The PetitionDear Member of Congress:
While Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other Bush Administration officials have repeatedly denied planning for a war with Iran, evidence is increasingly pointing in the opposite direction. President Bush has ordered two aircraft carrier strike groups into the Gulf region, deployed Patriot air defense systems to Iraq, and repeatedly accused the Iranian government of sponsoring attacks against American troops in Iraq.
I urge you to support the bipartisan legislation introduced by Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) and Representative Walter Jones (R-NC) that would prohibit an attack on Iran without prior congressional approval.
The BBC reported on February 20 that the U.S. has developed a contingency plan for air strikes on Iran that includes not only nuclear sites, but also most of the country’s military infrastructure. The U.S. would launch the strikes, according to the BBC, if one of two “triggers” occurred: confirmation that Iran was developing a nuclear weapon or a high-casualty attack on US forces that could be traced directly back to Tehran.
While estimates from the U.S. government itself put Iran five to ten years away from acquiring a nuclear weapon, concerns are that the Bush Administration is laying the foundation for claims that Tehran is responsible for attacking U.S. troops in Iraq and that this will be used as a rationale for an attack.
I urge you to support efforts to prohibit President Bush from attacking Iran without Congressional approval.
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