There has been concern expressed at this website about use of the "military option" in Iran. The following is the letter The Peace Alliance has prepared and is asking all of us to send to our Congressional Delegation. Study it well and notice the rational, proactive, non-threatening stance. Then, click here to send this letter to your Delegation.

The breaking news is that Iran is reported to be enriching uranium. As the U.S. government has stated, this is troubling. I urge you to keep the following in mind:

1. We know that going to war will only make things worse and that violence will not resolve the conflict.

2. Therefore, I do not support violence as an approach to resolving this conflict with Iran.

3. What I do support is for the United States to work in cooperation and partnership with the international community to utilize existing conflict transformation and peacebuilding tools and processes to resolve this conflict.

4. Further, I urge you, as my representative, to support legislation currently in the House and Senate (H.R. 3760 and S. 1756) for a U.S. Department of Peace, which will employ, in a systematic way and as a matter of course, the range of proven conflict transformation and peacebuilding tools that are already available to us in the resolution of future such conflicts.