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This is a misguided and dangerous idea. I helped to train the Iraqi Army during my second tour, and their concern = is that many of the anti-Assad forces are the same terrorists they've = fought before and who continue to target them.=20 Plus, as Senator Tom Udall noted, once we introduce weapons, we have zero = control over them. The United States "could turn over the weapons we're = talking about and next day they end up in the hands of al-Qaida." Three Senators voted against the bill in committee, but we need you to = send a strong message to the other 97 that you oppose intervention in = Syria's civil war. You can do that here: http://action.votevets.org/syria Moreover, there is no winning scenario when we get involved in other = nations' civil wars and proxy wars. On this point, Senator Chris Murphy said it best: "We have failed over and = over again in our attempts to pull the strings of Middle Eastern = politics." Let's not make the same mistake again. Jon Soltz=20 @jonsoltz Iraq War Veteran and Chairman=20 VoteVets.org http://action.votevets.org/unsubscribe Paid for by VoteVets Action Fund --b1_e2f23bbfce32c80962844ca88397b07c Content-Type: text/html; charset = "utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" = "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body><br><br><div style=3D"width:600px; margin-left:auto; = margin-right: auto;"><img src=3D"http://action.votevets.org/page/-/Email%2= 0Images/VV%20Email%20Header%20130217.png" = alt=3D"VoteVets.org"><br><br><br> Dear John -=20 <br><br> Earlier this week, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 15-3 in = favor of arming and training the Syrian rebels. <br><br> This is a misguided and dangerous idea. <br><br> I helped to train the Iraqi Army during my second tour, and their concern = is that many of the anti-Assad forces are the same terrorists they've = fought before and who continue to target them.=20 <br><br> Plus, as Senator Tom Udall noted, once we introduce weapons, we have zero = control over them. The United States "could turn over the weapons we're = talking about and next day they end up in the hands of al-Qaida." <br><br><b>Three Senators voted against the bill in committee, but we need = you to send a strong message to the other 97 that you oppose intervention = in Syria's civil war. You can do that here:</b> <br><br><a href=3D"http://action.votevets.org/page/m/139e3e44/1cdc84b8/34a= 8399b/6dc0cf7d/2610385726/VEsH/" title=3D"http://action.votevets.org/page/= s/syria?source=3Dem130523c">http://action.votevets.org/syria</a> <br><br> Moreover, there is no winning scenario when we get involved in other = nations' civil wars and proxy wars. <br><br> On this point, Senator Chris Murphy said it best: "We have failed over and = over again in our attempts to pull the strings of Middle Eastern = politics." <br><br> Let's not make the same mistake again. <br><br> Jon Soltz=20 <br> @jonsoltz <br> Iraq War Veteran and Chairman=20 <br> VoteVets.org <br><br><br><br><center><a href=3D"http://action.votevets.org/page/m/139e3= e44/1cdc84b8/34a8399b/6dc0cf7c/2610385726/VEsE/" title=3D"https://donate.v= otevets.org/page/contribute/default?source=3Demb130523"><img = src=3D"http://action.votevets.org/page/-/Email%20Images/VV%20Email%20Contr= ibute.jpeg"></a></center> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><hr><br><center>PAID FOR BY VOTEVETS ACTION = FUND</center> <br> This email was sent to john.podesta@gmail.com <br><a href=3D"http://action.votevets.org/page/m/139e3e44/1cdc84b8/34a8399= b/6dc0cf7f/2610385726/VEsF/" = title=3D"http://action.votevets.org/unsubscribe">Unsubscribe</a> </div><img src=3D"http://action.votevets.org/page/o/139e3e44/1cdc84b8/34a8= 399b/6dc0cf7e/2610385726/open.gif" width=3D"1" height=3D"1"></body></html> --b1_e2f23bbfce32c80962844ca88397b07c--