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Press for Real Diplomacy to End the Unwinnable Afghan War

August 22, 2017

Capitulating to his generals, President Trump has agreed to send thousands of more American soldiers to Afghanistan, even though experts agree that the war in Afghanistan is unwinnable. The only realistic alternative to endless war in Afghanistan is a negotiated peace that includes all the major Afghan factions and all the neighboring countries that are…

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South Korea’s new president wants diplomacy. Let’s give him an “Amen!”

June 17, 2017

South Koreans have elected a new president, Moon Jae-in, who campaigned on a pledge to engage in talks with North Korea to freeze and reverse its nuclear program and pursue diplomacy to finally put an end to the Korean conflict. That’s a positive development, right? But many in Washington and their allies in big media…

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Call-in: Tell your Rep. to co-sponsor H.R.508 in support of diplomacy to end Syrian War

November 6, 2015

“We die in the war or we die at sea – people are dying either way.” That’s one Syrian refugee’s bleak analysis of the crisis that has forced over 4 million people to flee from their homes, families, and livelihoods. The ultimate answer to the Syrian refugee crisis is to end the war through diplomacy…

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Call-in: Your Rep. should sign Dingell-Ellison and support diplomacy in Yemen

October 8, 2015

The US-backed Saudi bombing of Yemen has killed thousands of civilians – including Americans trapped in Yemen – while Congress has been mostly silent. Now, at long last, we have an opportunity to something about it: Reps. Debbie Dingell & Keith Ellison are circulating a letter [1] to President Obama pressing for the US to…

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Call-in: Your Rep. should sign Rep. Himes’ letter supporting Syria Diplomacy

September 24, 2015

The human costs of the war in Syria are staggering: hundreds of thousands have lost their lives [1]; over 4 million Syrians have been forced to flee their country as refugees; and 7.6 million people have been forced to flee their homes, but remain within Syria. [2] To resolve the refugee crisis and prevent further…

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Profiles in Courage: 38 Dems Publicly Break With Netanyahu’s War Polemic

February 20, 2015

A recent CNN poll found that four out of five Democratic voters oppose the Israeli Prime Minister’s planned March 3 tirade to Congress against diplomacy. Thursday morning, twenty-three House Democrats did something about it. They sent a lettercalling on House Speaker John Boehner to postpone Netanyahu’s scheduled March 3 address until after the Israeli elections two weeks later…

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Just Foreign Policy Welcomes CPC Call to Postpone Iran Sanctions Legislation

January 28, 2015

Just Foreign Policy welcomes the call of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Banking Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee to postpone enacting new sanctions legislation against Iran. As the CPC notes, enacting new sanctions on Iran now would undermine U.S. diplomats, derail U.S.-Iran talks and put the U.S.…

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Just Foreign Policy Welcomes CPC Call to Postpone Iran Sanctions Legislation

January 28, 2015

Just Foreign Policy welcomes the call of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on the bipartisan leadership of the Senate Banking Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee to postpone enacting new sanctions legislation against Iran. As the CPC notes, enacting new sanctions on Iran now would undermine U.S. diplomats, derail U.S.-Iran talks and put the U.S.…

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Could We Make @BilldeBlasio Meet with J Street?

February 10, 2014

It was, without doubt, a world-historical moment last Thursday when AIPAC concededthat its push to sabotage U.S. diplomacy with Iran had been decisively rebuked. As theNew York Times noted, it had been decades since AIPAC lost such a high-profile showdown so decisively. But it seems very unlikely that AIPAC is finished trying to obstruct realistic diplomacy with…

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Victory! Sen. Warren Backs Interim Iran Deal (Video)

December 13, 2013

At a Senate Banking Committee hearing on December 12, Sen. Warren backed the interim Iran deal between the P5+1 and Iran. Thank you, Sen. Warren, and thank you to the over 14,000 JFP supporters who signed the petition! Watch the clip here. Here’s a transcript: Senator Warren: (To Chairman Johnson) Thank you Mr. Chairman; (to…

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