To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Help Refugees & End Syria War with Realistic Diplomacy
Just Foreign Policy
President Obama and Congress should significantly increase the number of Syrian refugees allowed to come to the U.S., fully fund UN refugee programs to help Syrian refugees, reject calls for military escalation including bombing, arms transfers and imposition of a “no fly zone,” intensify efforts to implement a ceasefire, and engage immediately in negotiations with all involved parties, including Russia and Iran, to end the Syrian civil war with a political agreement.
Why is this important?
Serious, realistic negotiations with Iran produced a political agreement on Iran’s nuclear program that thwarted the Republican push for war.
Now, while most Republican presidential candidates and Hillary Clinton have called for escalating the war in Syria by imposing a “no fly zone,” [1] fifty-five House Democrats, led by Rep. Jim Himes, have called for international talks to end the war, including Russia and Iran. [2] While we work to end the war through diplomacy, helping refugees will cost less money and better protect human life than military escalation. [3]
Urge President Obama and Congress to push to end the war through realistic diplomacy with Russia and Iran and do more to help refugees in the meantime by signing our petition.
References:
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/us/politics/gop-candidates-leading-charge-in-call-for-syrian-no-fly-zone.html; http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/world/syria-exposes-split-between-obama-and-clinton.html; http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/19/us/elections/presidential-candidates-on-syria-no-fly-zone.html
2. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/rep-jim-himes--54-house-d_b_8222622.html
3. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/10/syrian-refugees-resettlement-us/411178/
Now, while most Republican presidential candidates and Hillary Clinton have called for escalating the war in Syria by imposing a “no fly zone,” [1] fifty-five House Democrats, led by Rep. Jim Himes, have called for international talks to end the war, including Russia and Iran. [2] While we work to end the war through diplomacy, helping refugees will cost less money and better protect human life than military escalation. [3]
Urge President Obama and Congress to push to end the war through realistic diplomacy with Russia and Iran and do more to help refugees in the meantime by signing our petition.
References:
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/20/us/politics/gop-candidates-leading-charge-in-call-for-syrian-no-fly-zone.html; http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/world/syria-exposes-split-between-obama-and-clinton.html; http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/19/us/elections/presidential-candidates-on-syria-no-fly-zone.html
2. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/rep-jim-himes--54-house-d_b_8222622.html
3. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/10/syrian-refugees-resettlement-us/411178/