[Peace-discuss] Let's make this the BIGGEST vote Congress takes in January

Wed Nov 7 16:40:53 UTC 2018

From: Kate Kizer <info at winwithoutwar.org<mailto:info at winwithoutwar.org>>
Subject: [Sign Now] Let's make this the BIGGEST vote Congress takes in January >>
Date: November 7, 2018

Last night, the House flipped. We now have the political power to end the war in Afghanistan.

[Win Without War]

Ron, this. Is. HUGE. Last night, control of the House of Representatives flipped. And today, we woke up in a world where we can end the United States’ longest war.

The day before the election, Mayor Brent Taylor of North Ogden, Utah was killed in his fourth deployment in Afghanistan. [1] After seventeen years, this terrible, failed war is STILL tragically costing lives and throwing trillions of dollars down the drain.

But for the first time in years, we have a clear chance to end the war in Afghanistan.

Some new members of Congress stepping into office this January were preteens when this war started. They’re ready to end this war. You and I are ready to end this war. And we have the political power to do it.

But there’s a million things crowding the new Congress’ agenda. We’ve got to start driving grassroots pressure immediately to make sure ending the war in Afghanistan is a top priority when Congress heads to D.C. in January. That’s where you come in.

Add your name to tell our new Congress: End the war in Afghanistan.<https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/dear-new-congress-end-war-afghanistan?source=em20181107&t=4&akid=2866%2E37829%2E3t1zIf>

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In many places last night, the forces of hate, fear-mongering, and voter suppression carried the day. That pain — especially for our communities most under attack from hateful words and hateful policies — is real.

And even with the shifting balance of power in Congress, we are looking at a tough battle to end the war in Afghanistan.

Already, vultures like disgraced former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince are swooping in to try to profit off of this tragic war. Prince just hired a lobbyist whose entire job will be persuading members of Congress to hand him personal control of the war in Afghanistan. [2]

But the House just flipped, and that changes everything.

Anti-war champion Rep. Jim McGovern has tried to end this war for years, but he was blocked by the GOP-controlled House Rules Committee. But guess what? Now he's in CHARGE of that committee, the very one that decides whether or not Congress gets to finally vote on ending our longest war. And if we speak up right now, we can make sure the rest of our new Congress is on board, too.

What’s more, if we can win on Afghanistan, we can start a progressive foreign policy tsunami. That vote could start Congress on a path to rein in the runaway Trump war machine and take back their authority on warmaking across the board.

But to get there, we need to start pressuring the new Congress now.

Sign now: Congress, don’t listen to Erik Prince. End the United States’ longest war.<https://act.winwithoutwar.org/act/dear-new-congress-end-war-afghanistan?source=em20181107&t=6&akid=2866%2E37829%2E3t1zIf>

Thank you for working for peace,

Kate, Stephen, Cassandra, and the Win Without War team

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[1] Salt Lake Tribune, "North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor killed in Afghanistan in apparent insider attack<https://act.winwithoutwar.org/go/14613?t=9&akid=2866%2E37829%2E3t1zIf>"

[2] Politico, "Erik Prince lobbies up<https://act.winwithoutwar.org/go/14614?t=10&akid=2866%2E37829%2E3t1zIf>"

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