[pjw] LETTER TO SENATORS: Please end the US' unlawful bombing of Yemen

[Peace and Justice Works]

Hi
The below letter is pretty self explanatory. It went out to Oregon's 
Senators and the media a short time ago. Feel free to share out and/or to 
add your voices.
dan handelman
peace and justice works iraq affinity group

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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 14:26:02
From: Peace and Justice Works <pjw at pjw.info>
To: Senator Jeff Merkley <Senator_Merkley at Merkley.senate.gov>,
     Senator Ron Wyden <Senator_Wyden at wyden.senate.gov>
Cc: News Media <newsmedia at pjw.info>, Peace and Justice Works <pjw at pjw.info>
Subject: Please end the US' unlawful bombing of Yemen

Dear Senator Wyden and Senator Merkley

We hope that you have been able to see the letter dated July 10 sent to your 
colleagues Tim Kaine, Todd Young, Chris Murphy and Mike Lee regarding the 
ongoing armed conflict involving the US military against Yemen.

   https://www.actioncorps.org/2024-yemen-letter.html

Though our group was not able to sign onto that letter before it went out, we 
agree that the President should not continue engaging in hostilities without 
congressional authorization. We also agree that the underlying cause is the 
failure of the US and other world actors to stop the Israeli assault on Gaza.

We are troubled by the inconsistent way in which war is addressed by Congress. 
When President Trump was in power, Congress tried once to rein in the 
President's War powers in Yemen and twice to stop the President from supporting 
the Saudi Arabian government's involvement in Yemen, and Trump vetoed all three 
efforts.

Earlier this summer, President Biden claimed that the US was not at war 
anywhere in the world. During the debate held on September 10, Vice President 
Harris made a similar claim saying that no American troops were deployed in 
combat zones. We don't want to hear parsing of these comments in 
technicalities-- the US is at war in Yemen.

The US is also at war in Syria and Iraq, and has troops deployed in both 
countries including a contingent from the Oregon National Guard that shipped 
out in August.

Please do what you can to

a) end the US-backed conflict in Gaza

b) stop American hostilities in Yemen

and

c) make it clear that when people say "political violence is not
    acceptable," that also means violence directed against people or
    governments in other nations, whether it's called war or not.

Thank you

Dan Handelman and other members of the
Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group