U.S. Officials Are Above the Law of Nations and Ordinary Laws

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“With regard to Nuremberg ideas of law and sanctions against aggressive war, the U.S. government considers itself above all that. It’s a case of ‘now you see it, now you don’t’. If the U.S. decides to bomb somebody and wants to mention Nuremberg as a justification (or its equivalent like a charge of killing one’s own people), now you see it. If it decides its own officials can get away with aggression against Iraq, now you don’t.  The fact of the matter is that the U.S. government regards itself as a law unto itself. It is the supreme and only superpower, by virtue of which what it says, goes. And what it says is law, it also claims.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/u-s-officials-are-above-the-law-of-nations-and-ordinary-laws/

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The State: Judge in its Own Cause

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“Is this really a nation of laws, though? There’s an old legal principle, ‘nemo iudex in causa sua,’ which translated into English means ‘no one should be the judge of their own cause.’ But in fact all the laws theoretically limiting the state’s power are interpreted by — wait for it — officials of the state.  The commission of the actual military, intelligence and diplomatic crimes themselves, the classification of documents that evidence those crimes, and the setting of civil and criminal penalties for revealing wickedness in high places — all these things are done by officials of the same government.”

http://c4ss.org/content/20984

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“Absolute Immunity” for the “Supreme Crime”

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“One week before whistleblower Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for exposing war crimes, the Obama administration filed a petition with a federal court in San Francisco arguing that George W. Bush and his top advisers enjoy ‘absolute immunity’ against any potential criminal charges or civil liability arising from the Iraq war.  At the Nuremberg Tribunal following World War II, aggressive war was designated the ‘supreme crime,’ and it was recognized that faithful execution of unlawful orders does not immunize soldiers for their actions in waging aggressive war. High-ranking officials of the National Socialist Party were sent to the gallows for the crime committed by Bush and his cohorts.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/absolute-immunity-for-the-supreme-crime/

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Obama heckled over sentencing of Chelsea Manning

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“President Barack Obama was interrupted by protesters on Thursday night amid a speech on college affordability.  While Obama was speaking in Syracuse, New York, two woman began shouting at him. One of the women held up a giant ‘Free Bradley Manning’ sign.  Both women were escorted out of the event. Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Wednesday for leaking thousands of secret U.S. documents to WikiLeaks. Her supporters have called on Obama to pardon Manning, arguing she is a whistle-blower who acted on behalf of the public.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/22/watch-obama-heckled-over-sentencing-of-chelsea-manning/

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How to Start a War by the Bootstrap Method

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“The U.S. need never again be at peace, because it has so many ways to get war going.  There is now a new way to create a war. Obama has invented it.  At this point in its history, the empire no longer needs to be attacked, by an actual or fabricated attack. It no longer needs to manufacture a pretext. It no longer needs to say that there is a threat of a threat. It no longer needs to suspect weapons of mass destruction. It no longer needs to point to an humanitarian concern. It no longer needs to mention national security.  Obama’s method is simple. Make a threat by drawing a red line. There need be no relation of that line to any U.S. interest or to national defense or an attack on America.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/how-to-start-a-war-by-the-bootstrap-method/

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McCain, Graham express optimism on Obama Syria plan

“President Obama’s bid to get congressional support to use military force in Syria received a boost Monday as Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham said they have more confidence the White House is developing a better strategy for dealing with Syria.  McCain and Graham are key votes Obama will need to win Senate approval for the United States to launch missile strikes against Syria in response to an Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack that killed more than 1,400 people.  McCain and Graham have jointly expressed concerns that a military strike should be part of a broader strategy in Syria, not simply a random attack to punish the regime.”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/02/white-house-syria-congress-mccain/2755051/

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Kerry: U.S. has firm evidence sarin gas was used in Syria attack

“‘Each day that goes by,’ Kerry said, ‘this case is getting stronger. I mean, today I’m at liberty to tell you that we now have samples back from first responders in East Damascus – those samples of hair and blood have been tested, and they have reported positive for signatures of sarin. So, we are now getting a stronger case each day. The credibility of the United States is on the line here and I believe that Congress will do the right thing.'”

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3460_162-57600900/u.s-has-firm-evidence-sarin-gas-was-used-in-syria-chemical-weapons-attack-sec-kerry-says/

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Glenn Greenwald: Obama, Congress and Syria

“The Congressional vote which Obama said he would seek appears, in his mind, to have no binding force at all. There is no reason to believe that a Congressional rejection of the war’s authorization would constrain Obama in any way, other than perhaps politically. To the contrary, there is substantial evidence for the proposition that the White House sees the vote as purely advisory, i.e., meaningless.  Recall how – in one of most overlooked bad acts of the Obama administration – the House of Representatives actually voted, overwhelmingly, against authorizing the US war in Libya, and yet Obama simply ignored the vote and proceeded to prosecute the war anyway.”

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/01/obama-congress-syria-authorization

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Military Members Speak Out Against Syrian War Through Anonymous Meme

“Are we witnessing the beginnings of a new military member internet meme?  Military members are donning their uniforms and posting pictures of themselves with signs covering their faces that read, ‘I didn’t join the [military service branch name] to fight for Al-Quaeda in a Syrian civil war.’  The first image surfaced on the internet a few days ago and now another military member has made their own version.  Have military members finally found a way to speak out against U.S. Imperial foreign policies?”

http://libertycrier.com/military-members-speak-syrian-war-anonymous-meme/

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Amash: Military Members Keep Telling Me To Vote No On Syria

“After President Obama delivered a speech in the Rose Garden where he said the United States ‘should‘ strike Syria following a deadly chemical weapons attack, Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) took to Twitter to dispute that claim with comments from those who would likely carry out that order. Since Amash’s initial tweet, he’s been retweeting comments that have been sent in from military members and veterans. Many of my own military sources have expressed reservations with action in Syria, especially following service in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/justin-amash-military-no-syria-2013-8

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