The recent conflict has wrought near-apocalyptic results upon the economic infrastructure of what had been, until January 1991, a rather highly urbanized and mechanized society. Now most means of modern life support have been destroyed or rendered tenuous.
Time is short.
To oppose the sanctions is to support the Iraqi people. The people are suffering because of the actions of both the Iraqi and U.S. governments. Further, we call upon the United Nations to re-evaluate the economic sanctions against Iraq in light of their devastating impact on innocent human beings and to consider arms control within a regional framework. We urge a cessation of the use of military force to resolve political differences with Iraq. Finally, the Friends Meeting calls upon people in the larger Lehigh Valley community to reflect on the human consequences of actions which have been largely initiated by our government and largely ignored by our mass media.