These five items are co-equal, and the relative focus on any one of them will depend on legislative opportunities and political dynamics. Nor are they intended to prevent us from supporting other legislation consonant with UFPJ's goals when the opportunity arises.
1. UFPJ will push for legislation that gets the troops out now, on the shortest possible timeline in logistical terms. At the same time, where appropriate, UFPJ will remain open to supporting other, more moderate legislation calling for withdrawal, if and when that legislation will contribute to ending the occupation and the political defeat of the warmakers.
2. UFPJ will support legislative initiatives that cut off, cut down, condition and otherwise limit the ability of the Administration to fund the occupation of Iraq. UFPJ opposes all authorizations, allocations, and appropriations by Congress for the war (except direct benefits to returned troops or veterans).
3. The United States should leave no influence behind in Iraq, including military bases, corporate or financial controls over Iraq's economy or laws, or control of its oil resources. This does not remove the continuing obligation of the United States to provide funding to Iraq as compensation for the damage caused by the war.
4. UFPJ will support Congressional and other investigations which highlight the illegal actions of the Bush Administration (and previous administrations) in taking the country to war, such as the inquiries into the Downing Street memoranda, and in its conduct of the occupation, including mistreatment of detainees, exploitative corporate contracts, unfair labor practices, misuse of American troops, and manipulation of intelligence. We will also support investigations into the illegality of the doctrine of preventive war.
5. UFPJ will support counter-recruitment amendments and legislation, such as bills that would require parents to "opt-in" before their children can be approached by military recruiters.