4. Repudiate the Preemptive War Doctrine

WHEREAS military conflicts in the twentieth century alone have killed millions of people, most of them innocent civilian women and children; and

WHEREAS the United States spends more than the next twenty nations combined on military preparations; and

WHEREAS the United States has conducted a unilateral, preventative (preemptive) war against Iraq without the approval of the U.N. and many of our allies; and

WHEREAS non-violent methods of resistance have been successful in conflicts where violence did not succeed, ranging from India's struggle for independence, to breaking down the walls of the Cold War, to the great strides made towards integration in the United States; now

BE RESOLVED that we strengthen security in our country and the world community by:

• Rejecting a foreign policy of preventative, unilateral war;

• Working with the world community through the United Nations; and

• Supporting international agreements such as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions, the Small Arms Treaty, the International Criminal Court, the Land Mines Treaty, Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, and the Kyoto Climate Treaty; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Senator Daniel Inouye, Senator Daniel Akaka, Representative Ed Case and Representative Neil Abercrombie.