Representative
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515

RE: Support the SMART Security Platform for the 21st Century

Dear Representative ,

We urgently need a much smarter and more effective approach to keeping our country and world safe. Please cosponsor the SMART (Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism) Security Resolution--H Con Res 392, the "SMART Security Platform for the 21st Century."

The Administration's reliance on unilateral military force as the primary instrument to address the heinous crime of terrorism and other global threats promises only to escalate the violence. It is already clear that civilians will bear the brunt of this broadening "war on terror." Without a serious change in our approach to building national and global security, more lives will be lost and billions of more dollars wasted on a failing policy.

Smart Security is about prevention, not preemption. It offers a positive, practical, and cost-effective vision for U.S. security policy. H Con Res 392 articulates the need for a new U.S. security policy based on preventing acts of terrorism, strengthening international cooperation and the rule of law, reducing weapons proliferation and promoting disarmament, and addressing the root causes of terrorism and other deadly conflict.

The SMART Security provisions detailed in H Con Res 392 constitute a genuinely sane, visionary and effective alternative to the expensive, destructive and failing approach taken to date by the Administration. We can no longer afford to play cynical games with our security and our future. I urge you to cosponsor H Con Res 392 and to dedicate yourself to promoting its passage and to making its provisions a reality in U.S. policy.

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