Moving
from conflict to conflict in the Middle East, trying to keep up with
the politics and players involved, the unrelenting violence, the rising
death toll and refugee crisis, is as difficult as it is depressing.
There
is one common thread however – from Gaza to Syria to Iraq to Egypt to
Libya to Afghanistan -- U.S. military intervention and an ever-ready
supply of U.S weapons pouring into the region make matters worse.
Let's stop fanning the flames of war. Sign Peace Action's petition to restrict and limit U.S. weapons sales
U.S.
weapons provided to the Iraqi Army are now in the hands of extremists
who are close to tearing the country apart. The success of the
extremist offensive has led them to declare themselves the Islamic
State, stretching into Syria where they have been fighting to overthrow
the Assad government alongside other rebels being vetted by the U.S. to
see who is worthy of receiving yet more U.S. weapons transfers, just
what the region doesn’t need.
The
U.S. leads the world in weapons sales. That includes the sale of
weapons to undemocratic regimes and nations on the U.S. State
Department's list of human rights abusers. Tell
Congress and the President it's time to stop selling weapons to
dictators and governments that turn U.S. weapons on civilian
populations.
We
need a new foreign policy, one that reflects America's values and
goodwill, one that relies more on patient diplomacy and humanitarian
assistance and far less on weapons and war.
Humbly for Peace,
Kevin Martin
Executive Director
Peace Action
Executive Director
Peace Action
P.S. - Now, faced with war raging in the Middle East, a region awash in U.S. weapons, it is time again to push Congress and the Obama administration to end the practice of arming dictators and human rights abusers.
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