Saturday, February 15, 2003

Dear friend:

Please send the following message with all due haste. And pass it on!

The key to avoiding a war against Iraq is the united efforts of those nations with votes on the UN Security Council to push through a viable alternative to war.

Our own government is an unbending obstacle to this outcome, so those of us Americans who prefer peace must go directly to these other nations. If we American patriots for peace can help steel these leaders to do the right thing, we can change the course of history right now. As soon as these foreign leaders start making the right signals forcefully enough, more of our own Congresspeople will be able to come out from under cover to support the plan for peace.

Please copy the letter below and send it to the following addresses. These are the email addresses of the Ambassadors to the UN of those nations with current seats on the Security Council. Do it now!

france@un.int
rusun@un.int
chinamission_un@fmprc.gov.cn
uk@un.int
bulgaria@un.int
info@cameroonmission.org
guinea@un.int
mexico@un.int
ang-un@angolamissionun.org
chile@un.int
contact@germany-un.org
spain@spainun.org
pakistan@un.int


To the Ambassador:

I speak to you as a very concerned American citizen.

I urge you in the strongest possible terms to immediately unite with other nations to enact any responsible plan for the disarmament of Iraq that avoids war and enhances peace in the Middle East. For example, an increased weapons inspections team coupled with United Nations forces in Iraq could enforce the process of disarmament and avert an unnecessary war.

You must overcome the opposition of my own government. I hope that, as many of my fellow American citizens unite with me in sending you this same message, you will recognize the strength within the United States of the anti-war viewpoint that I believe you and we share in common.

Our shared democratic values allow me to speak to you with collegial directness. As long as my own government pursues a strategy of war not peace, I call upon you to act in concert with the will of the American people in partnership for peace. Let our nations together strengthen the rule of law over the twisted logic of war.

Signed,

Name:
Address:
United States of America