Posted on 06/14/2013 4:13:01 PM PDT by smoothsailing
June 14, 2013
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As The New American has chronicled since it was first proposed, the National Defense Authorization Act purportedly authorizes the president of the United States to deploy the armed forces to apprehend and indefinitely detain anyone suspected of providing support to terrorists. Section 1021 of the NDAA reads in relevant part:
Congress affirms that the authority of the President to use all necessary and appropriate force pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force (Public Law 107-40; 50 U.S.C.1541 note) includes the authority for the Armed Forces of the United States to detain covered persons (as defined in subsection (b)) pending disposition under the law of war.
A covered person under this section is any person as follows:
A person who was a part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners, including any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy forces.
And, finally:
Detention under the law of war without trial until the end of the hostilities authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
A plain reading of Section 1021 reveals, then, that anyone who is found to have “substantially supported” al-Qaeda or associated forces can be detained by the military until the end of the War on Terror.
If the laws passed by Congress apply only to the American people and not to the president or members of Congress themselves (15 senators recently voted to arm Syrian rebels), then the United States has become an aristocracy, whose ruling class is not governed by the laws they pass.
(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...
Ahhhh, yes...
Just another Fast and Furious type operation...
Something tells me I hope my nephew and his company rotate back here to the states on time...
He’s in Jordan right now...
As true as it might be, this statement by a former President is totally irresponsible.
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I think it is more self serving. If we go in and arm the Syrian rebels and get knee deep in all this, Benghazi will be less of a threat to Hillary in 2016.
Don’t you find it interesting that Rand Paul brings gun-running and Benghazi back up and out comes Billy boy goading on the Won?
I always wondered what the Wus thought about Obama.
Exactly!
And the Syrian leadership is just as bad. We should simply sit this one out, unless it spills over.
I think that Al-Qaeda is now infiltrated the US White House. This is very alarming that the ones who want to kill us are arming.
Where is our Patriot elected officials? Where is the Republican party and the Rat party member’s who are still Americans first.
We are declining nation.
It's both, of course. Irresponsible and self-serving. Bill Clinton's never been anything other than self-serving.
What did Zero get his Nobel Peace prize for?
a goat and some shiny beads
So can I tell the Government that I am Muslim so I can have exempion status as well.
It’s time for states to move against this muslim-loving traitor before he kills all of us.
Benwhatzi?
An Al-Qaeda dictatorship on Israel's border.
What could go wrong?
Fast and Furious 2.0. What could possibly go wrong?
So, the Jack@$$ in Chief brags about killing the head terrorist, Osama Ben Bad, and now he arms the very bunch of murdering izzlumic thugs that were Ben Bad’s soldiers. This is like killing Rommel, but arming the Nazi armies in their fight with the Brits in Africa.
Don't forget to thank the "Conservatives" at Commentary Magazine and The Weekly Standard.
Those guys have been working overtime for two years trying to destroy Assad.
Because a Syria controlled by Al-Qaeda is WAY better than Assad, right?
Exactly. Kill Rommel, and then refuel and reload his Panzers so they can avenge him. It’s insane.
Much of the Israeli leadership consider al-Qaeda preferable to Assad. The Israeli fear of Iran and Hezbollah is that great. That opinion is not universal in Israel and in any case should not affect American decisions about what is best for America.
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