RESOLUTION CALLING FOR COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL OF AMERICAN TROOPS FROM IRAQ

WHEREAS, the American public was seriously misled by those in a position to access the threats of nuclear proliferation; and

WHEREAS, the Administration twisted, distorted and simplified intelligence in a way that led Americans to seriously misunderstand the nature of the Iraq threat; and

WHEREAS, it is the right and an obligation for Americans to disagree with a president who is wrong, a policy that is wrong and a war in Iraq that weakens the nation and our national security; and

WHEREAS, continued participation in a war rooted in false information and justified by continuing deception is judged by notable American military leaders as not winnable, and destabilizing Iraq into a civil war; and

WHEREAS, it is time for our elected leaders to take a strong stand to not continue to send brave young men and women to be killed or maimed in a war that the country has come to realize was a mistake; and

WHEREAS, allowing the war and the fear of terror to change the character of the United States is allowing endangerment of the very values and principles on which our nation was founded;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Democratic Party of Kaua'i calls for the complete withdrawal of American troops from Iraq to commence immediately and to be accomplished within the shortest possible timeframe that will minimize injury and deaths of American troops.

Adopted by the Democratic Party of Kaua'i

May 3, 2008