[Peace-discuss] turning our new Rep. in Congress to peace?

["E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"]

You could remind the new guy how much money is wasted by the war, how it 
drains the economy,and
what a distraction it is from real productivity.  Closer, you could talk 
about how much war
expenditures add to the tax burden of Illinois business people who are 
already taxed plumb to death,
and how the tax burden drives businesses and jobs out of Illinois.

You could refer him to paleocons like William S Lind who is a military 
scholar vehemently are opposed to the war
and Chalmers Johnson who warned about blowback and economic peril due to 
the endless war programme.

Every penny from Illinois that is going to the war effort is a penny 
that could
be put to better use at home in Illinois.

You could also remind him that the Democrat party,
not the GOP, is the War Party.


On 12/06/12 1:02, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:
> 'New Guy' - FNG was Vietnam-era patois, as I recall...
>
> He seems a creature of the corporate/business wing of the Republicans, not the Paulite.
>
> But he surely should be reminded of his predecessors' enlightenment - and urged to follow his path.
>
> Perhaps we could put together a C-U delegation and ask for a conversation with him on the issue.
>
> --CGE
>
> On Dec 5, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Robert Naiman<naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>  wrote:
>
>    
>> Has anyone yet had any meaningful conversations with our new Rep. in
>> Congress or any of his people about peace issues?
>>
>> I figure, we turned Tim, we can turn New Guy.
>>
>> Maybe we can't turn him as hard - when Tim turned, he went all the way
>> - but maybe we can get him to support some modest things to help end
>> the wars.
>>
>> -- 
>> Robert Naiman
>> Policy Director
>> Just Foreign Policy
>> www.justforeignpolicy.org
>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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