Statement on Iraq

ASGP Delegates,

At the request of the Green Parties of Connecticut and Rhode Island, and on hearing no objection from delegates as to its content, the Steering Committee of the ASGP is endorsing the following statement as written and approved by the Green Party of Rhode Island. It replaces the earlier statement written by the GPCT, with the approval of the GPCT. We heard from a couple of delegates that they would like to get approval for this statement at an upcoming state meeting. In the mean time, with US forces gathering in the Gulf, the Steering Committee felt we needed to make a statement now. I will distribute this message to other Greens, particularly Green Parties outside of the US. Recipients of this message may distribute further as they see fit. Again, we the SC looks forward to a discussion of the process for approving these statements in Santa Fe. 

Dean Myerson, ASGP Secretary 

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Statement on a US Military Attack on Iraq from the Steering Committee of the Association of State Green Parties 

For humanitarian reasons, the Association of State Green Parties unequivocally opposes the bombing of or any other military action against Iraq during the present crisis. The people of Iraq, who have already suffered terribly from the Gulf War and the subsequent embargo, are the ones who would suffer from further death and destruction, not Saddam Hussein. Since Saddam has already demonstrated his callous indifference to the suffering of his own people, we see no purpose to deadly military action. The ordinary people of Iraq are not our enemy. The ASGP urges a peaceful solution to this complex problem through serious international diplomacy.

Peace. Richard Walton, Green Party of Rhode Island.