[Lnc-business] Email Ballot 2017-18: Unity Statement

Tue Sep 5 13:45:01 EDT 2017

I vote no. I also believe that this is a golden opportunity for us to
publicly explain our view as to why we're voting no. We don't want to shut
down military bases to waste money on garbage schools mismanaged by the
state. We want to end both. It's an excellent time to publicly clarify our
position here.

-Arvin

On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Patrick McKnight <
patrick.joseph.mcknight at gmail.com> wrote:

> I vote no.
>
> Patrick McKnight
> Region 8 Rep
>
> On Sep 3, 2017 9:30 AM, "James Lark" <jwl3s at eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues:
>>
>>     I hope all is well with you.  I am writing in my capacity as Region 5
>> representative to vote "nay" 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
>> -----
>>
>> On 8/28/2017 3:06 AM, Alicia Mattson wrote:
>>
>> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>>
>>
>> *Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by September 7, 2017 at
>> 11:59:59pm Pacific time. *
>> *Co-Sponsors:*  Vohra, Bittner, Harlos, Demarest
>>
>> *Motion:*  The Chair is authorized by the LNC to sign the following
>> petition on behalf of the LNC:  http://noforeignbases.org/
>>
>> --------------------Resolution Text--------------------
>>
>> Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases
>>
>> Unity Statement
>>
>> We, the undersigned peace, justice and environmental organizations, and
>> individuals, endorse the following Points of Unity and commit ourselves to
>> working together by forming a Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military
>> Bases, with the goal of raising public awareness and organizing non-violent
>> mass resistance against U.S. foreign military bases.
>>
>> While we may have our differences on other issues, we all agree that U.S.
>> foreign military bases are the principal instruments of imperial global
>> domination and environmental damage through wars of aggression and
>> occupation, and that the closure of U.S. foreign military bases is one of
>> the first necessary steps toward a just, peaceful and sustainable world.
>> Our belief in the urgency of this necessary step is based on the following
>> facts:
>>
>> 1.  While we are opposed to all foreign military bases, we do recognize
>> that the United States maintains the highest number of military bases
>> outside its territory, estimated at almost 1000 (95% of all foreign
>> military bases in the world). Presently, there are U.S. military bases in
>> every Persian Gulf country except Iran.
>>
>> 2.  In addition, the United States has 19 Naval air carriers (and 15 more
>> planned), each as part of a Carrier Strike Group, composed of roughly 7,500
>> personnel, and a carrier air wing of 65 to 70 aircraft — each of which can
>> be considered a floating military base.
>>
>> 3.  These bases are centers of aggressive military actions, threats of
>> political and economic expansion, sabotage and espionage, and crimes
>> against local populations. In addition, these military bases are the
>> largest users of fossil fuel in the world, heavily contributing to
>> environmental degradation.
>>
>> 4.  The annual cost of these bases to the American taxpayers is
>> approximately $156 billion. The support of U.S. foreign military bases
>> drains funds that can be used to fund human needs and enable our cities and
>> States to provide necessary services for the people.
>>
>> 5.  This has made the U.S. a more militarized society and has led to
>> increased tensions between the U.S. and the rest of the world. Stationed
>> throughout the world, almost 1000 in number, U.S. foreign military bases
>> are symbols of the ability of the United States to intrude in the lives of
>> sovereign nations and peoples.
>>
>> 6.  Many individual national coalitions — for example, Okinawa, Italy,
>> Jeju Island Korea, Diego Garcia, Cyprus, Greece, and Germany — are
>> demanding closure of bases on their territory. The base that the U.S. has
>> illegally occupied the longest, for over a century, is Guantánamo Bay,
>> whose existence constitutes an imposition of the empire and a violation of
>> International Law. Since 1959 the government and people of Cuba have
>> demanded that the government of the U.S. return the Guantánamo territory to
>> Cuba.
>>
>> U.S. foreign military bases are NOT in defense of U.S. national, or
>> global security. They are the military expression of U.S. intrusion in the
>> lives of sovereign countries on behalf of the dominant financial,
>> political, and military interests of the ruling elite. Whether invited in
>> or not by domestic interests that have agreed to be junior partners, no
>> country, no peoples, no government, can claim to be able to make decisions
>> totally in the interest of their people, with foreign troops on their soil
>> representing interests antagonistic to the national purpose.
>>
>> We must all unite to actively oppose the existence of U.S. foreign
>> military bases and call for their immediate closure. We invite all forces
>> of peace, social and environmental justice to join us in our renewed effort
>> to achieve this shared goal.
>>
>> ---------------End of Resolution Text---------------
>>
>> -Alicia
>>
>>
>>
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