Posted on 06/27/2005 5:22:48 PM PDT by kristinn
At the culmination of a gathering of global 'antiwar' groups in Istanbul to hold court on the liberation of Iraq led by the United States and the United Kingdom, the jurors who heard testimony against the liberators issued their findings which included a declaration of support for the terrorists in Iraq who are killing American, British and coalition soldiers and Iraqis.
The World Tribunal on Iraq is endorsed by leading leftwing organizations from around the world including American-based groups like Not in Our Name Project, United for Peace and Justice, Code Pink and International ANSWER.
The war on terror has reached a critical juncture. The left has publicly chosen sides with this announcement. There can be no more talk of 'we support the soldiers but not the war.' As Aloha Ronnie says, THE ENEMY IS WITHIN.
Here are two statements from the trbunal's announcement on Iraq:
10. There is widespread opposition to the occupation. Political, social, and civil resistance through peaceful means is subjected to repression by the occupying forces. It is the brutality of the occupation that has provoked a strong armed resistance and certain acts of desperation. By the principles embodied in the UN Charter and in international law, the popular national resistance to the occupation is legitimate and justified. It deserves the support of people everywhere who care for justice and freedom.
AND
III. Recommendations
Recognising the right of the Iraqi people to resist the illegal occupation of their country and to develop independent institutions, and affirming that the right to resist the occupation is the right to wage a struggle for self-determination, freedom, and independence as derived from the Charter of the United Nations, we the Jury of Conscience declare our solidarity with the people of Iraq.
The Tribunal also calls for the world community to support the terrorists by denying aid to those fighting them in Iraq:
10. That people around the world resist and reject any effort by any of their governments to provide material, logistical, or moral support to the occupation of Iraq.
The tribunal betrays the bravery of the 8 million Iraqis who their cast their votes in January by declaring the elected government of Iraq illegitimate. The terrorists couldn't have said it better:
9. Any law or institution created under the aegis of occupation is devoid of both legal and moral authority. The recently concluded election, the Constituent Assembly, the current government, and the drafting committee for the Constitution are therefore all illegitimate.
Link to the trbunal's pronouncement here.
Link to the list of endorsers here.
Some of you may read this and say this is not news. As with last night's posting about Code Pink, the left has been trying keep under wraps their support for the terrorists. Now, they have boldy declared themselves to be on the side of the terrorists.
We knew this day would come after September 11. We just didn't know the day.
The lack of independence among USSR states was in large part a result of their capture and rapid subjugation by Stalin in WWII, and AFAIK had little to do with the supremacy of their ideological unity.
I think that only a small minority of anti-war people want dictatorial power. But perhaps it’s a majority among their leadership depending on how that’s defined. My sense is that most are just emotionally disturbed, misguided and acting out and want the easy answers and salvation that the left promises to the harsh realities that they can’t or won’t face. I suspect that most would love a far left version of the US, with a trendy progressive interpretation of the Constitution that protected them, even if it meant our standard of living went into freefall, but with them immune of course.
It’s those people that I’m concerned about because their message is persuasive. I think that the hard core US haters are generally counter productive and self destruct, as long as they’re forced to expose themselves like this.
No, not extreme. You advocate reasonable measures in a time of war.
Appears these people have declared war on the US. Time to trot out those anti sedition laws and try em for treason.
Following is the text of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1546, adopted unanimously June 8, which:
1)- endorses the new interim government of Iraq,
2) - allows the multinational force to provide security in partnership with the new government,
3) - sets out a leading role for the U.N. in helping the political process over the next year,
4) - and calls upon the international community to aid Iraq in its transition:
You did remember correctly. This resolution renders these lunatics even more irrelevant.
OH ... is not the beach in Santa Monica PUBLIC LAND???
Wouldn't want to breach the bogus law regarding "separation of church and state" would they?
Yes, in fact it's well known as "The People's Republic of Santa Monica."
See, we don't sue when they do stuff like that. Maybe we should...
Tell that to "Brian," who answers the phone at Senator Orrin Hatch's D.C. office. I phoned all senators to demand censure and expulsion of Turban Durbin, and "Brian" tried to argue with me that "we can't censor [sic] someone for 'controversial' remarks."
I replied that there's a difference between being "controversial" and being a "traitor," and Durbin definitely crossed that line.
Speaking of the 'enemy within,' it was discouraging to encounter "Brian's" attitude in a Republican senator's office.
I'm finding out this year that it matters not whether there is an (R) or a (D) behind someone's name, but what they really think on the important issues.. everyone's gonna get judged on their own merits from now on..
Some of those who support the war, too, seem to have only discovered their compassion for the Iraqis now that we have taken it upon ourselves to fight Saddam, but to me that's a case of waking up to a wrong we should have corrected long ago and acting in our best interest; the "peace" folks, on the other hand, claim this selfless passion for "innocents" just as someone is actually HELPING their situation.
The "peace" brigades are only interested in victims if their victim status can somehow be linked to US wrongdoing, no matter how crazy the link. I wonder if any of these dopes ever thinks about that. Of course, first they'd have to think...
I think filing suits against them is the only way to stop this nonsense.
I also think it is time "we the people" sued the government for using taxpayer money to provide korans, beads, rugs and all the rest of the crap, citing the old separation of church and state, public ground mantra. Especially after the 10 commandments ruling by our judicial masters yesterday.
But you can sure as heck remove them from positions ala Trent Lott.
TurbanDurbin still needs to be censured followed by resignation or expulsion, IMO.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Winston Churchill
The full text of resolution 1546 (2004) reads as follows:
“The Security Council,
“Welcoming the beginning of a new phase in Iraq’s transition to a democratically elected government, and looking forward to the end of the occupation and the assumption of full responsibility and authority by a fully sovereign and independent Interim Government of Iraq by 30 June 2004
I've been present several times when a leftist's referred to the "occupation," and have said; "There is no 'occupation,' it ended last June." On each occasion the leftist has afforded a happy (if not uncommon) opportunity to dumbfound by asking; "Who says so?".
So, these "anti-war activists" aren't anti-war activists afterall. In fact, just the opposite.
On each occasion the leftist has afforded a happy (if not uncommon) opportunity to dumbfound by asking; "Who says so?".
Aw c'mon...I'm waiting with bat breath for your reply. ;*)
ping.
I think you mean sympathy for the terrorists.
I share the sentiment.
Go figure, the antiwar people turn pro-guerrilla-warfare... are we surprised?
I say send them all there for a free 3 month vacation. I am sure we can generate enough funding to send these smelly hippies to the middle east. Let them stay there for a few months and see if they don't have a life changing experience.
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