Syrian Letter Pleads With US
Not To Attack Sky News - 1 hr ago The Syrian government has
written to US Congress,
warning members against
supporting "irresponsible,
reckless action" that it claims
will injure innocent civilians. The letter, seen by Sky News ,
urges Congress to
"communicate with us through
civilised dialogue rather than
the language of fire and
blood". It was sent just days before
members are due to vote on
whether to approve the use of
military force in Syria. The US holds Syrian President
Bashar al Assad's regime
responsible for a chemical
attack last month, in which it
estimates more than 1,400
people were killed. "We write to you as fathers
and mothers, as members of
families and communities
which really are not so
different to yours," the Syrian
letter states. "Moreover, we write to you as
human beings asking: if you
bomb us, shall we not bleed?
Innocent people will be
harmed." The five-page letter, which
references quotes from former
president Franklin D.
Roosevelt, claims an attack
could trigger a
"bloody, destructive, catastrophic" conflict. It continues: "Logically, what is
the benefit of the Syrian
government to commit a
chemical attack during the
visit of the UN Independent
International Commission of Inquiry on Syria within less
than four miles from the
Commission's residence at the
Four Seasons Hotel (in
Damascus)? "For that reason, we urge you
to come to Syria, to send a
delegation as soon as you can,
to see and discover for
yourselves what is going on
here. "We invite you to come to
Syria to measure the situation
before you cut, especially
when the cloth that will be cut
is human flesh." The document, sent to John
Boehner, the speaker of the
House of Representatives, uses
similar language to letters
sent to British MPs and French
politicians in recent weeks. It mentions the British
decision not to support
military action and says MPs
"took the responsibility to
exhaust all avenues of
diplomacy before involving their nation in a war". That letter, received by
Commons Speaker John
Bercow on August 29,
asked: "Before you rush over
the cliffs of war, would it not
be wise to pause?"

May the will of God be done

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