[Statement from SAWA, Syrian American Will Association<\/strong><\/em>]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n We at the Syrian American Will Association (SAWA)<\/strong> are writing to you, the great American people.\u00a0 We are a U.S. civic, social, and educational association established by Americans of Syrian origin who are concerned that the American government policy toward Syria is harming the national interest of the United States, and is having a catastrophic impact on the Syrian people.\u00a0 As set out in our\u00a0Mission Statement<\/a>, we are determined to bring to U.S. policymakers, the media, and the general public a better understanding of the true situation in Syria; especially why we oppose U.S. government support to the so-called \u201cModerate Syrian Opposition\u201d who in reality are overwhelmingly not Syrian but are foreign terrorists and criminals..<\/em><\/p>\n The fate of Syria should not matter only to Syrians and Syrian-Americans BUT to ALL AMERICANS regardless of party identification, religion, or national origin.\u00a0 To put it plainly, the U.S. government policy toward Syria is undermining American interests and threatening the safety of Americans, HERE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.\u00a0 Whether direct or indirect, the U.S. government support for Syrian fundamentalist fighters and foreign groups destroying Syria and terrorizing the Syrian people is a terrible mistake, which can only result in a heightened threat to the region, and ultimately the world and to the United States.\u00a0 We at SAWA are working to help stop this mistake, but we need your help.<\/p>\n No American can forget the terrible day on September 11, 2001, when jihad terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda attacked our country.\u00a0 Since then al-Qaeda has been held up as the epitome of the terrorist threat to the U.S.\u00a0Why then is the U.S. government \u2013 the Obama Administration and many in Congress in both parties pursuing a policy in Syria that STRENGTHENS THE LOCAL AL-QAEDA AFFILIATED ALONG WITH ALLIED TERRORIST GROUPS?\u00a0 While THE U.S. government formally claiming only to support \u201cvetted moderate opposition\u201d\u00a0 IN REALITY Washington, in collaboration with key regional allies is cooperating with and tacitly supporting all terrorists groups<\/a><\/p>\n The same groups that are backed by a range of foreign power, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey; who are competing for influence in Syria and to make Syria an Islamic country instead of being a secular one.<\/p>\n Supporting such groups will not be successful in overthrowing the Syrian government.\u00a0 The majority of the<\/strong> Syrian people know that for them this is a simple matter of survival for themselves, their families, and their country.\u00a0The large majority of Syrians know they must defeat these foreign terrorists and create the opportunity to work for a peaceful, prosperous, democratic, and secular future but even so by letting countries like Saudi Arabia and Turkey to keep setting the direction of the U.S. government policy will keep the war in Syria burning and prolong the suffering of the Syrian people.\u00a0 It will also mean more money and arms going to strengthen the terrorists and incubating a threat to the United States and Americans here at home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The best outcome in Syria for U.S. government interests is to stay away and stop supporting the illegal groups fighting the legitimate Syrian government, furthermore, pressure the regional power allies to stop interfering in the Syrian situation.\u00a0 Syrians can work out their own affairs, and will reject the kind of poison represented by western media coverage that want us to believe this is a religious civil war among the Syrians.\u00a0 Nothing could be further from the truth.\u00a0 This is a huge propaganda line from outside sponsors of terrorism against Syria who wish to impose and place their narrow sectarian tyranny in place of a secular state supported by the majority of Syrians representing the whole nation.<\/p>\n We at SAWA support a united, sovereign, secular, and democratic Syria free of foreign interference, under the authority of the current constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic and the will of the Syrian people.\u00a0 We seek a positive and mutually beneficial future relationship between the United States and Syria, as two sovereign countries that together can make an essential contribution to human civilization, and in particular the defense of civilization against terrorist groups.<\/p>\n But that future is hard to see as long as the U.S. policymakers are undermining our own country\u2019s interests by helping anti-Syrian terrorists.\u00a0 The supply of American taxpayers\u2019 money and U.S. weapons to terrorist groups must be stopped.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n American aid to all armed groups in Syria, whether labeled \u201cvetted moderates\u201d or not, needs to be halted, and Washington needs to pressure our allies to do likewise.\u00a0 The stated goal of the American government policy of overthrowing the legal elected government of Syria which is the only real force fighting against the terrorists needs to be ended.<\/p>\n We at SAWA ask for your support in getting this message to American policymakers.\u00a0 Please write to your Senators<\/a> and Congressmen<\/a>, to President Barack Obama<\/a> and Secretary of State John Kerry<\/a>, and tell them:<\/p>\n I am opposed to American aid to all groups and any group that is fighting the legitimate government of Syria. We the American people need to stop\u00a0 trying to overthrow the elected Syrian government and instead support a peaceful negotiated solution among the Syrians themselves only.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n We welcome your contributions and membership<\/a> to work together with SAWA to change a policy that it not in America\u2019s interest.<\/p>\n