Palo Alto Formally Adopts 2nd Anti-War Resolution

Members of the Raging Grannies Action League thanked the Palo Alto City Council, and in particular council members Ladoris Cordell, Peter Drekmeier, and Judy Kleinberg, who authored a Resolution opposing United States preemptive military intervention in Iran.

This City Council resolution urges that the United States government refrain from any preemptive action in dealing with any unconfirmed threat of military force by Iran, and further urges that it use all peaceful means possible to arrive at a diplomatic resolution of any confirmed threat that may jeopardize lives and property in Iran or elsewhere.
The council opposed the military campaign in Iraq in a similar resolution in 2003.
Palo Alto joins many other local governments across the United States in formally adopting anti-war resolutions.

Council Member Judy Kleinberg addressed an anti-war crowd at our MoveOn/Raging Granny sponsored demonstration on Dec 13. She reiterated as she did so eloquently at Monday's council meeting that war adversely affects us here in Palo Alto in terms of money that could have gone to our local public projects, but also in much larger terms as we watch the untold suffering in the Middle East and in US military families who have lost loved ones.