Resolutions

Resolution Number BRG06.12

Failure of the Bush Foreign Policy in the Middle East

WHEREAS: The current crisis in Lebanon and Israel demonstrates the lack of an effective U.S. strategy for stabilizing the region and resolving the issues dividing the Israeli and Palestinian peoples which has led to the continuing instability in Lebanon, all of which has been exacerbated by the failed American policies in Iraq and the daily carnage occurring in that country; and

WHEREAS: The lack of an effective U.S. strategy for stabilizing the region, securing Israel and resolving in the war in Iraq, including a failed diplomatic solution by the Secretary of State, rests at the feet of the failed Bush Middle East and foreign affairs policies including the inability of the President to develop a unified approach with our traditional allies; and

WHEREAS: The tragic loss of life, be it civilians in Lebanon and Israel, Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, American troops and the civilians in Iraq, unites our Democratic Party to seek an end to the violence and killing, a timetable to resolve the war in Iraq and lasting security for Israel as well as the other countries in the Middle East

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That preparatory to a long-term solution, the United States immediately call for a ceasefire that will be enforced by a robust international armed force to secure both Lebanon's border and the security of Israel from attacks

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the California Democratic Party expresses its deepest sympathy to those peoples caught in the midst of conflict which is a direct result of the failed Bush-Rumsfeld foreign policies that have served to increase destabilization of the entire Middle Eastern region and calls for a return to our historic role as a collaborative leader of both the international community and international bodies such as the United Nations and NATO as we and they seek a permanent peace that guarantees the security of Israel as well as satisfactory solution to the issues concerning the Palestinian people, including statehood.

Submitted by Resolutions Co-Chair Subcommittee - Consensus Resolution;
Patrick Henry Democratic Club; 69th Assembly District Committee

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Adopted by the Executive Board
Of the California Democratic Party
At Its Executive Board Meeting
Crowne Plaza Hotel - San Francisco
August 5, 2006