Two Oregon Political Parties, Two Views on Bombing Libya

With U.S. military action in Libya quickly approaching the four-week mark, indications are that progressive Oregonians' attitudes on the conflict remain, well, conflicted.

Both the Oregon Progressive Party and the Pacific Green Party of Oregon this month issued statements on America's support for the rebel movement in Libya. Both parties came out against the conflict, but it's clear they had to wrestle with the notion of dropping bombs (bad) in order to prevent more killing (good).

As previously reported by WW, a schism over Libya among the Pacific Greens has already caused one member to resign from the party leadership. Here's the statement the party released April 4, after Michael Meo quit the party's state coordinating committee:

Peter DeFazio
offered up an amendment
War Powers Resolution

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