You -- yeah,
you -- need to write Congress write now to express opposition to a nuclear first-strike against Iran.
As documented by others here at
DKos, such as
ABA and
edfreeze, right now things are not going well diplomatically for the U.S. and the UN with Iran vis-a-vis its uranium enrichment program.
Previously reported in The New Yorker by Sy Hersh, other news outlets, and discussed on many diaries and threads here at DKos, there are at the very least plans being made for the U.S. to make a nuclear first-strike against Iran to stop its enrichment program.
These latest rejections by Iran of UN statements on its enrichment program will surely bring the world no closer to a diplomatic solution and will at the very least exacerbate tensions with the U.S., deservedly or not. Tomorrow's deadline for Iran with the UN will not find an improved situation.
So, what can we do about this? Is there anything we can do to attempt to prevent conflict or even nuclear conflict? Are we helpless to stop anything? Who knows? Maybe we are helpless.
But we can at least try to do something.
I've said it more than a few times to friends and on various blog threads -- start by writing your congresspeople and others. Write your congressmen and congresswomen, now. Register your disapproval of further conflict or a nuclear first-strike by the U.S.
Maybe you would support a strike on Iran, but surely no one in their right mind could support a non-retaliatory nuclear first-strike by our country? If you live in a "red" state or district and your congressperson wouldn't listen to your appeals, you could just express opposition to a nuclear first-strike -- not military strikes in general -- nuclear war being something no one sane person could possibly support, not even a red state congressperson.
Tell them to legislate their opposition. Tell them you oppose the first-strike use of nukes by our country. Tell them to enforce the War Powers Act and the Constitution. Give them information, too; let them know you're not a kook by sending them a link to The New Yorker piece, at:
You'd be surprised at how ill-informed even Congress can be. Giving them information helps them.
Congress has made it exceedingly easy to contact them, too. You don't even have to leave your computer monitor, just follow the links and use the Web forms.
For your member of the U.S. House of Representatives, contact them thru use of this Web form:
(Note that the U.S. House of Reps' form requires your ZIP code + 4 to find your rep. You can find the + 4 part of your ZIP code thru the U.S. Postal Service site for looking the + 4 part up, at:
http://zip4.usps.com/... )
For your U.S. Senators, contact them thru use of this Web form:
Call their offices, too. Their phone numbers have been made available thru the very same forms. Those are your tax dollars at work on that site, make them work a little more for you.
Spread the word to other people, too. Our democracy may seem imperiled right now due to the current political direction, but writing your congressperson is as good as any place to start making it work. If enough people write and call them, they will listen.