SB 2017-061: Western Sahara Recognition Act (Failed)

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This is definitely not an issue I'm very read up on, so I'll have to educate myself a little before I vote.  And once again I would ask our Secretary of State to weigh in.

That said, this bill as written does not explicitly address human rights abuses in the territory and I echo Siren's concerns that its passage might unintentionally open the floodgates to more violence.  If, indeed, we pass a resolution recognizing the Sahrawi government without the backing of our allies and choose to offer unilateral support to the government, I fear that Atlasia will again take upon itself the burdensome endeavor that is acting as a foreign government's police and military force - that is to say, we will relapse to our old seditious habit of nation-building.

Again, I will have to do some research on the conflict before I decide how to vote or amend, but currently I am hesitant to support any bill that might grow our military's already bloated role in world affairs.

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I'll just echo the rest of them in that this doesn't seem like a good idea.

Since we seem to have reached a consensus, I motion for a final vote.

Seconded.

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Nay.