[Peace] Rodney Davis: join Justin Amash, Walter Jones to challenge US role in Saudi Yemen war

[Robert Naiman]

*Now* let's go after Rodney Davis on this. If Justin Amash and Walter Jones
can do it, Rodney Davis can do it.

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From: Just Foreign Policy <info at justforeignpolicy.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 3:39 PM
Subject: Help Reps. Pocan, Amash Challenge U.S. Role in Saudis' Yemen War
To: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org


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Dear Robert,

Urge your Rep. to sign the Pocan-Amash-Lieu-Jones letter.

Take Action
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U.S. support for Saudi Arabia's war and blockade in Yemen has brought Yemen
to the brink of famine, with hundreds of thousands of Yemeni children
facing starvation. [1] Instead of ending the carnage, some in the Trump
Administration want to get the U.S. directly involved in Saudi Arabia's
war. [2] *But this war has never been authorized by Congress.* The Houthi
Shia targets of the Saudi war aren't "associated forces" of Al Qaeda. *On
the contrary*: Al Qaeda has fought alongside Saudi Arabia against the
Houthis, and Saudi Arabia's war against the Houthis has strengthened Al
Qaeda. [3] Since Congress has never authorized this war, *direct U.S.
participation would violate the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution*.


Now Reps. Mark Pocan [D-WI], Justin Amash [R-MI], Ted Lieu [D-CA], and
Walter Jones [R-NC] are leading a bipartisan letter challenging the
Administration to show its legal justification for direct participation in
the Saudi war against the Houthis without Congressional authorization.
Building support for this letter is a step towards invoking the War Powers
Resolution to compel the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the conflict.

*Urge your Representative to sign the Pocan-Amash-Lieu-Jones letter by
signing our petition on MoveOn
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Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,

Robert Naiman, Avram Reisman, and Sarah Burns
Just Foreign Policy

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References:
1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/hundreds-
of-thousands-of-yemeni-children-are-nearing-starvatio
n/2017/02/23/f01ead8a-f850-11e6-aa1e-5f735ee31334_story.html
2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump
-administration-weighs-deeper-involvement-in-yemen-war/2017/
03/26/b81eecd8-0e49-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html
3. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/25/the-u-s-bac
ked-war-in-yemen-is-strengthening-al-qaeda.html

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