US Mayors Say: Bring War Money Home!

The U.S. Conference of Mayors has just done something it hasn't done since Vietnam, passing a resolution that supports efforts to speed up the ending of our current wars and calls on the President and Congress to "bring these war dollars home to meet vital human needs."

Ask Congress and the President to listen.

Events are snowballing.  The President is about to announce whether he will violate his commitment to a significant withdrawal from Afghanistan in July.  The House of Representatives is passing amendments blocking funding for the Libya War, and 10 Congress members have sued the President in court to end it.  Iraq, we are told, may soon "request" a continued occupation into next year.  A CIA war in Yemen is ramping up, along with that in Pakistan.

Enough is enough.  Robert Gates just told the New York Times these are wars of choice.  Let's make a different choice.

Ask Congress and the President to listen to the public and our cities' mayors now.