RE: Support the Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007

Dear Representative ,

I very strongly urge you to honor the will of the American people by co-sponsoring the Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007, recently introduced by Representatives Thompson and Murphy in the House, and by dedicating yourself to its prompt passage.

This binding legislation ends President Bush's escalation by capping the number of troops at January 10, 2007 levels; puts forward much-needed specific benchmarks for success in Iraq; and establishes a timeline to re-deploy our troops beginning no later than May 1, 2007. This legislation is entirely consistent with the proposals of the Iraq Study group.

Congress must immediately get over any timidity about using binding legislation to start bringing our troops home. Congress authorized the President to start this war and voted to appropriate the funds to continue it, and now it's time that you listen to and abide by the wishes of the American people (as expressed in the recent election and every major national poll in recent months) and vote to end it.

A new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office shows that the real troop increase associated with President Bush's escalation policy could be as high as 48,000, more than double the 21,500 soldiers that Bush has claimed. These new facts about escalation come just as Congress is set to receive a long-delayed National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraq, the first such document from the U.S. intelligence community since 2002. According to the Washington Post, the NIE "outlines an increasingly perilous situation in which the United States has little control and there is a strong possibility of further deterioration."

I join the majority of Americans in demanding immediate steps to end a war which started with deception, which has violated international law against unprovoked wars of aggression, and has been perhaps the greatest foreign policy disaster in U.S. history. The time to act is NOW. Please support the Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007 and do not rest until it is enacted into law.

Most Sincerely,

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