| Military Families Speak Out on Afghanistan | | Print | |
| Written by MFSO Board of Directors | |||
| Friday, 24 April 2009 18:22 | |||
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The MFSO Board of Directors would like to share the results of the membership vote on the Afghanistan issue. A total of 420 members voted. On question one, which called for a change in the actual MFSO mission statement to include Afghanistan, 80.7 percent of respondents voted yes, 19.8 percent voted no. 404 people answered question one. MFSO’s process called for the MFSO mission to be changed if 2/3rds of the voting members supported this change. The 80.7% affirmative response more than meets that goal, thus MFSO’s new mission statement is: “The United States should end the military occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, bring our troops home now, and take care of them when they get here. The US should also end the policies of preventive and preemptive wars of aggression that allowed the Iraq war to happen.” On question 2, which called for MFSO to take the position that the war in Afghanistan end quickly, 87 percent voted yes, and 13 percent voted no. 321 people answered the question. Because the stronger mission statement passed, that statement now becomes both the mission and position of the organization. The MFSO Board and staff will now begin implementing this change in our press releases, materials and program, an we look forward to working with MFSO Chapters and members as we move through this process. . We greatly appreciate your patience with this process. Thank you to all who participated in the vote, and to all MFSO members for speaking out to bring our troops home NOW! In Peace and Solidarity, The MFSO Board of Directors Military Families Speak Out Founders and Board of Directors
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