17. Resolution from Sacramento Chapter

No War on Iran

Stop the Bush Administration from fabricating another

Iraq war on Iran

Whereas, there is a new and immediate danger of a U.S. attack on Iran, either directly by the United States of America

Pentagon or through the State of Israel. The threat of such an attack was made clear when Israeli Prime Minister Ehud

Olmert, addressing a convention of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington DC, said that

Iran's nuclear program must be stopped by "all possible means;"

Whereas, this threat escalated after Ehud Olmert returned to Israel from his U.S. meetings. Within hours of his return,

Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz called war against Iran "unavoidable." Prime Minister Olmert then fanned the flames,

echoing President George W. Bush in saying, "All options, including the military option, must remain on the table;"

Whereas, George W. Bush's swing through European capitals took the same message of threats against Iran and the May

28th issue of Asia Times On-Line reported that the Bush administration had plans to launch an air strike against Iran

within the next two months;

Whereas, former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer warned in the Israeli daily Haaretz of June 1 that President

George W. Bush and  Ehud Olmert seem to be planning to end Iran's nuclear program "by military, rather than by

diplomatic means;" and

Whereas, the European Union has threatened to impose an embargo on Iran to pressure the government of Iran to

"destroy its nuclear arsenal of mass destruction" -- another fabrication similar to the one issued by George W. Bush in

relation to Saddam Hussein's alleged "weapons of mass destruction."

Therefore, be it resolved, that LCLAA National opposes the use of military force and embargos against Iran, which only

target the working class and poor people of Iran, and calls upon the U.S. government, the State of Israel, the European

Union, and their allies to cease their threats of an embargo, blockade or any military intervention against Iran, and instead

to seek all manners of peaceful and diplomatic means to resolve this situation;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that LCLAA National send a letter calling on the President of the United States, and

the President Elect, to seek all manners of peaceful and diplomatic means that includes continuing to work with the

Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that currently monitors Iranian facilities.

Respectfully submitted by:

LCLAA Sacramento Chapter

REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE: CIVIL and HUMAN RIGHTS

CONCURRENCE: _______________________________________

NON-CONCURRENCE: YES