[Lnc-business] ***SPAM*** Re: Email Ballot 2017-17: FPA Resolution

[William Redpath]

I also vote "Yes."  Bill Redpath
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On Sun, 9/3/17, James Lark <jwl3s at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-17: FPA Resolution
 To: lnc-business at hq.lp.org
 Date: Sunday, September 3, 2017, 9:28 AM
 
 
     Dear colleagues:
 
     
 
         I hope all is well with you.  I am writing in my
 capacity as
     Region 5 representative to vote "aye" on the
 motion.
 
     
 
         As always, thank you for your work for
 liberty.
 
     
 
         Take care,
 
         Jim
 
     
 
         James W. Lark, III
 
         Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering
 
         Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering
 and Society
 
         Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics
 
         University of Virginia
 
     
 
         Advisor, The Liberty Coalition
 
         University of Virginia
 
     
 
         Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National
 Committee
 
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     On 8/24/2017 5:54 PM,
 Alicia Mattson
       wrote:
 
     
     
       
         
           We have an electronic mail
             ballot.
 
           
           
 
           Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by
 September 3, 2017
               at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.
 
              
 
           Co-Sponsors:  Vohra, Bittner, Harlos,
 Demarest, Bilyeu
 
           
 
           Motion:  The Chair is authorized by the
 LNC to sign the
           following petition on behalf of the LNC:  https://foreignpolicyalliance.
 org/a-call-to-reform-u-s- foreign-policy/resolution/
 
           
 
         
         --------------------Resolution
 Text--------------------
 
         
         
 
           A Call to Reform U. S. Foreign Policy
 
           
 
           1. Whereas, American military personnel are being
 killed and
           wounded, and civilian casualties inflicted, in
 wars fought for
           purposes unrelated to America’s vital security
 interests,
           which the U.S. Government defines too broadly;
 
           
 
           2. Whereas, America’s military interventions in
 other
           countries have led to costly blowback and
 unintended
           consequences;
 
           
 
           3. Whereas, outdated Cold War alliances create
 tripwires that
           could compel the use of U.S. military force to
 resolve
           conflicts;
 
           
 
           4. Whereas, escalating tensions between the U.S.
 and other
           nuclear powers are moving our nations toward
 military
           confrontation and potential nuclear war;
 
           
 
           5. Whereas, erosion of civil liberties long held
 dear by
           Americans, including freedom from warrantless
 surveillance,
           searches and seizures, has accelerated with
 passage of the USA
           Patriot Act in 2001, the National Defense
 Authorization Act of
           2012, and the USA Freedom Act of 2015;
 
           
 
           6. Whereas, in a post-Cold War era, the U.S. can
 safely reduce
           its security budget by developing a new and more
 relevant
           strategy for right-sizing the military to better
 deal with
           21st century security needs; and
 
           
 
           7. Whereas, a healthy U.S. economy is critical to
 an effective
           security program but is now put at risk by the
 trillion dollar
           annual national security budget that contributes
 to an $18
           trillion plus national debt;
 
           
 
           THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Government of
 the United
           States should immediately begin a transition to a
 foreign
           policy that includes:
 
           
 
           1. Rejecting the role of “policeman of the
 world,” ceasing
           military and covert intervention in the affairs of
 foreign
           countries, and using military force only when
 absolutely
           necessary to protect U.S. sovereignty, territory,
 and vital
           interests, narrowly defined;
 
           
 
           2. Substantially reducing the more than 700 U.S.
 military
           installations around the world;
 
           
 
           3. Curtailing the bloated military budget,
 allowing resources
           to be redirected towards cutting the deficit,
 cutting taxes,
           investing in America, or any other use as
 Americans see fit;
 
           
 
           4. Reducing the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal
 to a minimum
           deterrent level, and fully supporting the
 implementation of
           the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty;
 
           
 
           5. Emphasizing diplomacy, law, and cooperation in
           international relations and dispute resolution;
 
           
 
           6. Upholding civil liberties guaranteed by the
 Constitution;
           and
 
           
 
           7. Reining in executive military action,
 recognizing that war
           powers reside solely in the legislative branch.
 
           
 
           ---------------End of Resolution
 Text---------------
 
           
 
           -Alicia
 
         
       
     
     
 
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