Forces from Libya by not later than the date that is 15
> days after the date of the adoption of this concurrent resolution."
> H.CON.RES.51.IH <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.CON.RES.51:>
>
> Rep. Dennis Kucinich has introduced H.Con.Res.51, a resolution ordering
> President Obama to withdraw armed forces from the war on Libya. This
> resolution is scheduled for a House vote TOMORROW, Wednesday June 1.
>
> There is bipartisan skepticism toward U.S. intervention in Libya's civil
> war. *MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from
> "secure.downsizedc.org" claiming to be* We strongly encourage you to tell
> your Representative and Senators to support this resolution using
> DownsizeDC.org's "Stay out of Libya" campaign.
> <https://secure.downsizedc.org/etp/campaigns/143>
>
> The hard-wired message states, "Please end the President's intervention in
> Libya's civil war."
>
> To this I added these personal comments, which you may borrow from or copy
> . . .
>
> I support Rep. Kucinich's H.Con.Res.51, a resolution that directs the
> President to remove our military from Libya.
>
> The President violated the Constitution and launched this war with no form
> of Congressional authorization whatsoever.
>
> Even AFTER launching the war, the President has never explained how this
> war impacts U.S. security interests. Perhaps even the President realizes it
> is AGAINST our interests because . . .
>
>  1) We can't afford this war
>  2) It exposes Americans to terrorist retaliation
>
> The President also changed the stated reason for the war, from protecting
> civilians to regime change. Bad as Gadhafi is, we have no idea whether a
> replacement regime will be any better. Moreover, the U.S. is trapped into a
> policy that will achieve neither victory, nor an end to the war . . .
>
>  * It is difficult to impossible to defeat a country by air power alone,
> and yet . . .
>  * The House already voted 416-5 to prohibit the introduction of ground
> troops, meaning . . .
>  * The only strategy is more bombing, which will likely result in more
> civilian deaths -- the very thing the President originally claimed he wanted
> to prevent
>
> BUT HERE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART . . .
>
> The 60-day deadline imposed by the War Powers Act came and went on May 20.
> This war is no longer legal!
>
> Yet Congress has failed to act, one way or another. The House has ignored a
> request by the Obama Administration to endorse this intervention; it's as if
> Congress wants to remain silent and let this war go away. (
> http://thehill.com/homenews/house/163379-house-lawmakers-ignore-presidents-request-on-libya
> )
>
> Congress can no longer sit on the fence. You must tell the President to end
> this war. When you do so, it will send a powerful message to your
> constituents, and to the world, that you . . .
>
>  * Support the rule of law
>  * Oppose intervention in countries where U.S. security interests are not
> at stake
>
> But if you refuse to direct the President to withdraw the military from
> Libya, YOU are breaking the law -- a law passed with a supermajority, over
> President Richard Nixon's veto. The War Powers Act will be a dead article,
> and you will have killed it, without the benefit of a proper, legal
> process.
>
> The U.S. will be STRONGER and MORE SECURE when we stop meddling in the
> internal affairs of other countries. That's why I hope you'll do the right
> thing, and support H.Con.Res.51
>
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