To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Peace for Syria
Syria has been suffocating for the past 4 years from the effects of a proxy-led war that has led to death, destruction, looting of its oil and cultural heritage, destabilization, and displacement of its citizens. This war has cost over 240,000 lives, placed an unprecedented burden on host countries who have received thousands of refugees, and has created a monumental global crisis. We need to find a solution to bring peace and stability and help Syria breathe once again and become the vibrant country that it once was.
Why is this important?
In the light of the recent Russian bombing campaign against ISIS, tensions are mounting from the US-NATO- Gulf States Coalition, who are still clamoring for “regime change” and complaining about Russia targeting US “assets” meaning the “moderate rebels”. Unfortunately, the US has been trying to intervene and bring about “regime change” in Syria for the past several years by funding, training, and supporting “moderate rebels”. These so-called “moderate-rebels” have either defected to ISIS and/or are affiliated with ISIS, taking US weapons with them. These “assets” are not something worth protecting. Since Russia is taking care of the terrorists, then so be it, what's the fuss all about? For the US to try to effect “regime change” by any means necessary, is contrary to our democratic values and dangerous. This is especially ludicrous since Syria has never threatened the United States. As a nation, we should not be trying to subvert a sovereign government, and especially not using US tax dollars for these destructive and violent purposes. Our role in the world as a superpower should be to bring peace and not conflict. If this war is going to be stopped and Syria going to be saved, we need to completely revamp our foreign policy and take the lead in untangling ourselves from the situation, and encourage countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey to do the same. The terrorists need to not be protected under the banner of “assets”. Also, negotiations need to start soon. We can save Syria by pressuring Washington to stop using our tax dollars and our CIA for training “rebels” and other types of covert activity, and possibly military escalation. No more money, nor arms, nor training, and no more selling arms, overt or covert. America doesn't need to be involved in more conflict in Syria and especially not with Russia... Instead, let's use our superpower ability to be an instrument of peace. Diplomacy is the way...
1. Stop the training and funding of rebels with American tax dollars.
2. Stop the US flow of arms into the region.
3. Pressure Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey to stop arming, facilitating and protecting ISIS.
4. Pressure Turkey to stop allowing foreign fighters to spill over their border.
5. Support diplomacy. Talk to all parties involved including the Syrian government. Also, ask countries like Russia, China, Iran, and others who are willing to negotiate in the situation.
6. Collaborate with Syria and Iran and Russia to destroy ISIS.
7. Do not get involved militarily overtly or covertly in the region.
8. Support the Syrian government to help restabilize Syria once again. Before reform, there must be stability. The Syrians who actually live in Syria must be an intrical part of this conversation to make decisions for determining the destiny of their own country.
9. End the sanctions.
10. Help the refugees come back home and help Syria rebuild.
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1. Stop the training and funding of rebels with American tax dollars.
2. Stop the US flow of arms into the region.
3. Pressure Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey to stop arming, facilitating and protecting ISIS.
4. Pressure Turkey to stop allowing foreign fighters to spill over their border.
5. Support diplomacy. Talk to all parties involved including the Syrian government. Also, ask countries like Russia, China, Iran, and others who are willing to negotiate in the situation.
6. Collaborate with Syria and Iran and Russia to destroy ISIS.
7. Do not get involved militarily overtly or covertly in the region.
8. Support the Syrian government to help restabilize Syria once again. Before reform, there must be stability. The Syrians who actually live in Syria must be an intrical part of this conversation to make decisions for determining the destiny of their own country.
9. End the sanctions.
10. Help the refugees come back home and help Syria rebuild.
Related articles...
Sleepwalking to Another Mideast Disaster – Robert Parry
http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/new/sleepwalking-to-another-mideast-disaster-robert-parry/#.VXpJv_ldVXZ
Meet ‘Moderates’ U.S. Is Supporting in Syria: They’re Al-Qaeda
https://www.transcend.org/tms/2015/08/meet-moderates-u-s-is-supporting-in-syria-theyre-al-qaeda/
The Agenda behind ISIS’ Cultural Genocide
https://www.transcend.org/tms/2015/07/the-agenda-behind-isis-cultural-genocide/
Deconstructing Syria: A new strategy for America’s most hopeless wars
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/06/30-deconstructing-syria-ohanlon
Daraa 2011: Syria’s Islamist Insurrection in Disguise
http://www.globalresearch.ca/daraa-2011-syrias-islamist-insurrection-in-disguise/5460547
Turkish intelligence helped ship arms to Syrian Islamist rebel areas
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/21/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-arms-idUSKBN0O61L220150521
Fabricating an Enemy. “The Threat of Al Qaeda” as a Justification to Wage War
http://www.globalresearch.ca/fabricating-an-enemy-the-threat-of-al-qaeda-as-a-justification-to-wage-war/5451343
There’s method in the madness of Isis’s cultural vandalism: The more antiquities appear to be threatened, the more the mafias can charge for their booty
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/theres-method-in-the-madness-of-isiss-cultural-vandalism-10287718.html
US Intelligence Responds ''No Comment'' To Questions Of Support for ISIS http://www.activistpost.com/2015/06/us-intelligence-responds-no-comment-to.html
Logistics 101: Where Do ISIS Get Their Guns?
https://www.transcend.org/tms/2015/06/logistics-101-where-do-isis-get-their-guns/