It's All About Me, Man: 12/20/2015

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

[ITSALLABOUTMEMAN] Re: Syria - one simple way to help

What's a simple way we can help end the West's assault on Syria? We are responsible for those deaths, not the ones Russia has inflicted. My, you folks have sure gone downhill.

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Amnesty International UK <sct@webmail.amnesty.org.uk> wrote:

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RUSSIA IS BOMBING CIVILIANS IN SYRIA AND WE NEED YOUR HELP

“In just a few moments, people were screaming, the smell of burning was in the air and there was just chaos. There was a primary school nearby, and children were running out absolutely terrified … there were bodies everywhere, decapitated and mutilated.” - Mohammed Qurabi al-Ghazal, a local media activist

Dear Matt,

Nearly five years in, civilians continue to pay the highest price for the conflict in Syria. As winter takes hold, millions of hungry families face months of freezing temperatures in makeshift shelters and dark basements. They’ve run out of options and the simplest tasks have become matters of life and death.

Just today we have released new research showing that Russian air strikes in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians and caused massive destruction in residential areas. Their bombs have struck homes, a mosque and a busy market, as well as medical facilities.

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We also found evidence to suggest that Russian forces may be using internationally-banned, deadly cluster munitions - intended to cause maximum and indiscriminate devastation. But they continue to deflect, deny and even fabricate the truth.

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3. Ensuring all sides in the conflict abide by international law.

Please join us in demanding a safe home for the people in Syria

Thank you for your support.

Best wishes,

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Monday, December 21, 2015

[ITSALLABOUTMEMAN] Re: Thanks to you, a victory for refugees

Dear Senator Peters,

What I'd like to know is this - will you support a movement to impeach Obama, and end his criminal regime? Contrary to international and domestic law, he continues to create refugees (and terrorists) through his own terrorist actions, his criminal attacks on innocent civilians in countries we are not at war with. This is the pressing question I have for you.

We were all terribly disappointed that Obama elected to not allow investigations into the criminal Bush regime for its crimes against humanity. Our disappointment deepened when Obama continued to commit the same sorts of crimes, and even added some new ones in the mix.

Are you going to utterly fail to uphold the values that could make our country great (it's never been great before, but it could possibly be great if it turned away from empire and towards democracy) or are you going to break from the corrupt and depraved Washington consensus and start acting like a civilized human being?

Sincerely Yours,

Matt Love

On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Senator Gary Peters <moveon-help@list.moveon.org> wrote:

Dear Michigan MoveOn members,

Thank you.

This week, thanks to your tremendous work, we saw an important victory: a government spending bill free of anti-refugee provisions.

Just a few weeks ago, this outcome seemed like a very long shot. The House of Representatives passed legislation effectively halting the refugee program, and Senate leaders pledged to take up the bill as well. But MoveOn members in Michigan and around the country demanded that elected leaders choose compassion over fear, making phone calls to legislators, holding rallies and vigils, signing countless petitions, and, in many communities, welcoming refugees into their homes for Thanksgiving.

Believe me: your voices were heard in Washington.

And you are not alone. This is an issue close to my heart. Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to visit the largest Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. The refugees I spoke with had lost hope and felt they had no future. Their greatest wish is to live in peace with their families—the exact same thing you and I want for our own families.

Like many of you, I feel that America could and should do more to help. That's why after that trip, I wrote a letter to President Obama, urging him to welcome at least 100,000 refugees in the coming years, particularly persecuted religious minorities from Syria and Iraq. Like you, I was deeply saddened by the terrorist attacks in Paris. We all grieved together alongside the people of France and denounced the brutal attacks on innocent civilians. Unfortunately, for many people, the feelings of sadness turned into a misplaced fear of families fleeing from the very same kind of violence in the Middle East.

As a member of the Homeland Security Committee, I am committed to ensuring that our nation is safe from all threats at home and abroad. But as MoveOn members know, and some in Washington forgot, refugees entering the United States undergo some of the most rigorous vetting processes applied to any travelers entering our country. The families who move through our vetting process are exactly the people described by the poem on the Statue of Liberty: " ... your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." They're people who need our help.

In recent weeks, I've been working to remind my Senate colleagues of the humanity of these refugee families. Thank goodness I had your help. You spoke out, and our nation is stronger as a result.

So, once again, a heartfelt thank you. Let's celebrate this victory and recommit ourselves to upholding the values that make our country great. Let's keep the doors of America open for those fleeing terror and persecution.

With gratitude,

Senator Gary Peters

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