[Peace-discuss] Minneapolis withdrawal resolution

[Ricky Baldwin]

Maybe it's time we tried this in Champaign?  The
results of the referendum ought to help.  They can't
have forgotten YET.

And don't we have a friend running ...?

Ricky
--- "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at uiuc.edu> wrote:

> [Perhaps we could press for similar statements from
> our local city 
> councils. The resolution is pretty mild -- e.g., #1
> refers only to 
> *military* personnel, and #4 is dangerously
> ambiguous -- but it's a 
> template for us to write our own. --CGE]
> 
> 
> Minneapolis City Council passes resolution urging
> the cessation of war 
> and combat operations in Iraq and the return of
> American troops
> 
> The vote was 9-0 with 4 abstentions.
> 
> RESOLUTION By: Remington, Gordon, Hofstede, Samuels,
> Lilligren, Glidden, 
> Schiff, Colvin, Roy
> 
> Urging the Cessation of War and Combat Operations in
> Iraq and the Return 
> of American Troops
> 
> WHEREAS, the Minneapolis City Council supports the
> more than one million 
> brave men and women deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan
> since 2001, honors 
> the memory of those who have lost their lives in the
> war, and supports 
> the families who have lost their loved ones; and
> 
> WHEREAS, Minneapolis police and fire departments,
> many of whom have been 
> called to serve, are our first line of defense
> against terrorism and our 
> first responders in emergencies and disasters; and
> 
> WHEREAS, the United States military occupation of
> Iraq has placed 
> significant strains on the capacity of the United
> States Armed Forces, 
> both active duty and reserve and the National Guard;
> and
> 
> WHEREAS, many members of the Armed Forces are
> entering into their third 
> and fourth deployments to Iraq; and
> 
> WHEREAS, the war in Iraq, now in its fourth year has
> caused a) the 
> deaths of more than 3,000 American soldiers and an
> estimated 600,000 
> Iraqis b) the physical and psychological wounding
> and disabling of more 
> than 22,000 American soldiers and of hundreds of
> thousands of Iraqis and 
> c) the destruction of the homes, communities, and
> livelihoods of 
> hundreds of thousands of Iraqis; and
> 
> WHEREAS, more than $378 billion dollars has been
> appropriated by 
> Congress to fund military operations and
> reconstruction in Iraq when the 
> Congressional Budget Office (CBO), prior to
> commencement of military 
> action in Iraq, estimated the costs of the conflict
> at $21 to $33 
> billion; and
> 
> WHEREAS, The funds spent by Minneapolis taxpayers on
> the war and 
> occupation in Iraq equal more than $569 million and
> could have provided 
> enough money for 47,000 children to utilize Head
> Start for one year; or 
> more than 322,000 children to have a years worth of
> health insurance; or 
> more than 26,000 four-year college scholarships at
> public universities, 
> according to the National Priorities Project; and
> 
> WHEREAS, The war and continued occupation have
> resulted in the 
> devastation of Iraqs physical and social
> infrastructure and led to 
> widespread and continuous resistance to U.S.
> occupation that threatens 
> the lives of Iraqi civilians and the men and women
> who compose the ranks 
> of U.S. and other occupying forces; and
> 
> WHEREAS, hundreds of similar resolutions have been
> enacted and 
> registered throughout the country; and
> 
> WHEREAS, it is the duty of the City Council to act
> on behalf and in the 
> best interest of the citizens of Minneapolis; and
> 
> WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered to make such
> resolutions as may 
> be necessary to protect the public interest and for
> the preservation of 
> health, welfare, peace, and order; and
> 
> WHEREAS, just this month, more than 20,000
> additional American sons and 
> daughters, mothers and fathers have been ordered
> into battle
> 
> THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
> CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS 
> that the City of Minneapolis urges the United States
> government to
> 
> 1. commence planning an orderly, rapid, and
> comprehensive withdrawal of 
> United States military personnel from Iraq; and
> 
> 2. support our troops by ensuring that returning
> veterans receive 
> compensation and care, including full mental and
> physical health, 
> education, disability, and rehabilitation benefits;
> and
> 
> 3. provide the people of Iraq with appropriate non
> military aid as shall 
> be necessary for the security of Iraqs citizens and
> for the rebuilding 
> of Iraq; and
> 
> 4. establish a plan for the ongoing transition of
> responsibility for 
> internal security activities to the military forces
> of the Iraqi 
> Government; and
> 
> 5. pursue security and stability in Iraq through
> diplomacy; and
> 
> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this
> resolution is forwarded 
> immediately to United States President George W.
> Bush, Senator Norm 
> Coleman, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Representative Keith
> Ellison, and 
> members of the Minnesota State House and Senate
> representing Minneapolis.
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