WHEREAS
American foreign policy should seek an America at peace with the world,
and conduct foreign policy based on the enlightened principles of non-intervention
as espoused by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson; and
WHEREAS
the United States government should return to its historical libertarian
tradition of avoiding entangling alliances, foreign quarrels and imperialist
adventures, while recognizing the natural right to unrestricted trade and
travel; and
WHEREAS
the United States has intervened in the affairs of Iraq and Afghanistan,
nations that neither directly attacked nor threatened America, and our
invasion of their sovereign territories is an attempt to impose our values
on people in other lands; and
WHEREAS
such overt hostilities are immoral and contrary to the principles of the
philosophy of libertarianism and the Libertarian
Party; and
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED that the Maricopa County Libertarian Party demands that
the President of the United States and U.S. Congress act to immediately
end the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan; and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Armed Forces of the United States have the
full support of the Maricopa County Libertarian Party. We believe
that the immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces will better ensure their safety
and create a more manageable situation for the governments of Iraq and
Afghanistan to maintain civil order; and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Maricopa County Libertarian Party calls upon
the United States Congress to impeach President George W. Bush for lying
to the American public about the reasons for invading Iraq and Afghanistan;
violating the War Crimes Act of 1996, the 4 th, 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments
of the Bill of Rights and Article 1 Sections 8 & 9 of the United States
Constitution by allowing the illegal surveillance of American citizens;
approving the illegal torturing of prisoners of war; sanctioning the holding
of prisoners of war without formal charges, legal representation or a trial
by jury; invading sovereign countries without a Congressional declaration
of war and illegally using
government
funds for domestic political propaganda related to the war on drugs; and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED we request that the Arizona Libertarian Party endorse
and adopt a similar resolution at its next organizing convention; and
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED the passage of this resolution will be communicated
by the Secretary of the Maricopa County Libertarian Party to the Libertarian
National Committee, the President and Vice President of the United States,
all members of Arizona's Congressional delegation, and all major news media
outlets
in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
