<div dir="ltr">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.<div><br></div><div>-Arvin</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Patrick McKnight <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:patrick.joseph.mcknight@gmail.com" target="_blank">patrick.joseph.mcknight@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I vote no.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Patrick McKnight</div><div dir="auto">Region 8 Rep</div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sep 3, 2017 9:30 AM, "James Lark" <<a href="mailto:jwl3s@eservices.virginia.edu" target="_blank">jwl3s@eservices.virginia.edu</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
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Dear colleagues:<br>
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I hope all is well with you. I am writing in my capacity as
Region 5 representative to vote "nay" on the motion.<br>
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As always, thank you for your work for liberty.<br>
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Take care,<br>
Jim<br>
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James W. Lark, III<br>
Dept. of Systems and Information Engineering<br>
Applied Mathematics Program, Dept. of Engineering and Society<br>
Affiliated Faculty, Dept. of Statistics<br>
University of Virginia<br>
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Advisor, The Liberty Coalition<br>
University of Virginia<br>
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Region 5 Representative, Libertarian National Committee<br>
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<b><u>Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by September 7,
<span class="m_-1344160651230709828m_4131751507397242555gmail-m_-1141488058345208449m_-4082796757349072613gmail-m_5215252036485821826gmail-m_-2634892697165612292gmail-m_6324776411065130667gmail-m_1398300420053645662m_3190443451192923416gmail-m_-3236448625161631958gmail-m_-8379118852138647182gmail-m_-6417268801349296248gmail-m_1986229171992062500gmail-m_1181632840545237343gmail-m_5539741857281978456gmail-m_3269739548110022274gmail-m_-7417594590945562825m_-3106942960241565296gmail-m_2797144110872258469gmail-m_7277579120155508541gmail-m_9149391285218628846gmail-il"><span class="m_-1344160651230709828m_4131751507397242555gmail-m_-1141488058345208449m_-4082796757349072613gmail-m_5215252036485821826gmail-m_-2634892697165612292gmail-m_6324776411065130667gmail-m_1398300420053645662m_3190443451192923416gmail-il">2017</span></span>
at 11:59:59pm Pacific time.<br>
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<u>Co-Sponsors:</u> Vohra, Bittner, Harlos, Demarest<br>
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<u>Motion:</u> The Chair is authorized by the LNC to sign
the following petition on behalf of the LNC: <a href="http://noforeignbases.org/" target="_blank">http://noforeignbases.org/</a><br>
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<div>--------------------Resolution Text--------------------<br>
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Coalition Against U.S. Foreign Military Bases<br>
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Unity Statement<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
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:<br>
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<div style="margin-left:40px">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.<br>
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<div style="margin-left:40px">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.<br>
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<br>
<div style="margin-left:40px">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.<br>
</div>
<br>
<div style="margin-left:40px">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.<br>
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<br>
<div style="margin-left:40px">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.<br>
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<div style="margin-left:40px">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.<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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