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1. End the War in Iraq and Bring Our Troops Home

WHEREAS unilateral military action by the U.S. against Iraq has resulted in the isolation of the U.S. from important friends and allies and the weakening and possible destruction of the United Nations (U.N.), and

WHEREAS military action has damaged ,rather than enhanced, American security interests by alienating large segments of the world population and by damaging U.S. economic interests by saddling our children with an unsupportable and growing burden of national debt, and

WHEREAS it is illegal under both the Geneva and the Hague Conventions for any nation to invade another nation, seize its assets, and sell those assets; and

WHEREAS existing contracts have been unethically awarded with no competitive bidding to contractors with direct personal and business ties to members of the Bush Administration; and

WHEREAS over 2300 U.S. Service members have lost their lives, over 17,000 have been wounded, and well over 100 Billion taxpayer dollars have been spent on the war and occupation; and

WHEREAS our Democratic Party is concerned about the lives of the men and women in the United States Armed Forces who are being unnecessarily lost, now,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the US government make every effort to leave Iraq at the earliest possible occasion, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Democratic Party support the following measures to restore control of the Iraqi government and assets to Iraqi citizens:

• The United States will ask the United Nations for peacekeeping troops to rotate into Iraq, allowing all U.S. troops to return home.

• The United States will renounce any plans to privatize Iraq assets under foreign corporate or governmental control.

• The United States will not establish permanent bases in Iraq.

• The United States will ask the United Nations to handle the transition to Iraqi self governance and assist in developing safe, free and fair elections.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Democratic Party Work Towards Replacing the National Guard and Reserve Equipment that was lost in Iraq and Afghanistan.