[Peace] Chicago Area Peace Action letter to Duckworth - no war with Iran

[Robert Naiman]

The squeaky wheel gets the grease.

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Request to Sign: Letter to the Illinois Congressional Delegation Urging
they Support S.1039/H.R.2354 to Prevent War with Iran
Hello,

Chicago Area Peace Action is seeking organizational co-signers on this
letter to the Illinois Congressional Delegation urging they support
S1039/HR2354 - The Prevention of Unconstitutional War with Iran Act.

Support for this legislation by our Illinois delegation could not come at a
more urgent time. National Security Advisor John Bolton and Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo are endorsing war plans to send 120,000 troops and 120
war ships to the Middle East to ratchet up tensions and provoke a war with
Iran. This has been there plan from the beginning. We can't let that
happen. Members of Congress must preemptively assert their constitutional
war authority and support these bill to send a clear signal to the Trump
Administration that war against Iran will not be allowed. The American
people do not want another war in the Middle East.

Thank you for your consideration of this urgent matter. Sign the form below
and pass it on to other groups in Illinois that might be interested in
joining. Feel free to email me if you have questions or comments.

Thank you,

Rabia Farishta
Chicago Area Peace Action Fellow
rabiafarishta at gmail.com

Dear Members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation,

We write to request your support for S.1039/H.R.2354, the Prevention of
Unconstitutional War with Iran Act of 2019, introduced by Senator Udall and
Representative Eshoo. These resolutions would prevent funding from being
appropriated in the event of an unauthorized U.S. military intervention in
Iran.

Congressional opposition to U.S. military intervention in Iran could not
come at a more urgent time. The Trump administration has moved the U.S.
into a war posture with Iran through increased hostile rhetoric, crippling
economic sanctions, and by using the routine deployment of a battleship in
the region to threaten “unrelenting force”. Recently, National Security
Advisor John Bolton was reported to be overseeing the revision of war plans
to send upwards of 120,000 troops and 120 additional warships to the Middle
East with the intention of provoking war with Iran.

Congress must not be idle witnesses in a repetition of the playbook for the
2003 invasion of Iraq. The Trump Administration must be reminded that it is
constrained by a lack of Congressional authorization for war, and the fact
that the 2001 AUMF can’t be twisted  to give a green light for launching
military action against Iran.

As tensions continue to rise, it is vital that Congress preemptively assert
its constitutional war authority and stop the Administration from launching
a disastrous war against Iran. We urge you to cosponsor S.1039 and H.R.2354
before it’s too late.

Sincerely,

Chicago Area Peace Action

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Robert Reuel Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898 x1
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