Whereas, the Bush administration’s doctrine of preemptive war and planned military invasion of Iraq will cause enormous human suffering and environmental damage at home and abroad;

Whereas the Bush administration's impending invasion of Iraq undermines civil liberties and escalates physical, economic, political and cultural violence against all people, especially people of color, indigenous peoples, and Third World peoples;

Whereas, youth, particularly poor and working-class youth of color, are frequently victims of war through forced inscription, economic draft and placement on the frontlines;

Whereas, the war against Iraq could lead, under current U.S. military doctrine, to the offensive use of nuclear weapons on the battlefield by U.S. forces, abolishing the threshold of terror respected since 1945, and as a consequence, vastly accelerate the proliferation of these weapons of mass destruction;

Therefore, be it resolved, that the Board of Directors of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition declares its strong opposition to the initiation of a preemptive war against the Nation of Iraq and to the use of nuclear weapons.

SVTC joins 3000 people at rallies in San Jose on February 15, 2003.