This resolution was signed by 51 members of the Juniata College faculty. Please note that this document is an expression of the individuals who signed it and is not a formal action of the faculty.

The development and dissemination of the resolution were motivated by several factors:

• Our commitment to the historic mission of Juniata College as a peacemaking institution in the Brethren tradition;
• Our general aversion to warfare and violence as means of resolving conflict;
• Our belief that we have a democratic obligation to speak and to have our voices heard;
• Our commitment to modeling for students the attributes and behaviors we hope to cultivate in them.

We hope that it gives a sense of seriousness with which we take this issue and that it might serve as a stimulus for response from the academic community in general. Copies of the resolution and signatories have been sent to the White House and to all of Pennsylvania's members of congress.

We, the undersigned faculty of Juniata College, are opposed to a pre-emptive attack on Iraq on both moral and practical grounds.

Morally, an attack on Iraq will likely result in the death and injury of innocent civilians, and our attack would make us guilty of the very thing we seek to prevent—death and injury to civilians for political purposes. Our attack would also risk legitimizing the principle that any country that claims it is being threatened by another country may mount a pre-emptive strike.

Practically, a pre-emptive strike risks lives, further destabilization of the Middle East, erosion of relationships with our allies, and increased resolve of our enemies around the world. None of these outcomes foster increased security for us and other countries. War in Iraq would also impose serious strains on America's currently week economy in terms of the costs of the war, as well as on post-war economic obligations.

For these reasons, and absent new evidence that drastically changes the present situation regarding Iraq, the undersigned faculty of Juniata College urge our elected representatives in Congress and the White House to oppose any pre-emptive war in Iraq.

(Signed by 51 members of the Juniata College faculty)