A Letter from the Hofstra Community to Bill and Hillary

Hofstra University of New York is hosting the The 11th Presidential Conference, William Jefferson Clinton: The "New Democrat" From Hope. The Hofstra Community has formally requested that Bill Clinton (and his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton) take a stand, as leading representatives of the Democratic Party, by ending the silence by the Dem. party leadership and begin opposing the Bush Administration's pro-Iraq War policies. Here is an excerpt of the letter that will be presented to the Clintons and the attendees at the conference:

....We, the undersigned, believe the Democratic Party has a moral obligation to stand firm in opposition to the reckless and destructive policies of the Bush administration in Iraq. And, since you are the face of that party, we believe you have the obligation to articulate that opposition on behalf of Democrats and patriotic Americans of all political persuasions. We therefore call upon you to meet your moral obligations to a country which has so warmly embraced and so greatly entrusted you, to make a clear and unequivocal statement of opposition to the madness of George Bush's adventure in Iraq, and to do so now, before even greater damage can be done to that country and to ours. Americans are dying by the thousands in Iraq. Iraqi civilians are being slaughtered by the tens of thousands. America, once a beacon of human rights ideals in a hard and cold world, descends today into a moral bankruptcy which matches its fiscal condition, both caused in large part by this war based on deceit. Polls show that most Americans now understand the utter foolishness of this foreign policy tragedy, and yet most politicians remain silent while the carnage continues and magnifies in scope. It is time for our political leadership to become just that. America stands today teetering upon a precipice perhaps as grave as any since 1865. We believe you understand this better than anyone, having been haunted for over a decade by the dark forces of the radical right, who seek to destroy this country while hiding behind a mask of piety and patriotism. We implore you now to call forth from yourselves the courage, patriotism and leadership America so sorely needs at this grave moment, and to lead us away from the abyss, before it is too late. The Iraq war is a tragedy and a disaster. It must end now, and - with the exception of one man in the Oval Office - no other Americans have a greater capacity to hasten that outcome than do you....