TheAAmmeerriiccaaFFiirrsstt April 10, 2007 The Official Newspaper of the America First Party www.AmericaFirstParty.org Time to Change Course in Iraq President Bush used misinfor- By Michael Lynch mation to persuade Congress to AFP New York Secretary authorize military action in Iraq. He claimed that Saddam Hussein's gov- ecent milestones have con- ernment had ties to Al-Qaeda, and Rfirmed that the invasion of Iraq that he possessed weapons of mass has been a waste of money, man- destruction (WMDs) which posed a power, and human life. Over 3000 threat to the United States. Many American troops have died in Iraq Americans were afraid that Hussein since March 2003. This number might either attack us with his arse- exceeds the total of 2973 persons nal or sell weapons to terrorist who died in the 9/11 terrorist groups who would attack us. attacks. Nearly four years later, the mili- The report of the Iraq Study tary has still not found any genuine Group (ISG), a bipartisan committee WMDs. Intelligence reports have co-chaired by former Secretary of shown that Hussein's secular- State (and longtime Bush family Muslim administration had no ties to friend) James A. Baker III and Lee the Islamic fundamentalist Al-Qaeda Hamilton, confirmed what many organization; in fact, they did not get Americans have said for a long time: along at all. No evidence supports On board the USS Abraham Lincoln May 1, 2003, President Bush announces that that the situation in Iraq is "grave Bush's claims that Iraq posed any “major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” and deteriorating." The situation has kind of imminent threat to the grown so desperate that even United States. Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union. nations on earth and overthrow their President George W. Bush has final- Our nation's preemptive military The "good guys" (which America governments. ly acknowledged that the US is not strike, based on such faulty justifica- aspires to be) do not attack without At this time, the war in Iraq is a really winning the war. tion, was a dangerous precedent. clear provocation. dismal failure. The ISG's report con- Arguments in favor of toppling cluded that our government's policy “President Bush used misinformation to persuade Saddam Hussein's government were in the country is not working. "The weak in many respects. It is true that ability of the United States to influ- Congress to authorize military action in Iraq.” he was a ruthless, evil tyrant and the ence events within Iraq is diminish- Iraqi people deserved better. (Continued on Page 3) The invasion of Iraq was a trag- Influenced by our historic Judeo- However, that statement could be ic mistake from the beginning. It is Christian values, most Americans applied to countless other rulers. Inside this Issue: time for our elected leaders to take would normally disapprove of such Although Hussein frequently decisive action to avoid further dis- military aggression. Such invasions appeared on lists of the world's z From the Chairman Page 2 aster. are the work of dictatorships like worst dictators, he was certainly no more harmful to his people, and no z Party Principles Page 3 greater threat to America, than many z America First Party Speaker Pelosi Page 4 1630 A 30th Street # 111 PRSRT STD others (like Kim-Jong Il of North U.S. Postage Paid z Zillion Dollar Deficit Page 5 Boulder, CO 80301 Greenwood, MS Korea). In fact, in some respects 38930 (religious freedom, for example), z Middle East Exit? Page 6 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Permit No. 100 Hussein was better than the rulers of z Playing Church Politics Page 7 Saudi Arabia, which Bush considers z an "ally" in the War on Terror. Using Muslim Congressman Page 8 President Bush's logic, it would z Party Store Page 12 make sense to invade half the Page 2 The America First Leader April 10, 2007 From The Chairman: Join the Revolution! afflict the country. The information By Jonathan Hill that we acquire needs to be used in AFP National Chairman practical ways. I strongly urge all to look into their hearts and ascertain e are pleased to bring you what they can do to respond to the Wimportant information in this present crisis. issue of the America An obstacle to First Leader which progress is the failure of major media rarely many to know what their report. The articles pre- role is. That being the sented here show some case, people often say that of the effects and root it is time for a new third causes of our govern- party, and insist that ment’s corruption and “someone should do out-of-control policies. something about it.” It is hoped that they will However, few seem to contribute to a realistic realize that it is crucial understanding of why our nation is that they personally be involved. in its present perilous condition, and This alone may constitute one of the motivate the reader to respond by most major factors in slowing party assisting the mission of the America growth. First Party. Contributing to this problem is With our new less-expensive the widespread laid-back political newspaper format, we are able to culture in our country, where little is bring our message to many more required of the average citizen. The people than before, and in much minority that participates in elec- greater depth. It is hoped that this tions, rarely have any practical polit- will lead to a surge of interest and to ical involvement other than actually an increase in greatly-needed rev- voting. But times are changing for years. Our strategy needs to be dif- didates, we need to have rank and enue. Thanks are due to the Public the worse. ferent. It needs to focus on running file party members involved in Relations Committee for its efforts The reality of systematic gov- for offices for which our candidates activities which identify and attract in this regard. ernment mismanagement in matters can be competitive, even if this often more new members. One example This being said, it is clearly not of foreign, fiscal, trade, and immi- requires initially limiting our activi- of how this can rapidly be done is enough to catalogue the ills which gration policy, and the increasing ty to the local level. Running for the with the solicitation of petition sig- lawlessness and corruption which is sake of running, without adequate natures and contact information causing our political and judicial funds or name recognition, tends to from the general public. We have The America First Leader institutions to rot, necessarily will do little more than support the popu- found that a team of two petition An Official Publication of the bring more and more painful conse- lar voter-psychology that leads workers can identify persons who America First Party, prepared by quences for all. Both these prob- many to believe that third party can- agree with the AFP on two polemi- the Public Relations Committee, lems, as well as a non-participatory didates are a “wasted vote”. cal hot-button issues at a rate of 7 and published by authority of the electorate, are unsustainable -- that On the other hand, winning local per hour, and this is the case in liber- America First National Committee. is, our constitutional Republic will races, and then going on to compete al areas of Massachusetts! not survive if the mismanagement, Press Secretary corruption, and lack of participation J. C. Schweingrouber continue. The realization of this “Americans will have to take responsibility and work Public Relations Committee in effective ways to bring our government under con- Chairman should drive patriotic citizens to become active with a sense of trol, or our country will cease to be.” Address all correspondence to: urgency. America First Party As the articles in this publication 1630 A 30th Street # 111 show, the situation is now grave. We successfully for state legislative Just one team working 8 hours Boulder, CO 80301 are at a crossroads. Americans will seats -- a sequence which is charac- per week can increase their state have to take responsibility and work teristic of the political careers of organization’s contact list by over (866) SOS-USA1 in effective ways to bring our gov- many, if not most, successful major 1,500 quality contacts per year. If 20 [email protected] ernment under control, or our coun- party candidates -- will probably people volunteered to do this, a state www.americafirstparty.org try will cease to be. result in a more significant chance of could quickly expand their contacts So what can be effective? It def- building the America First Party into by 15,000 annually. Duplicating this Copyright 2007 by the America a vibrant political force throughout effort in every state could annually First National Committee. All initely is not effective to use the Rights Reserved. methods of some third parties which the districts of every state. expand our reach by 750,000 nation- have failed so many times over the In parallel with competitive can- (Continued on Page 4) April 10, 2007 The America First Leader Page 3 Time to Change Course in Iraq Party Founding Principles The Statement of Principles of the America First Party was adopted at the (Continued from Page 1) First Party has offered viable solu- first meeting of the National Committee on April 20, 2002. The Principles pro- ing" (The Iraq Study Group Report, tions that would have avoided the vide an outline for the Party’s Platform, which contains a section for each of p. 9).