Puluhan Walikota di AS Tolak Serangan Militer ke Iran Sumber : http://swaramuslim.com/berita/more.php?id=5535_0_12_0_M Sekitar 32 walikota dari kota-kota di Amerika Serikat membuat resolusi yang isinya menolak invasi ke Iran. Resolusi dirilis seiring dengan makin menguatkan retorika yang dilontarkan para petinggi pemerintahan AS tentang opsi serangan militer ke fasilitas-fasilitas pengembangan nuklir Iran. Apakah pemerintah AS akan mendengarkan aspirasi dari para walikota ini? Resolusi menolak tindakan militer terhadap Iran dipelopori oleh walikota Burlington Vermont, Bob Kiss. "Selama ini, ketika perang Irak telah menyapu bersih begitu banyak sumber-sumber keuangan kami dan memakan begitu banyak korban para tentara kami, saya harap Anda mau bergabung dengan saya menyuarakan tekad walikota dari seluruh negeri ini untuk menghentikan perang terhadap Iran, sebelum perang itu dimulai," demikian seruan walikota Kiss pada seluruh walikota di berbagai negara bagian di AS. Hanya beberapa hari setelah Kiss menyebarkan seruannya itu, ia mendapat dukungan dari 32 walikota lainnya. Resolusi itu kemudian diberi tajuk "National Mayors Resolutions for Diplomacy with Iran" mendesak agar retorika perlawanan terhadap Iran dihentikan dan penolakan atas aksi militer sepihak terhadap Iran. Dalam resolusi yang ditandatangani puluhan walikota itu disebutkan, resolusi itu bukan berarti dukungan mereka terhadap Republik Islam Iran tapi harus dipahami bahwa jika AS melakukan serangan militer sepihak ke Iran, tindakan itu akan kontra produktif dengan upaya mempromosikan kebebasan dan demokrasi ke Iran. Belajar dari invasi AS ke Irak, mayoritas masyarakat AS juga menolak serangan militer AS ke Iran. Dalam polling yang dilakukan belum lama ini, terlihat bahwa hanya sebagian kecil rakyat AS yang mendukung serangan ke Iran. (ln/alternet/eramuslim) Berita terkait : 06/25/08 U.S. Mayors Mobilizing Against a War with Iran Source : http://www.citiesforprogress.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=vi... Thanks to as many as 32 mayors from all across the nation, a resolution saying "No" to invading Iran has been introduced. The initiation for the effort came from Burlington, Vermont Mayor Bob Kiss. To read Karen Dolan's op-ed on the resolution, please click here<http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/89489/?ses=a677abf5a1986055f8876847...>.
* Please urge YOUR mayor to weigh in on the resolution!* Dear Fellow Mayors, As a member of the International Affairs Committee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, I am introducing the attached resolution concerning Iran at the upcoming annual meeting in Miami on June 20-24 and invite you to be a cosponsor. The resolution aims at avoiding another devastating war and calls for the use of diplomacy and for Congressional authorization before any use of force. In these times when the Iraq war has sapped so many of our financial resources and cost the lives of our brave soldiers, I hope you will join me in voicing the determination of mayors across this country to stop a war with Iran before it begins. To cosponsor the resolution, please contact my assistant, Joe Reinart, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or (802) 865-7275. Thank you for your support. Sincerely, Mayor Bob Kiss Burlington, Vermont Submitted to the U.S. Conference of Mayors by the Honorable Mayor Bob Kiss of Burlington, VT for consideration at the Miami Meeting on June 20-24, 2008 Resolution submitted by: The Honorable Bob Kiss Mayor of Burlington, VT The Honorable Ron Dellums Mayor of Oakland, CA The Honorable Bill Baarsma Mayor of Tacoma, WA The Honorable Marry Claire Higgins Mayor of Northampton, MA The Honorable James M. Baker Mayor of Wilmington, DE The Honorable Dave Norris Mayor of Charlottesville, VA The Honorable R.T. Rybak Mayor of Minneapolis, MN The Honorable Joy Cooper Mayor of Hallandale Beach, FL The Honorable Marty Blum Mayor of Santa Barbara, CA The Honorable Dan Coody Mayor of Fayetteville, AK The Honorable Kevin Foy Mayor of Chapel Hill, NC The Honorable Gayler McLaughlin Mayor of Richmond, CA The Honorable Kitty Piercy Mayor of Eugene, OR The Honorable Elaine Walker Mayor of Bowling Green, KY The Honorable Jeff Prang Mayor of West Hollywood, CA The Honorable Rhine McLin Mayor of Dayton, OH The Honorable Jennifer Hosterman Mayor of Pleasanton, CA The Honorable Laurel Lunt Prussing Mayor of Urbana, IL The Honorable Anthony B Santos Mayor of San Leandro, CA The Honorable J. Christian Bollwage Mayor of Elizabeth, NJ The Honorable Scott J. Brook Mayor of Coral Springs, FL The Honorable Bruce R. Williams Mayor of Tokoma Park, MD The Honorable William D. 