Based on the Cape County Tea Party Board of Directors' understanding of the current situation in Syria and the current effort in the U.S. Legislative and Executive Branches to authorize war, the following resolution has been endorsed by 8 of 9 members of the board (the 9th could not be reached):
A Grassroots Resolution Against Military Force In Syria:
Whereas, the civil war in Syria has no immediate threat to the national security of the United States of America, and
Whereas, indisputable evidence has not been presented to the American people that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons against the people of Syria, and
Whereas, neither faction vying for control of the Syrian government is an ally of the United States, nor to representative government, and
Whereas, the use of military force has the potential to involve the United States of America in a broader conflict that could cost untold American lives, and
Whereas, the potential cost of another military conflict cannot be sustained by the American taxpayer:
Now, therefore be it resolved; we, the members of the Cape County Tea Party Board of Directors, hereby urge Congressman Lacy Clay, Congresswoman Ann Wagner, Congressman Blaine Leutkemeyer, Congresswoman Vicki Hartzler, Congressman Emmanuel Clever, Congressman Sam Graves, Congressman Billy Long, Congressman Jason Smith, Senator Roy Blunt, and Senator Claire McCaskill, to vote NO on ANY authorization of military action against Syria.
The following Missouri Liberty Groups have endorsed this resolution:
Cape County Tea Party
Saint Charles County Liberty Project
Missouri Patriot Forum
RiteOn LLC.
Branson Tea Party Coalition
Kansas City Free
STL Campaign For Liberty
Lebanon Tea Party
Capital Tea Party of Jefferson City
Missouri Precinct Project
Jackson County Campaign For Liberty
I Heard The People Say
Missouri Conservative Coalition
MO Citizens For Sound Money and Economic Liberty
Missouri First
Macon County Patriots
We The People of Monroe County
In God We Trust PAC
Mid Missouri Patriots
Missouri Grassroots Coalition
Constitution Party of Missouri
God and Country
The Wave
Republicans of Pike County
You're Voting For Who In Missouri?
Republican Liberty Caucus of Missouri
The Cavalry Group
Constitutional Carry in Missouri
Lincoln County Liberty Project
Montgomery County Liberty Project
Candidus Society
End the Agenda
Sullivan 9/12 Group
Cooper County Tea Party
Saint Louis for Rand Paul
Jefferson County MO For Liberty
Poplar Bluff For Liberty
Rolla Tea Party
Warren County Patriots
SCMO Patriot Action Forum
Franklin County Liberty Project
Missouri Tenth
Missouri For Liberty
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