Reserve Officers Association
Divest from Iran to Stop Nuclear Weapons
Resolution No. 10-03
WHEREAS, the Reserve Officers Association is chartered by the U.S. Congress to support and promote the development and execution of a military policy for the United States that will provide adequate national security;
WHEREAS, the national security of the United States of America and its allies has been put in dire jeopardy by the Islamic Republic of Iran through its development of a nuclear weapon; and
WHEREAS, through words and deeds Iran has consistently displayed hostility to the United States and its interests; and
WHEREAS, Iran is developing missiles that can carry a nuclear warhead to threaten many US and allied military bases located in Southwest Asia and Europe; and
WHEREAS, Iran by actively supplying two of the most lethal terrorist organizations on earth, Hezbollah and Hamas, with thousands of rockets and other deadly weapons, and Iran could also transfer a nuclear device to these terrorists; and
WHEREAS, Iran has often publicly threatened the extinction of Israel; and
WHEREAS, it is in the strong national security interest of the United States to take actions to prevent Iran from having any nuclear weapons; and
WHEREAS, the non-military action that has the best chance of stopping Iran’s nuclear development is the cutoff of all trade, particularly refined petroleum products; and
WHEREAS, our State Department has designated Iran as a "state sponsor of terrorism, and under law American- based businesses cannot do business with these countries;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Reserve Officers Association of the United States, chartered by Congress, urge the United States Congress and the Administration to immediately take action to force publicly traded companies in the US to disclose, clearly and thoroughly, all trade in which they are engaged with Iran; and
BE IT FURTHER MORE RESOLVED, that any corporation doing business with Iran should not receive any U.S. taxpayer dollars, and that States and U.S. citizens should be encouraged to divest investment plans from violating corporations until a company ceases trading with Iran.
Adopted by the National Convention 10 February 2010
Submitted by ROA Headquarters upon request from an STARS partner