[CitizensTruth] US Congress monkey pile on Iran

[Hal Snyder]

Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the threat posed to  
international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital  
national security interests of the United States by Iran's pursuit of  
nuclear weapons and regional hegemony, and for other purposes.

Click on "show cosponsors" and see 170 members of Congress rattle  
their swords:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hc110-362

There are 20 in the Senate sponsoring matching resolution S. Res. 580.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=sr110-580

Hal

(The message below is from Chicago Area CodePink. If the Thomas query  
expires, use govtrack above.)


> Subject: [CACP-07] Fw: It's a Slippery Slope to War: Ask Your Rep  

> to Oppose H. Con. Res. 362

>

> Dear Friends:

>

> Please take action per this UFPJ action alert -- this bill has  

> sucked in Reps. Schakowsky, Davis, Jackson, Emanuel and Lipinski  

> among others.

>

> Link to co-sponsors is on http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z? 

> d110:HC00362:@@@P

>

> Of course I will request that my Rep., Dan Lipinski withdraw his co- 

> sponsorship.

>

> Peace,

> Laurel

>



--- On Mon, 6/23/08, Robert Naiman and Mike Lynn, UFPJ  
<listmaster at unitedforpeace.org> wrote:

From: Robert Naiman and Mike Lynn, UFPJ <listmaster at unitedforpeace.org>
Subject: It's a Slippery Slope to War: Ask Your Rep to Oppose H. Con.  
Res. 362

Please forward widely.

...

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a new resolution  
that could effectively demand a blockade against Iran -- an act that  
would be widely seen as an act of war and could invite Iranian  
retaliation, possibly leading us into a shooting war.

Over the last three weeks, 77 House Democrats and 92 Republicans have  
agreed to cosponsor this resolution, but we think many do not realize  
its dangerous implications.

This resolution (H. Con. Res. 362) was introduced by Representative  
Gary Ackerman. The most alarming provision "demands that the  
President initiate an international effort to immediately and  
dramatically increase the economic, political, and diplomatic  
pressure on Iran to verifiably suspend its nuclear enrichment  
activities by, inter alia, prohibiting the export to Iran of all  
refined petroleum products; imposing stringent inspection  
requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and  
cargo entering or departing Iran; and prohibiting the international  
movement of all Iranian officials not involved in negotiating the  
suspension of Iran's nuclear program."

Such a blockade imposed without United Nations authority (which the  
resolution does not call for) would be seen as an act of war.  
Congressional sources say the bill might first go to committee, which  
gives us a little more time to pressure our representatives. But  
whether or not it goes first to committee, or directly to the floor  
of the House, action on H. Con. Res. 362 is needed now. We urge you  
to ask your representative not to support this dangerous step toward  
war with Iran.

Congressional leaders seem to have assumed that there would be little  
opposition to this punitive measure against Iran, and they have put  
it on a fast track to passage. But due to the threat of war, many  
organizations and reasonable members of Congress are working overtime  
to stop this bill. Won't you join them?

Please take action now -- ask your representative to oppose this  
dangerous path that could lead directly to war with Iran.

You can find the full text of the resolution and list of co-sponsors  
here:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.CON.RES.362:

Yours,


Robert Naiman and Mike Lynn
Co-Conveners, UFPJ's Iran Working Group
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