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August 11, 2007
In these slow days of summer, PDA is gearing up for a fall peace offensive. And we need every PDA activist or ally to spread the word that now is the time to contact House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of Congress to end the Iraq occupation. Seventy members of Congress have already signed an open letter to President Bush stating they “will only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during Fiscal Year 2008 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of all our troops out of Iraq.”
The Pledge for Peace campaign has to begin now because in September, Congress will be debating FY 2008 funding for military operations in Iraq. That is what prompted the 70 members of Congress to put Bush on public notice with their letter. We must grow that number from 70 to 100 to150! The popularity of Democrats in Congress is dwindling as they allow the Iraq occupation to continue. Let’s rally around those Congress members who are standing firm in using their power of the purse to carry out the voters will of disengagement from Iraq. Are you in or out? Take the “Peace Pledge” now:
August 11, 2007
In these slow days of summer, PDA is gearing up for a fall peace offensive. And we need every PDA activist or ally to spread the word that now is the time to contact House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of Congress to end the Iraq occupation. Seventy members of Congress have already signed an open letter to President Bush stating they “will only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during Fiscal Year 2008 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of all our troops out of Iraq.”
The Pledge for Peace campaign has to begin now because in September, Congress will be debating FY 2008 funding for military operations in Iraq. That is what prompted the 70 members of Congress to put Bush on public notice with their letter. We must grow that number from 70 to 100 to150! The popularity of Democrats in Congress is dwindling as they allow the Iraq occupation to continue. Let’s rally around those Congress members who are standing firm in using their power of the purse to carry out the voters will of disengagement from Iraq. Are you in or out? Take the “Peace Pledge” now:
Count me in!
1. Sign the Petition
2. Email Speaker Pelosi and my member of Congress and request they pledge to “only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during Fiscal Year 2008 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of all our troops out of Iraq.” If your representative already signed the letter, please email Speaker Pelosi.
3. Contact my member of Congress while he/she is home in my district for the summer recess. (Find your representative’s offices here.)
I’ll do more:
4. Join PDA's End the War, Redirect Funding Issue Organizing team. This campaign is due in part to the work of this issue organizing team, and PDA VA chapters. Contact Diane Shamis for more information.
5. Host a screening of Norman Solomon's "War Made Easy " DVD.
6. Download and distribute “Pledge for Peace” petition flyers--one-sided flyer or two-sided flyer.
7. Become a sustaining member of PDA and ensure our work to end the occupation of Iraq keeps moving forward.
Ultimately, PDA stands committed to the comprehensive Iraq withdrawal plan outlined in H.R. 508 by Lynn Woolsey with Barbara Lee & Maxine Waters, supported by 50 Congress members. The final plan will likely not be called 508 but should include withdrawal of all U.S. troops and military contractors, an international stabilization force, major economic and humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, full healthcare for U.S. veterans, no permanent U.S. bases or control over Iraqi oil.
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