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Subject: [Activists] Why New Evidence Demands End to Wars
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    Why New Evidence Demands End to Wars&lt;br&gt;
    With Wikileaks Revelations, Peace Community Redoubles Demand for End
    to Wars and Voices Support for Whistleblowers&lt;br&gt;
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      &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;While only a tiny fraction of the U.S.
        diplomatic cables scheduled for publication by Wikileaks have
        thus far been made available, some conclusions can already be
        drawn.&nbsp; These cables and the Iraq and Afghan War Diaries provide
        an opportunity for Americans to see our government for what it
        is.&lt;br&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Our government is seen here as controlling a
        global military and espionage empire that impacts every region
        of the globe and deceives its own population. Secrecy, spying,
        and hostility have infected our entire government, turning the
        diplomatic corps into an arm of the CIA and the military, just
        as the civilian efforts in Afghanistan are described by Richard
        Holbrooke, who heads them up, as &quot;support for the military.&quot;&lt;span            style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Secret war planning, secret wars, and lies
        about wars have become routine.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The
        United States is secretly and illegally engaged in a war in
        Yemen and has persuaded that nation's government to lie about
        it.&nbsp; The United States has supported a coup in Honduras and lied
        about it.&lt;br&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We have long known that the war on terrorism
        was increasing, rather than diminishing, terrorism.&lt;span            style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;These leaks show Saudi Arabia to be the
        greatest sponsor of terrorism, and show that nation's dictator,
        King Abdullah, to be very close to our own government in its
        treatment of prisoners.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;He has urged the
        United States to implant microchips in prisoners released from
        Guantanamo.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;And he has urged the United
        States to illegally and aggressively attack Iran.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp;
        &lt;/span&gt;Congress should immediately block what would be the
        largest weapons sale in U.S. history, selling this country $60
        billion in weapons.&nbsp; And Congress should drop any idea of
        &quot;updating&quot; the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force to
        permit presidents to unconstitutionally launch more wars.&lt;span            style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We see what sort of wars our allies urge on
        our presidents. &lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We learn that while dictators urge war, other
        branches of the same governments, the people, and the evidence
        weigh against it. &lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;We learn from a cable
        from last February that Russia has refuted U.S. claims that Iran
        has missiles that could target Europe.&nbsp; We learn from September
        2009 that the United States and Britain planned to pressure
        Yukiya Amano, the then incoming head of the International Atomic
        Energy Agency, to produce reports suggesting Iranian nuclear
        developments, whether or not merited by the facts, and that
        National Security Adviser Gen. Jim Jones proposed the propaganda
        strategy of baselessly tying Iran's nuclear program to North
        Korea's.&lt;/p&gt;
      Much of the pressure for war appears to come from within the
      United States, whose representatives treat the entire world as a
      hostile enemy to be spied on, lied to, and exploited.&lt;span          style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The secrecy that permits this behavior must
      be broken if the United States' approach to the world is to
      change.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Those who have helped to fulfill
      President Obama's campaign promise of transparency must be
      protected from his vengeance, while those who have abused
      positions of diplomatic trust to advance agendas of espionage and
      war planning must be held accountable.
      &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;While other countries may offer residency and
        protection to Wikileaks' Julian Assange, it is the United States
        that has most benefitted from his work.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We

        encourage U.S. cities to offer him sanctuary.&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Our Department of Justice has granted
        immunity for aggressive war, kidnapping, torture, assassination,
        and warrantless spying, while pursuing the criminal prosecution
        of Bradley Manning for allegedly leaking materials to Wikileaks.&lt;span            style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Were our government to indict Assange or
        support the extradition or rendition of Assange from anywhere in
        the world to Sweden, while maintaining that his work and not the
        Pentagon's has endangered us, our nation's moral standing would
        reach a new low.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Our government should cease any actions it is
        taking to prosecute Julian Assange for absurd criminal charges,
        to pressure Sweden to do so, or to sabotage Wikileaks' servers.&lt;span            style=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Coverups of leaks have a history in
        Washington of backfiring in the form of larger leaks and
        scandals.&nbsp; Our State Department should focus on diplomacy and
        mutually beneficial partnerships with the world community.&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;The undersigned express our gratitude to
        those doing the job a representative government and an
        independent media are each supposed to do.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We

        demand an end to all overt and covert wars, a ban on the use of
        State Department employees and contractors in spying or warfare,
        and a full investigation of the facts revealed in the Wikileaks
        cables.&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
      &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;We support the protest of our current wars
        planned for December 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 10 a.m., at the White
        House.&lt;br&gt;
      &lt;/p&gt;
      Signed,&lt;br&gt;
      Medea Benjamin&lt;br&gt;
      Leslie Cagan&lt;br&gt;
      Tim Carpenter&lt;br&gt;
      Gael Murphy&lt;br&gt;
      Cindy Sheehan&lt;br&gt;
      David Swanson&lt;br&gt;
      Debra Sweet&lt;br&gt;
      Kevin Zeese&lt;br&gt;
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    Ann Wright&lt;br&gt;
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