First, here is what I wrote to my Congresspeople, Senators and House
Representative. I used the (totally
personal but also efficient) action link that the FCNL
provides, to send an email. I think I am going to go back and send
this same thing as a personal paper letter, which is another
service the FCNL provides free to any and all. Feel free to steal
my words if you like. There are also three quite different texts
provided at the
link. You can mix and match or write your own as I ended up
doing.
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Please repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force and say NAY to the new bill that would authorize military force force against the Islamic State.
Everyone who is not making money one way or another from military action says military action in this situation can ONLY make things worse. I believe them.
Thank you for your efforts. I hope and pray that you have the power to look at the situation with clear eyes, ignoring any and all military-related campaign contributors in this case.
Here is a great article that outlines
some of the discussion from different sides in the Federal
administration and Congress about this bill the President offered
a couple of days ago now, the bill about military action against
the Islamic State in the Middle East and wherever they might go to
escape if the American military forces could force them into
wanting to move to somewhere else that is not adjacent, something
that does not seem to be the Wahhabis' point so far. From the
point of view of experts from outside the military business, there
are other things besides using military force that Americans might
try, the big problem being that any American will be viewed with
intense suspicion and seen by many as part of the problem in that
part of the world, because of the many many years of evil for
which American money--tax dollars and otherwise--and other
American power have been responsible up to and including the
present. I would say that that statement is not clearly made in
this article. McClatchy has a great reputation for being
more honest and more discerning than most newspaper conglomerates,
but McClatchy is still a huge conglomerate selling its
individual city major newspapers in parts of the country where too
many people and/or some especially powerful people tend to be
terrified authoritarian
personality (Wikipedia link) types.
"Congress torn over Obama war power request," By Lesley Clark and William Douglas, McClatchy Washington Bureau, February 11, 2015
Larry
On 2/12/2015 4:57 PM, Larry Scott wrote:
[for text see LINK sent 2/12/15 ACTION PLEASE, call/write Congressperson, please don't be worn out yet: President sent new war resolution to Congress NO NO NO]"Congress torn over Obama war power request," By Lesley Clark and William Douglas, McClatchy Washington Bureau, February 11, 2015
Larry
On 2/12/2015 4:57 PM, Larry Scott wrote:
