MoveOn Petition to End AfghanWar

[CodeManBob]

Hi All, 25% more votes in Congress to end the Afghan war! Here'sour
chance to sign the petition. Bob S.
Dear MoveOn Member,
You, along with our friends and allies, have helped get us closer to
bringing the war in Afghanistan to an end.

Just last week, the House voted on the McGovern-Jones Amendment, which
called for an "accelerated transition" of our troops out of
Afghanistan. This critical bellwether for where Congress stands on the
war had thousands of you calling your representatives as it came to a
vote.

While the Amendment was narrowly defeated (204 to 215), the votes it
attracted, including those of 26 Republicans, exceeded everyone's
expectations. It's hard to come so close to an unexpected victory, but
the massive improvement (by 25%) over the 162 votes previously
received for similar legislation was a victory in itself. It helped
send a strong message.

Combined with petitions signed by over 250,000 people, President Obama
is hearing that Americans, including many members of Congress on both
sides of the aisle, want this long war brought to an end.

The President will get that message specifically from MoveOn members
next week, when your petition is sent to him straight from
Representative Chellie Pingree. Help get as many names on it as
possible before then, by sharing it with people you know:

Click here to share the petition to bring our troops home.

This is right when the President is deciding how many troops to bring
home in July, to honor his 2009 commitment for an "accelerated
transition". And we need to keep pushing back against voices in the
Pentagon who want to keep us in Afghanistan without any foreseeable
end.

Our friends at Credo Action, Win Without War, Brave New Foundation,
USAction, Democracy for America, and Campaign for America's Future,
among others, all contributed to getting over 250,000 Americans on
petitions to bring our troops home. We'll continue to work with these
allies on ways to bring our troops home faster, accelerate the end of
the war, and put a stop to its unacceptable drain on our resources.

But right now, you can help keep the momentum going by sharing your
petition to the President with your social networks.

Recent studies show that you have the ability to influence 8,000
people or more (your friends, your friends' friends, and even your
friends' friends' friends).1 That's why sharing is even more important
than signing.

Click here to share your petition with the people you know (and the
people they know).

Thank you for all that you do,

–Justin, Michael, Carrie, Tim, and the rest of the team

Source:

1. Christakis, N.A. & Fowler, J.H. (2009), Connected: How your
Friends' Friends' Friends Affect Everything You Feel Think or Do, New
York, Back Bay Books.

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