The US Military is Not Under Civilian Rule - by Mark E. SmithI don't
see an embed button, so here's the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUctxdsKk9Q
This is a State Department spokesperson
saying that the decision about whether or not to allow the United
Nations, the International Red Cross, Congressman Kucinich, or any other
individual or group to visit Bradley Manning is ENTIRELY up to the
Pentagon and not subject to debate by the President, Congress, or any
other entity.
In other words, the military junta that
rules the United States and controls much of the world on behalf of
private corporations, is not subject to civilian rule or to
Congressional, Presidential, or State Department oversight. The military
is entirely independent of our government, it makes its own decisions,
and it tells the President, Congress, and the State Department what
those decisions are--nobody can tell the military junta what to do.
In a democracy, if the United Nations, a
Human Rights organization, or a Congressman wanted to visit an inmate,
they would be allowed to do so. The United States is not a democracy. It
is ruled by a military junta. The so-called "Commander-in-Chief" is
just a puppet spokesperson for the military junta, just as he is for his
big corporate donors. When asked about Bradley Manning, Obama said that
he had "asked" the military and they told him that everything was okay.
Notice that he didn't TELL the military what to do, he ASKED them if
what they were doing was proper, and of course they said it was, so he
had no choice but to accept that.
The last time a US President tried to
stand up to what his predecessor, General Dwight D. Eisenhower called
the "military-industrial" complex, was in 1963, and it cost President
Kennedy his life. The military junta took over the country in a bloody
coup, in broad daylight, and has made no pretense of being under
civilian rule since then.
That's why under both Republican and
Democratic administrations we wage wars of aggression based on lies,
that's why we torture, and that's why the Pentagon's budget is the
largest in the world.
According to US law, the military junta
enjoys sovereign immunity and cannot be brought to justice even for
crimes against humanity. The junta can decide to scapegoat some of its
lower level personnel for carrying out illegal orders issued by their
superiors, but the superiors who give the orders aren't likely to be
prosecuted by the junta and enjoy immunity in civilian courts by federal
law.
International law might apply, but
unfortunately our military has such great power over foreign nations
that the only war criminals who seem to get prosecuted by the ICC or
World Court are usually Africans and always those the US does not
support.
http://fubarandgrill.org/node/1069
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