[Peace-discuss] Intel Committees Agree with Public: No Arms to Syria Rebels

[Robert Naiman]

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*Tell your Representative to support the Gibson-Welch amendment to the
defense appropriations bill that would block U.S. military involvement in
Syria.*
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 Seventy percent of Americans oppose sending U.S. weapons to Syrian rebels,
including 74% of independents, 71% of Republicans and 66% of Democrats. [1]
Key Members of Congress agree: the House and Senate intelligence committees
have blocked an Administration plan to arm the Syrian rebels as a “covert
action.” [2]

*Now, Vermont Democrat Peter Welch and New York Republican Chris Gibson are
introducing an amendment on the House defense appropriations bill that
would block U.S. military involvement in Syria.* Urge your representative
to support the Gibson-Welch amendment.

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Reps. Welch and Gibson have submitted the following amendment for
consideration on the defense appropriations bill in the House: [3]

None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the purpose
of, or in a manner which would have the effect of, supporting, directly or
indirectly, military or paramilitary operations in Syria by any nation,
group, organization, movement, or individual or, for United States military
operations in Syria without the express authorization of Congress.

We don’t need another U.S. war in the Middle East. Whatever influence the
U.S. has in the situation should be used to promote a political settlement
that ends the war, not to add more weapons to kill more people. We don’t
need more U.S. “covert” military actions that aren’t explicitly approved by
Congress after open debate. We don’t need to take sides in a sectarian
civil war.

There’s still time to stop this military escalation. *Urge your
Representative to speak up.*

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Thank you for all you do to help bring about a more just foreign policy,

Robert Naiman, Chelsea Mozen, Sarah Burns and Megan Iorio
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References:

1. “Most Americans oppose arming Syrian rebels, poll shows,” Lindsey
Boerma, CBS News, June 17, 2013,
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57589693/most-americans-oppose-arming-syrian-rebels-poll-shows/<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2F8301-250_162-57589693%2Fmost-americans-oppose-arming-syrian-rebels-poll-shows%2F>
2. “Exclusive: Congress delaying U.S. aid to Syrian rebels – sources, “
Mark Hosenball and Phil Stewart, Reuters, July 8 2013,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/08/us-usa-syria-arms-idUSBRE96713N20130708<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2013%2F07%2F08%2Fus-usa-syria-arms-idUSBRE96713N20130708>
 3. You can view the amendment here:
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