Disarm, Don't Destroy the Middle East!

The common cry of "destroy ISIS" is usually a demand for more of what led to ISIS in the first place: war. ISIS grew out of the U.S. war on Iraq, and is armed largely with U.S. weapons delivered to Iraq, Libya, and opposition groups in Syria.

Between 2008 and 2011, 78.9% of weapons sales agreements to the Middle East were from the United States. And we know (because of a successful RootsAction.org petition) that between 2011 and 2014 that figure dropped only slightly to 58.6% -- still a majority of the sales.

Instead of trying to stamp out violence with more violence, let's cease providing the weaponry. Sign this petition to President Obama and the U.S. Congress:

End U.S. arms shipments to the Middle East. Arms only intensify the violence.

Background:
CRS: Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2004-2011
CRS: Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2007-2014

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Number	Date	Name	Location	Please add comment.
10842	1 month ago	Anonymous	Arlington , TX , US
10841	4 months ago	Jan Slakov	Salt Spring Island , BC , CA	We should withhold funding for the military at least until arms shipments to belligerent actors cease.
10840	6 months ago	Michael Madden	New City, NY , US
10839	10 months ago	DAVID WISEMAN	Ottawa, ON , CA	My full support
10838	12 months ago	Teresa Kohl	Manteno, IL , US
10837	1 year ago	DAVID WISEMAN	Ottawa, ON , CA	War in this century is complete destruction of everything !!
10836	1 year ago	Angela Schmid	Bern, ot , CH
10835	1 year ago	DAVID WISEMAN	Ottawa, ON , CA	WAR DOES NOT SOLVE PROBLEMS !!!
10834	1 year ago	paul schindler	frankston, ot , AU
10833	1 year ago	Anonymous	Clark, NJ , US
10832	1 year ago	Anonymous	Clark, NJ , US
10831	1 year ago	Megan Rubino	Rockaway Park, NY , US
10830	1 year ago	Anonymous	Canton, MA , US
10829	1 year ago	Jean Richter	Alameda, CA , US
10828	1 year ago	Jim Ewing	Mansfield, TX , US
10827	1 year ago	E MacDonald	Greenfield, MA , US
10826	1 year ago	E MacDonald	Greenfield, MA , US
10825	1 year ago	Tatyana Figueroa	Norwalk, CT , US
10824	1 year ago	inmaculada sanchez raya	linares, ot , ES
10823	1 year ago	Nicole Dick	Seattle, WA , US
10822	1 year ago	Chris Richards	London, ot , GB
10821	1 year ago	Lester Kober	Quinton, NJ , US	Tear down the MIC MR. PRESIDENT
10820	1 year ago	Jelica Roland	Buzet, ot , HR
10819	1 year ago	Saeeda Saleemi	Glasgow, ot , GB
10818	1 year ago	Barbara Lefevre	Schenectady, NY , US

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