[Peace-discuss] just need 6 more to reach 500 Illini telling Durbin: no manpads to Syria

[ewjohnson via Peace-discuss]

"Manpads" seems to remind me of something I
read in the Illini Tumor back in the 70's...

Anyway it doesn't make sense sending those missles out to Syria.


On 07/01/2014 10:27 PM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss wrote:
> Now we are at 494.
>
> http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/durbin-no-syria-manpads
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> From: *Robert Naiman* <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org 
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> Date: Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 12:20 PM
> Subject: 500 in Illinois to Durbin against sending manpads to Syria?
>
>
> So, we have a chance now to limit the destructiveness of U.S. foreign 
> policy in Syria in a concrete way: by banning the transfer of 
> "manpads" - shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles - to insurgents in 
> Syria. These weapons can be used to shoot down civilian aircraft. 
> That's why the Israeli government, among many others, says that 
> transferring MANPADS to Syrian insurgents would be totally insane. 
> Also, it would violate international anti-proliferation agreements 
> that the U.S. not only signed, but initiated. One of the ways to end 
> endless war is through nonviolent prevention of terrorist attacks. 
> Every time there's a successful, spectacular terrorist attack against 
> the West, that is, unfortunately, a powerful argument for more war.
>
> - the House has already passed this prohibition.
> - if Durbin includes this provision in his mark-up this week of the 
> DoD Appropriation, it will almost surely become law.
> - I spoke to Durbin's national security guy on Friday. He said he 
> agreed with the argument for doing this, and would put it in front of 
> Durbin.
>
> So: we think this is winnable.
>
> To help get Durbin to agree to this, we set up a petition at MoveOn, 
> just for people in Illinois.
>
> Right now this petition has 459 signatures.
>
> For a petition on this with just Illinois signatures, I claim that 500 
> signatures is respectable, because that's like a national petition 
> with 12,000 signatures. 12.88 million in Illinois/  313.87 million 
> U.S. = 0.04 = 1/25.
>
> Can you help us get to 500 in Illinois before I nag Durbin's staff again?
>
> http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/durbin-no-syria-manpads
>
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