Brothers Sidibeh & Camara,
There are a lot of groups organizing to demonstrate their objection ot this
impending attack on Iraq. Apparently Bush is asking Congress for sweeping
powers that will allow him to attack not just Iraq, but any country in the
Middle East, and the scary part is that most of the representatives in
Congress and the Senate now sound like this is just OK. I guess the U.S is
telling the World loud and clear that they are in the business of conducting
coup d'etats in any country that has something they want for themselves. See
below:
Subj: Unlimited War?
Date: 9/23/2002 4:00:37 PM
Our nation is moving quickly toward a war with Iraq. Within the next ten
days, Congress will likely vote on a resolution permitting President Bush to
use military power against Iraq. According to the Washington Post, the
resolution is the broadest request for military authority since the Gulf of
Tonkin resolution which launched the Vietnam War. (see link below) The
President has made clear that once it has passed, he'll proceed without
further consultation with Congress -- in other words, it's the last chance
for the legislature to speak up on Iraq in the near future.
The draft that the President delivered to Congressional leaders last Thursday
is alarming. It gives him the authority to "use all means that he determines
to be appropriate" to "restore international peace and security in the
region." If it passes, the President could use this language to justify
military attacks against virtually any country in the Middle East. The
resolution also ignores the role of the United Nations.
It would allow the President to go into Iraq without the support of any of
our allies, and without a Security Council mandate. It's critical that we let
our elected representatives know immediately that a resolution authorizing
unilateral war against anyone in the Middle East is unacceptable. Please call
your Senators right now
Don't worry if you've called before -- call again. Let the staffer you speak
to know you're a constituent. Then tell the staffer that you strongly oppose
a war on Iraq. Express your deep concerns about the resolution proposed by
the Bush White House -- the unrestricted power to wage war with any nation in
the region, the lack of accountability to Congress and the American people,
the lack of cooperation with the United Nations and our allies.
President Bush's resolution would allow him to attack Iraq at any time in the
future, without any of our allies, without any solid evidence that Iraq's a
danger, without any requirement of UN approval, and without any reliance on
what UN weapons inspectors find. Please call your Senators and Representative
right now to avert a carte blanche for catastrophe.
For more information, go to our page of links and resources on Iraq at:
<A HREF="http://www.moveon.org/infoiraq.html">http://www.moveon.org/infoiraq.html</A>
In a message dated 9/23/2002 7:16:53 PM , [log in to unmask] writes:
> Tomaa,
>
> Superb that you forwarded this one. The International Action Center
> (www.iacenter.org) is planning a massive anti-war demonstration in D.C for
> October 26. My fear is that it would have been already to late to stop the
> war.
>
> Sidibeh
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