HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 8995RESOLUTION NO. 8995
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
00 THE CITY OF AZUSA
IN SUPPORT OF OUR MILITARY FORCES
IN THE MIDDLE EAST
WHEREAS, THOMAS PAINE said it best when he wrote:
"These are the times that try men's souls. The
Summer solider and the sunshine patriot will, in
this crisis, shrink from the service of their
country, but he that stands it now deserves the
love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like
Hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this
consolidation ' with us, that the harder the
conflict the more glorious the triumph. .What we
obtain cheaply we esteem too lightly; it is
dearness only that gives everything its value.
Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its
goods; and it would be strange indeed if so
celestial an article as freedom should not be
highly rated;" and
WHEREAS, True, he wrote those words at another time about
another conflict; however, in this contemporary
world, where terrestrial distances have shrunk to
the often stifling close proximity of a global
community, there is no comfortable remoteness to
separate our country from its.national neighbors.
WE are as it were, cheek to cheek in what is an
uneasy co -existence with our fellow world
passengers, and
WHEREAS, Now that our military forces.are engaged in a just
war in support of freedom, and against an evil
that menaces not just the Middle East but all of
us in the end, we need to recall to mind, anew,
THOMAS PAINE'S words, stand united, shoulder to
shoulder, behind our President and, as one, send a
clear message to all the World of our firm resolve
to support our country in this struggle.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Azusa, adds, on behalf of the
residents of the City of Azusa, its voice of
support of our country's war against the
oppressive SADDAM HUSSEIN regime which seeks to
destroy the well-being of not only that immediate
region but ultimately the entire.worid.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this: 4th day of
February, 1991.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the forgoing Resolution was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting
thereof, held on the 4th day of February, 1991, by the following
vote of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
DANGLEIS, STEMRICH, NARANJO,
ALEXANDER, MOSES
: NONE
: NONE