I have worked for 30 years to bring the risk of nuclear war to the public. This agreement with Iran can become a major breakthrough toward ending the nuclear era, too long characterized by MADness (Mutual Assured Destruction). Next steps will be to bring the same international determination to the elimination of nuclear capabilities in all nations. May it be so.

I am a 74 year old veteran who served in the US Air Force for 28 years. I am starting this petition because I have seen my country engage in too many unnecessary wars. This agreement is the best (and perhaps the only) way to prevent a costly war with Iran.

We have watched decades of death and destruction in the middle-east. This initiative can be the start of an alternative process and can lead to civilized resolution processes for other conflicts in the region. It must be encouraged.

I believe in negotiations instead of war. Our brave military people have suffered enough..... For nothing !

Make no mistake, this is a good deal. It will block Iran’s pathways to nuclear weapons, provide for rigorous and unprecedented inspections, and eliminate a major security threat without resorting to war. Congress will now have two months to review this deal, and already some hawks are declaring they will do everything they can to kill the deal. We have already seen some of Washington’s most powerful special interests unleash multimillion dollar campaigns to join anti-diplomacy Members of Congress in snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

We're standing with Sen. McCaskill and the majority of Americans who support a nuclear deal by a 2-1 margin.

The agreement is going to need solid Democratic support to make it through a hostile congress eager to rob President Obama of this achievement. We Democrats need to stand firmly behind the president.

No more wars in the Middle East. No war with Iran!

Because you asked me to - don't cut by comments short.

We note, with compassion, that the innocent People of Greece should not have to suffer austerity consequences of others' corruption. In the spirit of democracy, we encourage the IMF and European Union decision-makers, especially Chancellor Angela Merkel (despite German law(s) preventing debt reduction--law(s) which could be adjusted), to use the provision in the recent "Bailout Agreement" for restructuring Greece's debt, to not only restructure timelines and/or interest rates, but to also restructure by granting debt forgiveness. Debt forgiveness ("haircut"/reduction) of a significant portion of the debt would be contingent on Greece continuing to show its good-faith cooperation and promise of adherence to the terms of the Agreement. With such adjustment, it is deemed that Greece's People will not suffer even more extreme hardship and that the economy of this beautiful and historic "cradle-of-civilization"--and first democracy--will make a hopeful turnaround, thereby being a greater asset to the European Union. In the throes, it is suggested as an aside that those having caused the economic problems in Greece via corrupted practices be censured and/or prosecuted - and made to pay appropriate amounts-due toward the debt. "Greece, Its Back to the Wall, Adopts Austerity Steps," The New York Times, July 15, 2015 http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=305487&id=&t=4 "IMF appears to be only one looking out for Greece's long-term future," The Guardian, July 15, 2015 http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=305488&id=&t=5 "Greece Financial Crisis Hits Poorest and Hungriest the Hardest," The New York Times, July 11, 2015 http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=305491&id=&t=8 #####

On March 25, 2015, a Saudi-led coalition began an airstrike campaign in Yemen to defeat the Houthi rebels who have effectively overthrown the government backed by Saudi Arabia and the US. The Obama administration is openly providing “logistical and intelligence support” to the offensive. [1] The Yemeni civil war has claimed the lives of over 1,500 civilians. [2] The coalition declared the entire city of Saada a military target, which Human Rights Watch labeled a war crime. [3] Amnesty International’s deputy director for the Middle East has said that the Saudi-led, US-supported coalition is “turning a blind eye to civilian deaths and suffering caused by its military intervention”. [4] The US public must not do the same. Yet the coverage of civilian deaths in Yemen by major US media outlets, like the New York Times and the Washington Post, has been cursory and superficial. The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald [5] foretold the coverage of an airstrike by the US-backed coalition that killed at least 45 civilians in Fayoush, Yemen. [6] "None of the victims will be profiled in American media; it’ll be very surprising if any of their names are even mentioned. No major American television outlet will interview their grieving families. Americans will never learn about their extinguished life aspirations, or the children turned into orphans, or the parents who will now bury their infants." Coverage in the Times and Post bore out Greenwald's predictions: The Times website ran a Reuters wire story [7] and the Post online had an AP piece [8], neither of which included any details about the victims. Neither paper appeared to cover the airstrike in their print editions. Urge these media outlets to provide serious coverage of the civilian bloodshed resulting from an offensive the US government is supporting. References: 1. http://news.yahoo.com/us-logistical-intelligence-support-yemen-offensive-021512580.html 2. http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/08/middleeast/yemen-conflict/ 3. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/rights-group-airstrikes-yemen-killed-civilians-32132375 4. http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/03/31/disturbing-reports-civilian-deaths-yemen-warn-international-aid-groups 5. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/07/06/civilian-deaths-yemen-will-ignored/ 6. http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-yemen-market-explosion-20150706-story.html 7. http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2015/07/07/world/middleeast/07reuters-yemen-security.html 8. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/airstrike-hits-market-north-of-yemens-aden-over-45-killed/2015/07/06/7cd06f6a-23e7-11e5-b621-b55e495e9b78_story.html

Our President negotiated a historic peace treaty with Iran. WHY is Congress fighting for yet another war? Why destroy a negotiated peace? Congress should congratulate President Obama--not send our sons and daughters off to war.