Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:42:19 GMT
From: "ActForChange by Working Assets"
To: Lil H. Coyote
Subject: Tell the Senate: Don't Let the Troops Down Again
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Urgent Alert!
Tell the Senate: Support Our Troops and End the War by Voting YES on the Webb-Hagel Amendment
Our Troops Are Stretched to the Breaking Point.
BRING THEM HOME!
http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/Webb_Hagel2/idukiuk4pejx77b?Support for the President's disastrous policy in Iraq is fading fast. Ask your Senators to support the Webb-Hagel amendment on troop readiness.
take action now
This week, Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and Chuck Hagel (R-NE) are introducing an amendment to the defense bill that -- if passed -- will finally provide relief to America's overextended military by mandating adequate time between deployments. This legislation could be the important first step in ending the war in Iraq because it will force President Bush to begin drawing down the number of troops deployed.
Senators Webb & Hagel introduced this same legislation back in July, but Republicans in the Senate blocked its passage because they knew that passing it would mean that the president could not sustain elevated troop levels in Iraq. In doing so, they showed that their "support the troops" rhetoric is nothing but empty words. The troop readiness amendment will come up again later this week in the Senate -- and this time there's a strong chance that we can get enough votes to pass it -- so please take action right away.
Click here to urge your senators to support our troops and vote yes on the Webb-Hagel troop readiness amendment.
http://actforchange.workingassets.com/campaign/Webb_Hagel2/idukiuk4pejx77b?This bi-partisan amendment will be one of a series of votes in upcoming weeks to compel senators to make a choice: do they continue to support the President's disastrous policies in Iraq? Or do they listen to the American people -- and the voice of reason -- and vote for a change of course?
It's plain for all to see that the occupation of Iraq is destroying our military readiness and has put our troops in a no-win situation without an exit strategy. Anyone who says they "support the troops," yet votes against this amendment, is a hypocrite, plain and simple.
Tell your senators to give our troops fair deployment lengths and adequate breaks between tours of duty by supporting the Webb-Hagel amendment.
Please share this message with everyone you know who cares about supporting the men and women who serve in the United States military and wants to end the war in Iraq.
Thank you for working to build a better world.
Nicole Batdorf
Field Organizer
Working Assets
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