To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
Congress: Defend the Iran deal. Don't let Republicans start a war with Iran!
Republicans are trying to sabotage the Iran nuclear deal, which would risk another unnecessary war. Congress should support the deal and stop the Republicans from putting us on the path to another costly war in the Middle East.
Why is this important?
The Obama Administration and five other world powers have reached a historic, diplomatic agreement that will prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon—potentially setting us on a path to end decades of hostility.
Now, Democrats in Congress face a stark choice: Will they support peace—or allow Republicans to thwart diplomacy and risk 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 only logical 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 who, for more than a decade, have watched runaway spending on the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost precious lives—and siphon off precious federal spending that could have been directed to meet local needs and opportunities.
Yet right now, too many Democrats in Congress are perilously close to joining the Republican sabotage campaign. They're feeling acute pressure from lobbyists who oppose diplomacy while fending off 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. Nonproliferation, 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 in support of diplomacy with Iran.
Now it's time to protect the deal for which we've fought so hard for so long.
Now, Democrats in Congress face a stark choice: Will they support peace—or allow Republicans to thwart diplomacy and risk 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 only logical 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 who, for more than a decade, have watched runaway spending on the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan cost precious lives—and siphon off precious federal spending that could have been directed to meet local needs and opportunities.
Yet right now, too many Democrats in Congress are perilously close to joining the Republican sabotage campaign. They're feeling acute pressure from lobbyists who oppose diplomacy while fending off 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. Nonproliferation, 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 in support of diplomacy with Iran.
Now it's time to protect the deal for which we've fought so hard for so long.