[Peace-discuss] Trump the Peace President?

[Carl G. Estabrook]

I think that it would be worthwhile to organize against the vicious war policy followed by the last administration - which the neocons/'deep state'/Democrats are working desperately to foist upon the new administration. 

(See e.g. "Rep. Keith Ellison, the Personification of the Phony, Pro-War 'Progressive’” <http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/rep-keith-ellison-personification-phony-pro-war-%E2%80%9Cprogressive%E2%80%9D <http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/rep-keith-ellison-personification-phony-pro-war-%E2%80%9Cprogressive%E2%80%9D>>.)

We should demand that President Trump
~ (1) establish a foreign policy based on diplomacy, international law, human rights, and respect for the sovereignty of other nations;
~ (2) end the wars (in the Mideast and elsewhere) and stop the drone attacks (with which Obama killed thousands of people);
~ (3) cut military spending by at least 50% and close the more than 700 foreign military bases (neither Russia nor China has more than twelve); bring US troops (and weapons) home; and withdraw US ‘special forces’ (death squads), whom the Obama administration sent into 70% of the world’s countries; 
~ (4) stop US support of human rights abusers, notably Israel and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and
~ (5) lead on global nuclear disarmament.

—CGE


> On Jan 25, 2017, at 4:19 PM, Debra Schrishuhn via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
> 
> Did I miss something? Or is the silence deafening in the progressive community of C-U?
> 
> In the past 5 days President Trump has started the process to take health insurance away from millions of Americans, restrict immigration from predominantly Muslim countries, restart the destructive DAPL and Keystone XL pipelines, moved to restrict funding for sanctuary cities, put media blackouts on federal agencies, said torture absolutely works and eased the way to fill up Gitmo and restart so-called black site prisons, wants "major investigation" into the " massive voter fraud" by millions of "illegal aliens," reinstated the global gag rule, is preparing to negate the small amount of progress made to slow climate change, and refused again to ever release his tax returns. 
> 
> "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing."--Rt Hon Edmund Burke
> 
> Even our own County Board passed a resolution that would suppress voting in the upcoming municipal election. Get with it, People!
> 
> Thanks and a tip of the hat to Susan Parenti for suggestion about writing to Pres Trump about support for ACA. My letter is in the mail. 
> 
> Deb
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