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Kucinich Responds to Office of Legal Counsels Twisted Rationale for Libyan War
http://warisacrime.org/content/kucinich-responds-office-legal-counsel%E2%80%99s-twisted-rationale-libyan-war


From: commondreams.org

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A policy chasing its tail

Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

04/13/11

Stretching all the way back to the dawn of the American empire, when Teddy Roosevelt and his crew of 'progressive' imperialists planted Old Glory on battlefields from Cuba to the Philippines, the pattern of US overseas intervention has repeated itself down through the years. We 'liberate' a foreign people from the bonds of what we regard as tyranny, only to find that the presumed beneficiaries of this policy are lacking in gratitude - and blame us - us! - for their subsequent problems. Although, youll note, that doesnt stop them from seeking aid and assistance from the US Treasury: in fact, it encourages them...

http://tinyurl.com/3btze34



Why the Framers were right about war

Downsize DC Downsize DC
by James Leroy Wilson

04/12/11

The Libya War is further proof that the Constitutions Framers were correct to vest the war making power in Congress, NOT the President. The Presidents Commander-in-Chief powers do NOT empower him to go to war at his own choosing. He is only permitted to execute wars AFTER Congress declares them...

http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/why-the-framers-were-right-about-war


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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