US soldiers in Iraq held against their will
Harmon Seaver
hseaver at cybershamanix.com
Thu Aug 21 06:16:43 PDT 2003
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 02:14:29PM -0400, Paul Hart wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 09:09 AM, Harmon Seaver wrote:
> > It seems that the military is claiming that we are in a "national
> >emergency" and they can do whatever they want, despite laws to the
> >contrary.
> >
>
> You are in a "national emergency."
>
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010914-5.html
Yes, of course, we will always be in a national emergency. Very convenient,
eh? Using that logic, we didn't even need the unpatriot act enacted, they can
simply evade any and all laws/bill of rights on the basis that we are in a
"national emergency" just on the scumbag prez's say so.
Isn't this essentially what every dictator does?
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Harmon Seaver
CyberShamanix
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