Peace Action Promotes Peaceful Budget Priorities

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In the pursuit of a more peaceful Federal budget Peace Action has been a leader among those organizations calling for better diplomatic ties with Iran. Currently, our tax dollars are spent on veiled attempts at regime change, aggressive missile defense in Iran’s northern boarders and Navy aircraft carriers stationed off the Iranian coast.

We are spending our precious resources and diplomatic credit on warmongering when we could be leading the way for a more peaceful future. Funding social, diplomatic, and scientific exchanges between our two countries is the most direct route. If the U.S. engages Iran in a real diplomatic way that could be a major U.S. ally in negotiations with Iraq and other regional powers. One step in this process is to recall economic sanctions to promote economic interdependence and stimulate both our economies.

The U.S. and Iran have an obligation as major global powers to work together on issues of non-proliferation and global peace. If you agree please write your Representatives and ask them to sign onto legislation introduced by Rep. Bill Wayne (R-MD). HCon Res 321 is a bipartisan bill calling for a comprehensive diplomatic effort by the US, Iraq, and Iraq's neighbors to assist in bringing about political reconciliation and stabilization. You can also sign our petition against war with Iran at the Peace Action website.