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Understanding and Stopping a War with Iran

The crisis in the Straits of Hormuz, and reports that the US is backing off efforts to stop a military strike by Israel, represent a threat to our security greater than that posed by Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program.

Take ActionOregon Senators Discourage Talking with Iran 6/26/2012 — Write your Senator – Click here. On June 15, as U.S. and Iranian negotiators prepared to talk in Moscow, 44 senators sent a dangerous, bipartisan letter to President Obama opposing further talks or concessions with Iran unless that country first complies with every U.S. demand. IfIrandoes not agree to these unrealistic pre-conditions, the letter urged the president to escalate sanctions.The senators’ letter contributed to the lack of progress made in theMoscowtalks.  TheU.S.and other world powers refused to offer meaningful concessions toIran, and the Iranians refused to meet for one-on-one talks with theUnited States.The U.S.and other world powers are set to meet again withIranon July 3, and your senators can encourage President Obama to prevent a further breakdown in diplomacy. Please contact your senators in response to their stances on the Menendez-Blunt letter, and ask them to speak out in support of diplomacy — not war — withIran, asU.S.and Israeli security officials have recommended.

Senators Wyden and Merkley both signed the letter discouraging talks with Iran. Write to them to express your disappointment and urge them to reconsider their position.

Videos – Stop the Impending War with Iran – Feb 2012 rally, Vogel Plaza, Medford (videos of speakers and fantastic animation video of what is fueling this war – no pun intended). List of Links for Understanding and Stopping a War with Iran Pledge to Take Action Sign Petition to Stop War with Iran

Recent history proves war isn’t working. We expect the US to use every means at its disposal to prevent a strike on Iran by Israel and pursue a diplomatic resolution to the dispute over Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program.

Sign the Iran Pledge of Resistance! United for Peace, a coalition of many national peace groups, is encouraging people to sign the following pledge. It is not a petition, but a pledge to take action.   If the United States applies increased sanctions, invades, bombs, sends combat troops or drones, or otherwise significantly escalates its intervention in Iran or the region directly or through support of its allies, I pledge to join with others to engage in acts of legal protest and/or nonviolent civil disobedience to prevent or halt the death and destruction which U.S. military actions would cause to the people of Iran, the Middle East, our communities at home, and the planet itself.   You can sign the pledge on-line at http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/302/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=6600

Instead of escalating ever-harsher economic sanctions or worse — threatening military attack on Iran — the U.S. and other nations should prioritize negotiations and diplomacy with Iran. A major part of the solution to tensions over Iran’s nuclear program should be establishing a Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone in the Middle East, a proposal that has been around for more than three decades. Nuclear Weapons Free Zones already exist and have stemmed nuclear proloferation in South America, Africa, Central Asia, Antarctica, Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. (Continued…)

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