Dear Friends,
At this critical time in our history it's so important to pull out all the stops and convince our elected officials that We The People will not tolerate another Mideast disaster. As former Green-Rainbow candidate for President said at last Saturday's rally on the Boston Common, we can win this one. So let's work through the international community to bring the purveyors of chemical weapons to justice, provide humanitarian aid to the region, take a strong stand for non-violence, and network like there's no tomorrow.
This letter I'm trying to send to President Obama, Senators Warren and Markey, Representative Capuano, and anyone else I can think of.
At this critical time in our history it's so important to pull out all the stops and convince our elected officials that We The People will not tolerate another Mideast disaster. As former Green-Rainbow candidate for President said at last Saturday's rally on the Boston Common, we can win this one. So let's work through the international community to bring the purveyors of chemical weapons to justice, provide humanitarian aid to the region, take a strong stand for non-violence, and network like there's no tomorrow.
This letter I'm trying to send to President Obama, Senators Warren and Markey, Representative Capuano, and anyone else I can think of.
All the best, in Love, Peace and Solidarity,
Sylvia
Dear President Obama,
I am deeply
concerned about the prospect of a US military strike in Syria. What about Article I Section 8 of the
Constitution that explicitly gives Congress the authority to declare war? Since a majority of the American people oppose
military intervention there - and by the way put you into office – shouldn’t
you pay attention to their wishes?
It is so
ironic that right at the time of commemorating the famous 1973 March on
Washington you are on the verge of ignoring its message altogether. Dr. King stood for job equality and saw the
Vietnam War as an assault on humanity.
And as a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, how can you go against its
very premise?
Please
think very carefully before leading our country into yet another misguided Mideast
conflagration.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Sylvia
Gilman
Cambridge,
MA
3 September 2013
Martha and all friends,
ReplyDeleteI have thought hard about the Syria problem and now have a solution.
The solution is to subtract weapons, not to add weapons.
Russia and the US are already cooperating to secure and reduce chemical weapons. Assad needs help in securing the weapons in his country. He says rebels have used them. We can help by working with his Russian military friends to secure and remove the nerve gas munitions -- and destroy them chemically off-site.
This is a win-win for Russia and the US. Then we can work to solve the civil war problem.
It is a good task for a winner of a Nobel Peace Prize.
Best wishes,
Don
(husband of Phyllis Rickter)
I am delighted to see further discussion.
ReplyDeleteMy belief is that we can do more to enforce the prohibition of chemical warfare
by talking with people and mobilizing the nations of the earth than by sending
missiles into Syria.
Don