If Bernie Sanders were the presumed candidate of the Democratic Party,
this letter might attract his attention, and open the door for
discussion and hopefully, basic changes in his positions.
But we're talking here about Joe Biden. If there were a national
award for Wishy Wash of the year, Joe would have a bunch of blue
ribbons.
At best, at the real best, Joe Biden would be a place mark, holding
our nation in place while we worked to change direction and reinvent
democracy. I had such a hope when Barack Obama took office in 2008,
but once he declared that he would not call for the investigation of
War Crimes and Torture by his predecessors, I could tell that he was
not up to taking charge.
Carl Jarvis
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2020 12:39 PM
To: Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Dear Joe Biden
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BREAKING: More than 50 national progressive, anti-war, and faith
organizations, representing millions of Americans, have penned the following
letter to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, urging him to adopt a
principled, peaceful foreign policy. Add your name. Once we reach 10,000
signatures, we will deliver it to Biden.
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Dear Miriam,
Instead of feeling helpless in the midst of a pandemic, we are using this
time to organize. Rather than accepting poor choices and endless militarism,
we have joined together — over 50 national organizations, representing
millions of Americans — to urge presumptive Democratic presidential
candidate Joe Biden to adopt and run on a principled, peaceful foreign
policy platform. Along with Demand Progress, Win Without War, Indivisible,
American Friends Service Committee, and many many more, we are calling on
Biden to:
* Repeal the 2001 AUMF and respecting congressional war powers
* Reduce the Pentagon budget
* Engage diplomatically with Iran and North Korea
* Support a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
* Oppose all regime-change interventions and broad-based sanctions
* Rejecting discriminatory immigration policies and support refugees
* Close Guantanamo
* Ending support for governments, such as Saudi Arabia, Israel, Egypt, and
the Philippines that violate human rights
* Prioritizing diplomacy and avoid militarizing our relations with other
powers such as Russia and China
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ADD YOUR NAME NOW TO THIS IMPORTANT LETTER TO JOE BIDEN.
After we reach 10,000 signatures, we will deliver it to Biden.
As the letter makes clear:
“Our country and many others are woefully unprepared for the crisis that we
now face. Without extraordinarily bold leadership, this is likely to be the
beginning of a period of profound instability for the entire planet... For
decades, U.S. foreign policy has been overly focused on confrontation with
perceived adversaries and the global projection of U.S. military power.
Doing so has militarized our response to global challenges, distorted our
national security spending priorities, toxified our political discourse, and
left us woefully ill-prepared to confront the growing transnational threats
to human security we face today that do not have military solutions.”
Every four years, we at CODEPINK launch a President for Peace campaign to
call on all candidates to adopt a peace platform to move our country from
militarism to human needs, like healthcare, education, and green jobs. Many
of us feel despair when we hear Biden’s bad positions, such as keeping the
U.S. embassy in Jerusalem or supporting sanctions on Cuba and regime change
in Venezuela. Rather than tuning out though, we are mobilizing with the
demands of the people: A PRINCIPLED PEACEFUL FOREIGN POLICY PLATFORM!
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We know that another world is possible.
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Let’s join together to make it happen.
Towards a more peaceful world,
Medea, Jodie, Ariel, Ann, Asia, Carley, Caty, Cody, Emily, Kelsey, Leila,
Leonardo, Makena, Mary, Michelle, Nancy, Paki, Teri, and Yousef
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