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Firma la petizione per dire al presidente Obama di lasciare tutto il tempo necessario alla Diplomazia!
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So
here’s the paradox. There’s a growing consensus that a military strike
on Iran would be disastrous while at the same time the likelihood of
such a disaster is also increasing.
Please
take a moment to sign Peace Action's petition calling on the President
to use all means at his disposal to prevent a military strike on Iran -
by either the US or Israel. Then, please send it to your friends.
The third round of talks between Iran
and the permanent five members of the U.N. Security Council plus
Germany, or P5+1 ended without a major breakthrough. Given the level of
mutual distrust that’s not surprising. Anyone who thought the talks
could succeed simply by dropping a take-it-or-leave-it-demand on the
table doesn't understand diplomacy.
Last week, 44 U.S. Senators sent a
letter to President Obama urging him to consider abandoning further
negotiations with Iran “and instead focus on significantly increasing
the pressure on the Iranian government through sanctions and making
clear that a credible military option exists.”
You would hope our 'leaders' had learned
their lesson. The unintended consequences that plagued the U.S.
military in Iraq and Afghanistan are surely at play with regard to
Iran. An attack on Iran would send energy prices through the ceiling
and reverberate throughout the vulnerable global economy.
Earlier this year, Peace Action,and our
allies at Credo, turned in over 70,000 signatures to President Obama and
I’m convinced it helped steel him and his administration against the
war cries from AIPAC and war hawks in the U.S. Now, the pressure is
mounting again.
Sign
our petition to prevent a war with Iran that would surely have
unintended consequences no one can either predict or prevent once they
begin.
Diplomacy takes time and patience. The cost of war is measured in blood and treasure.
A Tuesday article in the Christian Science Monitor by Howard LaFranchi summed up the situation well:
“The P5-plus-1 world powers...had three
basic demands, which they summarized as “stop, shut, and ship:” To
address international concerns that it is amassing the elements of a
nuclear bomb, Iran should stop enriching uranium to 20-percent purity, a
level not far from weapons-grade; shut its underground nuclear facility
at Fardow; and ship its stockpile of 20-percent-enriched uranium out of
the country.
On its side, Iran had two key demands:
that the international community recognize Iran’s right to enrich
uranium under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and that world
powers (specifically the US and the EU) agree to soften economic
sanctions on Iran as an inducement for Iran to accept certain limits on
its nuclear program.”
The problem in a nutshell is the U.S. is
insisting Iran fold on all three demands as a condition for further
negotiations giving Iran nothing in return. For its part, Iran is also
taking a hard line, insisting the P5+1 acknowledge its right to enrich
uranium for peaceful purposes without providing for the verification
required to satisfy the West’s concerns about the peaceful nature of its
nuclear program.
Given
time, these matters can be resolved and the world can be made a much
safer place. But first, we need to get between the President and those
who won’t be satisfied unless Iran knuckles under completely.
Humbly for Peace,
Kevin Martin
Executive Director
Peace Action
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