To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
Democrats: Defend the Iran deal. Don't let Republicans start a war with Iran!
Republicans are trying to take us to war by sabotaging the Iran nuclear deal. I urge you--and all Democrats--to support the deal and stop the Republicans from starting another costly war in the Middle East.
Why is this important?
The Obama administration and five other world powers have reached an agreement with Iran. Now, Congress faces a stark choice: Will Congress support peace--or rush America to another war of choice in the Middle East?
If Congress rejects a diplomatic solution, while maintaining that allowing Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon is unacceptable, the alternative is military action. Iran is a much larger country, with a much more sophisticated military, than Iraq or Afghanistan. War with Iran would be a deadly, costly quagmire.
This should be a total no-brainer for Democrats.
Yet right now, too many Democrats are perilously close to joining the Republican sabotage campaign. They're feeling acute pressure from lobbyists who oppose diplomacy and the bite of unrelenting attack ads paid for by war hawks on the right.
The American public backs a diplomatic deal with Iran by a 2-1 margin. Non-proliferation, nuclear policy, and national security experts agree that a diplomatic resolution is by far the best way to ensure that Iran never builds a nuclear weapon. And the Obama administration has promised to go all out to defend this hard-won and verifiable deal.
MoveOn members have been staunch defenders of diplomacy—and the peace it represents—for years. We've made tens of thousands of calls and generated nearly two hundred thousand petition signatures to let diplomacy with Iran work. Now it's time to protect the deal.
If Congress rejects a diplomatic solution, while maintaining that allowing Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon is unacceptable, the alternative is military action. Iran is a much larger country, with a much more sophisticated military, than Iraq or Afghanistan. War with Iran would be a deadly, costly quagmire.
This should be a total no-brainer for Democrats.
Yet right now, too many Democrats are perilously close to joining the Republican sabotage campaign. They're feeling acute pressure from lobbyists who oppose diplomacy and the bite of unrelenting attack ads paid for by war hawks on the right.
The American public backs a diplomatic deal with Iran by a 2-1 margin. Non-proliferation, nuclear policy, and national security experts agree that a diplomatic resolution is by far the best way to ensure that Iran never builds a nuclear weapon. And the Obama administration has promised to go all out to defend this hard-won and verifiable deal.
MoveOn members have been staunch defenders of diplomacy—and the peace it represents—for years. We've made tens of thousands of calls and generated nearly two hundred thousand petition signatures to let diplomacy with Iran work. Now it's time to protect the deal.