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Step One: Nuclear First Strike: Take
It Off the Table!
CALL TODAY!
CAMPAIGN GOAL: Visit every member
of Congress and get an answer to the question "Will you take a nuclear
first strike against Iran OFF THE TABLE?"
We want to have the offices of our Kentucky representatives to know are
concerned about the escalation of rhetoric about Iran. We can’t let them
think, as they did in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, that we just
don’t care.
So call today with the simple message: I am calling to get an answer to
the question “will Senator---- or Representative ---- take a nuclear
first strike option against Iran off the table?” You can have the
secretary take the message and get you a response. If you are inclined,
ask to speak to an aide in the office who deals with foreign policy, and
ask the same question. You don’t need to debate. All they need is to
answer the question. The pragmatists are likely to say, “in terms of our
national security, nothing is off the table…” But for the purpose of
this conversation, we want to know that this option is off the table
right NOW. The phone numbers are below.
IMPORTANT VOICES
Phyllis Bennis: "The Bush administration's rapid escalation of anti-Iran
rhetoric in the last few months should not be dismissed as posturing...
this administration has a history of carrying out actions widely viewed,
even among U.S. elites, as reckless and dangerous."
WHAT WE KNOW:
Over the past year, members of the administration including Bush,
Cheney, and Rice have been ratcheting up the rhetoric
against Iran and have menacingly asserted that "nothing is off the
table." On April 9, Seymour Hersh shed new in light in "The Iran Plans,"
on movement in Washington that includes active preparations for an air
strike against Iran using tactical nuclear weapons.
WHAT WE ARE DOING:
We are participating in a citizens' campaign to get a "sense of the
Congress." We need to know--immediately--where our senators and
representatives stand on the question of using nuclear weapons in a
first strike.
The strategy is uncomplicated. We’ll be sending delegations to our
United States senators and representatives and ask this simple question:
"Will you take a nuclear first strike against Iran OFF THE TABLE?"
A CHALLENGE TO THE PEACE MOVEMENT
Scott Ritter recently urged the peace and anti-war movements to think
seriously about strategy and to develop a "laser-like focus" on ending
the war. Phyllis Bennis wrote about the importance of finding the ways
to apply pressure to those who hold the power to expand the war. We are
forcing our elected officials to take a public stand about the first use
of tactical nuclear weapons.
So Begin this Campaign by Calling today!
And let us
know (pcunity@yahoo.com) if you get a response.
SENATORS
Jim
Bunning
Kentucky Phone: (606) 341-2602
E-mail: jim_bunning@bunning.senate.gov
Web page:
http://www.senate.gov/~bunning/
Mitch
McConnell
Kentucky Phone: (502) 582-6304
E-mail: senator@mcconnell.senate.gov
Web page:
http://www.senate.gov/~mcconnell
REPRESENTATIVES
Kentucky Representative
John Yarmouth
Washington D.C. Office
319
Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone:(202) 225-5401
Fax: (202) 225-5776
District Office
Romano Mazzoli Federal Building
600 Martin Luther King Jr. Place,
Suite 216
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: (502)-582-5129
Fax: (502)582-5897
Ben Chandler
Lexington Office: 860 Corporate Drive, Room 105,
Lexington, KY 40503
Phone: 859-219-1366
E-mail Address: ben.chandler@mail.house.gov
Web page: http://chandler.house.gov/
Geoff Davis
Ashland, KY office:
1405 Greenup Avenue, Suite 236
Ashland, KY 41101
Phone: 606-324-9898
E-mail: www.house.gov/writerep
Web page: http://www.house.gov/geoffdavis/
Ron Lewis
Toll free: 1-800-367-6676
E-mail: www.house.gov/writerep
Web page: http://www.house.gov/ronlewis/
Harold Rogers
Kentucky Phone (Toll free): 1-800-632-8588
E-mail: Talk2Hal@mail.house.gov
Web page: http://www.house.gov/rogers/
Edward Whitfield
Kentucky Phone (Toll free): 1-800-328-5629
E-mail: www.house.gov/whitfield/whitfield/contactform/index2.shtml
Web page: http://www.house.gov/whitfield/
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