URGENT: TELL CONGRESS VOTE NO STRIKES ON SYRIA

FROM OXFAM ADVOCACY FUND

Tell Congress: Vote NO on military intervention in Syria. US military strikes will not help end the conflict or help get humanitarian aid to the more than 6.8 million people in need. What the Syrian people need now are peace talks – not bombs. Urge Congress: Tell them to vote NO on authorizing military action in Syria. ACT NOW Dear Friend: Big news: President Obama has defied expectations and will ask Congress to authorize military strikes in Syria. Our leaders need to show courage against the tide of war. We need you, right now, to stand with us and speak up for a peaceful, political solution that will ease suffering and put an end to this conflict once and for all. Write to your representatives in Congress today: Tell them to vote NO on authorization for military action in Syria. Keith, the photos and videos we've seen on the news of the alleged chemical attacks outside Damascus are horrifying. We condemn the attacks, in the strongest possible terms. Any use of chemical weapons is a violation of international law, and the perpetrators of these war crimes must be held legally accountable for their actions. But we can't use these attacks to justify a military intervention that will only prolong the suffering of Syria's people and further destabilize the region. There's no doubt: the human cost of this crisis has been huge and the use of chemical weapons is illegal and immoral. But the military intervention being debated is not intended to end the violent conflict that has killed more than 100,000 Syrians. It won't help the nearly two million Syrian refugees return home or get the more than 6.8 million people in need access to humanitarian aid. For far too long, Syrians have suffered terribly because of this conflict. Please, before it's too late: speak out against military intervention in Syria >> There's a clear risk that military intervention will make matters worse for Syria's people. Instead, the United States and other world leaders should intensify their efforts to find a peaceful, political solution to end the bloodshed. There are no easy answers to solving Syria's complex conflict. What we believe – after decades of working in conflict zones and extensive consultations with Middle East policy experts, civil societies, and conflict-affected Syrians themselves – is that the best hope for the ordinary men, women, and children of Syria will be found through a political solution, not a military one. Urge Congress: Vote NO on military authorization and YES on peace talks in Syria. Thank you for taking action with us today.