SUBMIT THIS ACTION FORM TO YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS & YOUR LOCAL PAPER:
On October 2, 2007, the House of Representative dusted off and quickly passed (413-2) a concurrent resolution on Myanmar, which had been languishing in inactivity.
Sadly, that resolution doesn't actually DO anything, and makes no reference whatsoever to the massacres of the last week or the ongoing horrors taking place in that country now.
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TELL CONGRESS IT'S TIME FOR MORE THAN LIP SERVICE ON MYANMAR
And none of this, NONE of it was even mentioned in the House resolution passed today. Congress must immediately
1) Declare the military dictatorship in Myanmar to be a terrorist organization. They were sure quick enough to do that for the Iran Revolutionary guard, who have been shown by no evidence to do any of the above things.
2) Act to freeze the assets of the military junta and urge all international banks to bar any monetary transfers in the interim. Our government was sure quick enough to do that to try to stop Al Qaeda, and
3) Call for an international peace keeping force under the aegis of the U.N. to protect the people of Myanmar and the monasteries in particular, and to allow under its umbrella real fact finding of the crimes against humanity committed there.
The one click form below will send your personal message to all your government representatives selected below, with the subject "Take Real Action on Myanmar" At the same time you can send your personal comments only as a letter to the editor of your nearest local daily newspaper if you like.
