Today, from our web site, you can send a fax -- with just one click -- to Clinton and Obama demanding they use their roles as Senators to block funding requests to end the war NOW, something both claim should happen immediately on their presidential campaign sites.
Clinton: "Our message to the president is clear. It is time to begin ending this war -- not next year, not next month -- but today."
Obama: "We don't have to wait until George Bush is gone from office - we can begin to end this war today, right now."
Send a fax:
http://www.peaceandjustice.it/filibuster/(includes sample letters that you can personalize)
STOP FUNDING THE WAR!
Please forward widely.
See also:
Iraq Fax-in -
http://iraqfaxin.com/Filibuster for Peace -
http://filibusterforpeace.org/Sample letters (identical except for quotes from their respective web sites):
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Clinton,
Today, March 19, 2008, tragically marks the beginning of the 6th year of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. While perusing your presidential campaign web site on the issue of Iraq, I was encouraged by the inclusion of the following statement:
"Our message to the president is clear. It is time to begin ending this war -- not next year, not next month -- but today."
I couldn't agree more.
Every day we wait, the already staggering death toll among Iraqi civilians continues to rise. According to the prestigious British polling agency, Opinion Research Business, over 1 million Iraqis have been killed violently since March 2003. And the US military death toll in Iraq is rapidly approaching 4,000.
Every day we wait, the alarming humanitarian crisis in Iraq -- a direct result of the occupation -- will only worsen. UN figures show that over 2 million Iraqis are internally displaced and another 2 million have fled their country.
Every day we wait, money that could otherwise be spent rebuilding the country we have destroyed, as well as caring for our veterans, is instead poured into the efforts of a blatantly failed policy. Current US spending levels are estimated at $400 million per day, while Iraqis continue to live without basic services such as clean water and electricity, suffering the consequences of a 60-70% unemployment rate and a general lack of security.
I am calling on you to use your role as US Senator to lead a filibuster to end this war, as you say, "not next year, not next month -- but today." With just 41 votes in the Senate, a filibuster could prevent funding requests from the Bush administration needed to continue the occupation from ever coming to a vote. Only those bills that limit funds to bringing all U.S. forces home quickly and safely should ever see the light of the Senate.
Your Republican colleagues across the aisle have successfully used this tactic to avoid voting on amendments calling for timetables on withdrawal as well as non-binding resolutions condemning the so-called "surge." Why not use it now to cut off funding for the war? Without a veto-proof majority of 2/3 in the Senate, the filibuster remains the best chance to end this war.
I urge you to please lead a filibuster effort to stop this war, to help end the ongoing, tragic loss of life and bring our troops home.
Sincerely,
The Honorable Barack Obama
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Obama,
Today, March 19, 2008, tragically marks the beginning of the 6th year of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. While perusing your presidential campaign web site on the issue of Iraq, I was encouraged by the inclusion of the following statement:
"We don't have to wait until George Bush is gone from office - we can begin to end this war today, right now."
I couldn't agree more.
Every day we wait, the already staggering death toll among Iraqi civilians continues to rise. According to the prestigious British polling agency, Opinion Research Business, over 1 million Iraqis have been killed violently since March 2003. And the US military death toll in Iraq is rapidly approaching 4,000.
Every day we wait, the alarming humanitarian crisis in Iraq -- a direct result of the occupation -- will only worsen. UN figures show that over 2 million Iraqis are internally displaced and another 2 million have fled their country.
Every day we wait, money that could otherwise be spent rebuilding the country we have destroyed, as well as caring for our veterans, is instead poured into the efforts of a blatantly failed policy. Current US spending levels are estimated at $400 million per day, while Iraqis continue to live without basic services such as clean water and electricity, suffering the consequences of a 60-70% unemployment rate and a general lack of security.
I am calling on you to use your role as US Senator to lead a filibuster to end this war, as you say, "today, right now." With just 41 votes in the Senate, a filibuster could prevent funding requests from the Bush administration needed to continue the occupation from ever coming to a vote. Only those bills that limit funds to bringing all U.S. forces home quickly and safely should ever see the light of the Senate.
Your Republican colleagues across the aisle have successfully used this tactic to avoid voting on amendments calling for timetables on withdrawal as well as non-binding resolutions condemning the so-called "surge." Why not use it now to cut off funding for the war? Without a veto-proof majority of 2/3 in the Senate, the filibuster remains the best chance to end this war.
I urge you to please lead a filibuster effort to stop this war, to help end the ongoing, tragic loss of life and bring our troops home.
Sincerely,
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