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Leaders' lack of respect for rule of law makes us all victims of 9/11
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Mar 15, 2010 09:04pm |
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| Author | Cynthia McKinney |
| Media | Newspaper - Independent |
| News Date | Monday, March 15, 2010 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The war on terror did not go away with George Bush. When President Barack Obama came to power there was so much hope, but as the US Green Party presidential candidate I did not share it.
I heard candidate Obama's speeches and knew that he would be a War President. What I did not realise was the extent to which the policies of President Obama would mirror those of his predecessor, including the renewal of the Patriot Act and commission of war crimes. Sadly, President Obama's Justice Department is now in US courts defending the criminal acts of the Bush administration.
In his State of the Union address
to the nation, President Obama defended war, erosion of civil and human rights, creation of the police state, ignoring the US Constitution and the norms of international law, by invoking the tragedy of 11 September, 2001. Tony Blair also leaps to his own criminal defence by invoking 9/11. |
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