Subject: Two more years in Iraq? It's about to happen.
From: "Ashwin Madia" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 10:15:06 -0400 (EDT)

Dear Hunter,
 
We warned it was coming. We've mobilized against it. But, it's here. This week, the Iraqi government and American government are expected to start hammering out an agreement which would keep US Troops in Iraq for at least another two years, past our end-of-year deadline to leave. Meanwhile, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has promised more violence against US troops, if they stay. June already had been the most deadly month for US Troops in Iraq in two years. Sadr said, "They [US Troops] will be treated as anyone who stays in Iraq, as a tyrannical occupier that must be resisted by military means."

*CALL ON CONGRESS TO STAND AGAINST FURTHER MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ*  [ http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6676/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7847 ]
 
We need you to step up again, and write your Senators and Member of Congress, urging them to oppose further US military involvement in Iraq. We have lost thousands of lives in Iraq, already, and spent billions of dollars. We cannot afford to lose any more.
 
Should we stay in Iraq past our deadline, it is clear that violent attacks will further increase, leading to more American deaths. The United States will then be forced to either endure the attacks or send in more troops to protect our forces. There is simply no outcome from staying past the end-of-year deadline that is acceptable or desirable. 
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WRITE CONGRESS AND URGE AND END TO MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ [ http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/6676/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=7847 ]*

Please spread the word about this campaign, and get your friends and family to also use our website to write to their Senators and Members of Congress. This is urgent, and we need to make a strong stand now.

Thanks for your support.

Sincerely,

Ashwin Madia
Iraq War Veteran
Interim Chairman, VoteVets.org 

Paid for by VoteVets.org Action Fund 

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