National call-in day against H.Con.Res. 362.
Writing by persiancowboy on Friday, 11 of July , 2008 at 6:32 pm
Is your representative a cosponsor?
Call the Congressional switchboard at 202-225-3121 and ask to speak with your member of Congress.
Feel free to use these talking points during your call:
1. H.Con.Res. 362 is a call for war. Section 3 calls on the President to prohibit “the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products and “demands” that the president impose “stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran.” To do this, the United States would have to impose a naval blockade- which is universally recognized under international law as an act of war. Passage of this resolution would signal to the world that the US would rather resort to war than invest in diplomacy.
2. By blocking all traffic entering or departing Iran, Congress is targeting the people of Iran, not the government. Sanctioning Iran’s refined petroleum imports lets the Iranian government off the hook for its own corruption and economic mismanagement. Tehran maintains its costly gasoline subsidies because it feels the Iranian people would not tolerate higher prices. This resolution would give the government of Iran the window it needs to raise the price of gas and put the blame on the United States.
Category: Politics, Iranian Americans
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