Peace Action

Stop the 'Surge' - No more troops to Iraq!

Below is a quick email that you can send to your members of Congress opposing President Bush's plan to escalate the war in Iraq.

If you can, take a moment to edit it and add your own words and thoughts, particularly in the subject line and the first sentence or two -- individualized messages have an even greater impact with members of Congress.

And once you send this, please pass the email on to your friends and colleagues. We need to generate tens of thousands of emails to let Congress know we mean business!

November 20, 2009

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I am writing to express my outrage and distress that after four years of a failed war and military occupation in Iraq, President Bush is trying to send even more U.S. troops there. I urge you in the strongest possible terms to do everything you can to stop this escalation. As a supporter of Peace Action, and a deeply concerned citizen, I want you to know that a non-binding resolution is not enough - since Mr. Bush clearly doesn't care about either the facts on the ground or the wishes of the American public, who strongly oppose such an escalation, you must take responsibility to proactively stop this escalation. More U.S. troops have not stopped the violence in Iraq before, and will not now. In fact, they will only provide more targets, and instigate more resistance. The only answer is to pull U.S. troops out, in a phased, responsible manner, and engage all parties and all of Iraq's neighbors in a process to stabilize the country and end the violence. But above all, no more U.S. troops should be sent to Iraq. I urge you to do everything in your power to stop this. Please let me know what you plan to do about this most crucial of issues.
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