[Lnc-votes] [Lnc-business] Possible resolution texts

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Hi all:

I have prepared two possible texts for a NATO resolution. Since NATO is an ongoing issue right now, with Trump reneging (often using Pence as a proxy) on his initial plan to leave or substantively renegotiate NATO, the openings could be changed to reflect that. The language is a suggestion, I'm open to other language:

OPTION A:

Whereas The U.S. spends more on military than the next 8 nations combined

Whereas, involvement in NATO has caused the U.S. to build a military much larger than what is needed for defense

Whereas, current military policy has destabilized regions and lead to blowback and contributed to terrorist recruitment

Whereas, trade has been able to stop problematic ideologies when violence could not, as has happened in Vietnam

Whereas current military policy has misused many well meaning individuals for purposes other than defense against aggression often as parts of attempts to act as the world’s policeman

Resolved, The Libertarian National Committee rejects and repudiates the current U.S. military policy of overreach, world policing, and nation building; demands that the U.S. military immediately shut down all foreign military bases, cease involvement in foreign conflicts, end all current foreign military operations, and bring the troops home; demands that military spending and employment, if any, be reduced to the level necessary only for defense; demands immediate U.S. withdrawal from NATO; and demands an end to all trade sanctions.

OPTION B:

We can make this focus purely on NATO, cut down the number of Whereases, and have the resolved be just:

"Resolved, the Libertarian National Committee calls for immediate U.S. withdrawal from NATO."

I'm also open to other suggestions.

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Arvin Vohra

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