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It's a Slippery Slope to War: Ask Your Representative to Oppose H. Con. Res. 362

Over the last three weeks 96 House Democrats and 111 Republicans have agreed to cosponsor a new resolution against Iran that demands that President Bush “initiate an international effort” to impose a land, sea, and air blockade on Iran to prevent it from importing gasoline and to subject all cargo entering or leaving Iran to stringent inspection requirements.

Such a blockade imposed without United Nations authority (which the resolution does not call for) would be widely construed as an act of war. Some congressional sources say the House could vote on the resolution, H.Con.Res. 362, very soon.

Please send a letter asking your Representative to oppose this dangerous path that could lead directly to war with Iran.

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February 10, 2010

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Dear Representative,

As a constituent, I write to ask you to oppose H. Con. Res. 362.

H. Con. Res. 362 "demands that the President initiate an international effort to immediately and dramatically increase the economic, political, and diplomatic pressure on Iran to verifiably suspend its nuclear enrichment activities by, inter alia, prohibiting the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products; imposing stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran; and prohibiting the international movement of all Iranian officials not involved in negotiating the suspension of Iran’s nuclear program."

Please consider that the United States and its allies only could prohibit "the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products" or "impose stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran" by imposing a naval blockade, an act of war.

H. Con. Res. 362 would lead us down the slippery path toward war with Iran. Please do all you can to stop it.

Sincerely,

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