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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 03:35 PM
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Poll question: If we invade Iran, would you support a divestment campaign targeting PNAC
Nations, such as U.S.A, U.K, and that one that begins with the letter I?

The divestment campaign would end upon our withdrawal from Iraq and Iran.
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Meeker Morgan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 03:52 PM
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1. So how do I "divest" from the USA ...
... when I live here?
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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 04:12 PM
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2. It would be a worldwide campaign encouraging divestment in the securities
of the PNAC nations.

What would be required of you in a divestment campaign is that you sell your U.S. and U.K. securities, and urge others to do the same.

You may be thinking of a boycott, which can be part of a divestment campaign, but doesn't have to be.

A divestment campaign might be unpopular in the targeted nations, but would be hard to argue against in the rest of the world.
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A Simple Game Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 04:19 PM
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3. Hard to hurt the ones that need to be hurt.
Very few poor people have stock in Halliburton.
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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 04:29 PM
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4. Believe me, a divestment campaign hurts those at the top the most.
If enough of the rest of the world dumps their U.S./U.K. stocks, bonds, and currency, it will hurt those in charge, just like it hurt those in charge of apartheid in South Africa, when they were targeted with a divestment campaign.
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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-16-05 11:26 PM
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5. Here's a kick for divestment.
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norml Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-05 03:59 PM
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6. Here's a link to this poll question being asked in a different way in GDP.
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