As the commander of Centcom has testified to the Senate, "safe zones" = "ground troops."
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Just Foreign Policy <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 4:19 PM Subject: Stand With Sanders: No US Ground Troops in Syria To: [email protected] [image: Just Foreign Policy] <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.justforeignpolicy.org> Dear Robert, *Tell Congress: No to US ground troops in Syria, including to establish so-called "safe zones."* Take Action <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.justforeignpolicy.org%2Fact%2Fstand-with-Sanders-no-US-ground-troops-Syria> Everybody is against sending US ground troops to Syria, right? That’s what Hillary Clinton told Bernie Sanders in the first Democratic presidential debate. *But her statement was deceptive, because she has joined calls for the US to establish so-called “safe zones” in Syria. **The commander of Centcom has testified to the Senate that “safe zones” means “ground troops.”* *Urge Congress and the Administration to oppose the use of US ground troops in Syria, including to establish so-called “safe zones,” by signing our petition at MoveOn: * *http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/stand-with-Sanders-no-US-ground-troops-Syria* <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.justforeignpolicy.org%2Fact%2Fstand-with-Sanders-no-US-ground-troops-Syria> During the first Democratic presidential debate, the following exchange took place between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders regarding U.S. policy in Syria: [1] CLINTON: … And, to — provide safe zones so that people are not going to have to be flooding out of Syria at the rate they are. SANDERS: Well, let’s understand that when we talk about Syria, you’re talking about a quagmire in a quagmire. You’re talking about groups of people trying to overthrow Assad, other groups of people fighting ISIS. You’re talking about people who are fighting ISIS using their guns to overthrow Assad, and vice versa. I’m the former chairman of the Senate Veterans Committee, and in that capacity I learned a very powerful lesson about the cost of war, and I will do everything that I can to make sure that the United States does not get involved in another quagmire like we did in Iraq, the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country. We should be putting together a coalition of Arab countries who should be leading the effort. We should be supportive, but I do not support American ground troops in Syria. CLINTON: ...Well, nobody does. Nobody does, Senator Sanders. Hillary Clinton's response was deceptive, because as she surely knows, for the US to establish “safe zones” in Syria would require the use of US ground troops, as Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of U.S. Centcom, has testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee. [2] *Urge Congress and the Administration to oppose any use of US ground troops in Syria, including to establish so-called “safe zones,” by signing and sharing our petition:* *http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/stand-with-Sanders-no-US-ground-troops-Syria <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.justforeignpolicy.org%2Fact%2Fstand-with-Sanders-no-US-ground-troops-Syria>* Thanks for all you do to help prevent, end, and limit wars, Robert Naiman and Avram Reisman Just Foreign Policy *Help support our work by making a $15 tax-deductible donation.* If you like what we do, help fund us. Make a $15 tax-deductible donation today! http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/donate <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.justforeignpolicy.org%2Fdonate> References: 1. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/us/politics/democratic-debate-transcript.html <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=6&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F10%2F14%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Fdemocratic-debate-transcript.html> 2. http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/u-s-general-only-handful-of-syrian-fighters-remain-in-battle-against-isis/ <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seattletimes.com%2Fnation-world%2Fu-s-general-only-handful-of-syrian-fighters-remain-in-battle-against-isis%2F> [image: Please support our work. Donate for a Just Foreign Policy] <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=8&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.justforeignpolicy.org%2Fdonate> © 2015 Just Foreign Policy
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