Monthly Archives: August 2013

Making the World the ‘Enemy’

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“After 9/11, President George W. Bush turned to Civil War precedents to create military tribunals for trying alleged ‘terrorists.’ But in applying those draconian rules to a worldwide battlefield, he created the nightmarish potential for a global totalitarianism, as retired U.S. Army JAG officer Todd E. Pierce explains.”

http://consortiumnews.com/2013/08/21/making-the-world-the-enemy/

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The Dictatorial Power to Punish a Dictator

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“Americans often forget the Constitution is the law that we the people have imposed on President Obama (and the rest of the federal government). The president expects us to obey his laws and punishes us severely when we don’t. Just ask any of the thousands of people serving long prison terms for violating federal drug laws. Why shouldn’t the president be required to obey our law, the law of the Constitution? Why should Obama be entitled to exercise dictatorial powers, even if it’s just to punish another dictator?”

http://fff.org/2013/08/26/the-dictatorial-power-to-punish-a-dictator/

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The US-Syrian Quandary: A Case of Déjà-Vu

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“All of this sounds just a little bit too familiar for our taste. We all know how much of a problem the Iraq debacle has been for the US government and its budget. In fact, we may just be weeks away from seeing Tomahawk cruise missiles raining on Damascus. As Doug Casey likes to put it, never let a good crisis go to waste. Though Syria is not a major producer of oil, the impact of its civil war can reach far beyond its borders to countries such as Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. We believe this saber-rattling by the US government is simply another step toward trying to secure the Persian Gulf… and its precious oil resources.”

http://www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/the-us-syrian-quandary-a-case-of-deja-vu

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Muslim leaders urge ‘decisive action’ against Syria

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“The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Wednesday condemned alleged poison gas attacks in Syria, blaming the government and calling for ‘decisive action’ in response. The world’s largest grouping of Muslim nations ‘stressed the need to hold the Syrian government legally and morally accountable for this heinous crime and to bring its perpetrators to justice’.  The OIC called on the UN ‘Security Council to discharge its duty of preserving international security and stability, taking a unified position against this monstrous crime and its perpetrators.'”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/28/muslim-leaders-urge-decisive-action-against-syria/

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Chemical Weapons in Syria? Who Cares!

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“It does not matter whether or not Obama gets Congressional approval for the strike. It does not matter whether 50 percent plus one in Congress vote in favor of an attack on Syria. It does not matter whether some form of chemical weapons were used in the war in Syria. It does not matter who used them if they were indeed used. it does not matter whether the Saudis are demanding that we overthrow Assad. It does not matter whether the Turks are demanding we overthrow Assad. It does not matter whether the Israelis demand that we overthrow Assad. What matters is that there is no grounds for the US to make war on Syria. It has not attacked us; it does not threaten us. On the contrary…”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/chemical-weapons-in-syria-who-cares/

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Biden’s and Carney’s Vacuous Justifications for Bombing Syria

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“Carney has another vacuous justification: ‘…allowing the use of chemical weapons on a significant scale to take place without a response would represent a significant challenge or threat to the United States’ security interests.’ This is more than empty. It’s crazy. Syria is absolutely rent by a horrible civil war. There is no way that it represents a challenge to the security interests of the U.S., much less a significant challenge. The U.S. government is itself endangering peace and risking a wider war if it attacks Syria. This lowers the security of Americans. I’ve located 3 elaborations of what these supposed security interests might be.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/bidens-and-carneys-vacuous-justifications-for-bombing-syria/

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How Will White House Find Legal Grounds to Bomb Syria?

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“Obama is already breaking the UN charter by shipping arms to rebels, by training them, and by introducing covert CIA and mercenary operatives into Syria. He has already made the US an outlaw nation. Perhaps having already crossed the Rubicon of illegality, he doesn’t care if he advances further into that territory. Perhaps he feels that he can sell an aggressive attack on Syria on the basis of its being defensive and his being in the right. But since America is not threatened, there is no such rationale on the basis of defense possible.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/how-will-white-house-find-legal-grounds-to-bomb-syria/

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Rand Paul: Syria lacks security connection

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“Sen. Rand Paul said the U.S. has ‘no clear national security connection’ to the war in Syria and called for a debate in Congress over possible military action in the country. The Kentucky Republican — who has been an outspoken advocate against military action in Syria — said in a statement the U.S. should ‘condemn’ the use of chemical weapons and determine who deployed them. But the decision of whether the conflict demands U.S. action should come from Congress, he added, not President Barack Obama. ‘The war in Syria has no clear national security connection to the United States and victory by either side will not necessarily bring in to power people friendly to the United States,’ Paul said.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/rand-paul-syria-security-connection-96000.html?hp=l1

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A Real and Lasting Peace

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“Seems as if supplying Syrian rebels with arms just isn’t enough. The US government and its Western allies are about to unleash direct military force in the small Middle Eastern country. We have heard the drumbeat of war for a long time – now as early as Thursday bombs may start falling on Syria. Instead of regime change, we are told, US military forces just seek to ‘send a strong message’ to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to stop (apparently) using chemical weapons. A humble, non-interventionist, foreign policy is no good — to be humanitarian we must bomb other populations.”

http://c4ss.org/content/21052

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How New Zealand banned software patents without violating international law

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“What do you do when you’re a small country with a technology industry convinced that innovation requires the banning of software patents, but you’ve signed an international treaty that in theory obliges you to make software patentable? If you’re New Zealand, you simply declare that software isn’t an invention in the first place.  In 1998, the head of the UK Patent Office commented that European law says that a piece of pure software is not technically an invention. In New Zealand, a poll of the members of the Institute of IT Professionals revealed that 94% were in favor of banning software patents. In India, courts have upheld that country’s ban on software patents.”

http://qz.com/119419/how-new-zealand-banned-software-patents-without-violating-international-law/

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