'Bill' Euille Mayor of Alexandria, VA The Honorable Carolyn K. Peterson Mayor of Ithaca, NY The Honorable Craig Covey Mayor of Ferndale, MI The Honorable E. Denise Simmons Mayor of Cambridge, MA The Honorable N. Dale Thompson Mayor of Condon, OR The Honorable Sue Greenwald Mayor of Davis, CA The Honorable Tom Potter Mayor of Portland, OR The Honorable David Coss Mayor of Santa Fe, NM The Honorable Lois Frankel Mayor of West Palm Beach, FL *A RESOLUTION OPPOSING MILITARY INTERVENTION IN IRAN* WHEREAS, The President and members of his administration have alleged that Iran poses an imminent threat to the United States, U.S. troops in the Middle East and U.S. allies, and WHEREAS, these allegations are similar to the lead-up to the Iraq War and U.S. occupation, with the selective use of information and unsubstantiated accusations about Iran's nuclear program and its supply of weapons to Iraqi forces as centerpieces of a case to the American people for aggression against Iran, and WHEREAS, Iran has not threatened to attack the United States, and no compelling evidence has been presented to document that Iran poses a real and imminent threat to the security and safety of the United States that would justify an unprovoked unilateral pre-emptive military attack; and WHEREAS, we support the people of Iran who are struggling for freedom and democracy, and nothing herein should be misconstrued as support for the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, but it should be understood that a unilateral, pre-emptive U.S. military attack on Iran could well prove counterproductive to the cause of promoting freedom and democracy there; and WHEREAS, a 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), representing the consensus view all 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, concluded that Iran froze its nuclear weapons program in 2003, and an earlier NIE concluded that Iran's involvement in Iraq "is not likely to be a major driver of violence" there, and WHEREAS, an attack on Iran is likely to cause untold thousands of American and Iranian casualties, lead to major economic dislocations, and threaten even greater destabilization in the Middle East, and WHEREAS, a pre-emptive U.S. military attack on Iran would violate international law and our commitments under the U.N. Charter and further isolate the U.S. from the rest of the world; and WHEREAS, an attack on Iran is likely to inflame hatred for the U.S. in the Middle East and elsewhere, inspire terrorism, and lessen the security of Americans, and WHEREAS, the Iraq war and occupation has already cost the lives of over 4,000 American soldiers, the maiming and wounding of over 38,000 American soldiers, the death and maiming of over one million Iraqi civilians, and WHEREAS, the Iraq War and occupation has cost U.S. taxpayers more than $500 billion, depriving our cities of much-need funds for services and infrastructure, and WHEREAS, except at our peril, we cannot ignore the history of U.S. government mis-information used to inspire U.S. aggression in Vietnam and again in Iraq, as embodied in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and more recently in the what we know now as false claims of weapons of mass destruction, and WHEREAS, any conflict with Iran is likely to incur far greater costs and divert more precious national resources away from critical human needs, now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED, that the undersigned Mayors hereby urge the Bush Administration to pursue diplomatic engagement with Iran on nuclear issues and ending the violence in Iraq, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the undersigned Mayors urge Congress to prohibit the use of funds to carry out any military action against Iran without explicit Congressional authorization, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that suitable copies of the resolution be forwarded to President George W. Bush and all members of Congress. 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