Vermont congress candidate calls on Pentagon to arrest Bush, Cheney...

[marmar]

Vermont Congress candidate calls on Pentagon to arrest Bush, Cheney
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2006-09-26 02:12. Elections | Impeachment | Iran

Former Army Lieutenant and candidate for Congress in Vermont, Dennis Morrisseau, today called for the arrest of President Bush and Vice President Cheney by the American military "if necessary" to prevent an unauthorized attack upon the nation of Iran.

The antiwar Vietnam vet is a Republican, but he has won approval from the State of Vermont to run on the ballot line “Impeach Bush Now,” rather than Democrat or Republican.

"American forces are apparently already active inside Iran, and Naval forces have received orders to deploy to that country," Morrisseau said. "The President has NO AUTHORITY to attack the nation of Iran whatsoever, in the absence of a full, formal Declaration of War on Iran by the sitting Congress."

Morrisseau said any order for an attack upon Iran or to deploy naval forces to its coastal waters is illegal, and called upon officers of the American military to "First, refuse to obey such an order. If the president persists and insists on ordering our forces into combat in or over Iran without a formal Declaration of War, then I call upon you, General Pace, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and upon such other military officers as clearly see their duty in these circumstances to detain both the President and Vice President, until such time as the Congress shall act."

Letter to General Pace of the Joint ChiefsMorrisseau, who was court-martialled for opposition to the Vietnam War in 1968, said he has written to General Pace to ask for the intervention of the military. "In spite of my opposition to the Vietnam War and the court-martial which we ultimately defeated, I was a good soldier who had the respect of my superior officers throughout the ordeal. And they had mine!" Morrisseau said. "There are many many, very, very decent people in the active duty military. I know this," he said " people who love their country and democracy too, and hate war."

Morrisseau wrote that "Iran is no present threat to us or anyone. Their right to enrich uranium under treaties signed by us for the production of nuclear power is clear: and that is all they have so far done. An attack upon that nation now by us, acting alone will constitute an illegal war of aggression under international law. It is illegal under our law as well. I urge you to so advise the President," Morrisseau wrote to Pace, "and urge that he take no such actions. In particular, he must not act in the absense of a full, formal, responsible War Declaration by Congress. That is the Constitutional requirement."

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[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Though I agree with the sentiment, that's really not a wise thing to say.

He really marginalizes himself if he realistically believes the military is actually going to perform a coup d'etat (which is exactly what he's proposing).

[Benhurst]

2. Of course it could be said that the Bush Crime Family and their

stooges in the Supreme Court set the precedent for a coup on December 12, 2000 and followed it up with the "elections" of 2002 and 2004.

You're right though, it is probably not a good political strategy, especially in a country lacking a free press.

[marmar]

3. Perhaps he's one of those candidates that doesn't expect to win...

but wants to make a statement.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. The only statement he made is that he's a loon. (nt)

[Benhurst]

5. Yeah, every sane person knows our leaders are above the law. NT

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

9. No, every sane person knows a military coup is just not going to happen.

[Benhurst]

10. Yeah, they've been part of the problem for a long time now. NT

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

11. Well, it's part of how they're trained.

Whomever came up with the program is a genius, because quite frankly, even a fiesty general would most likely not be able to muster a full military coup d'etat, especially with the embedded competitiveness between the branches of the military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, etc.) If ever someone tried, at least one other branch would probably try to put it down.

[Benhurst]

12. It will be interesting, especially after the stolen elections of 2006,

to see to what extent they will follow the The Leader as he shreds what's left of the Constitution they are sworn to uphold and places them in the position of violating the Geneva Accords and all standards of human decency.

Germany's military followed Hitler almost to the end.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

13. The vast majority of them are flat out brainwashed.

Why else do you think so few have gone AWOL instead of going directly into Iraq for no good reason?

[Benhurst]

14. Most are. But just how many have gone AWOL? I'm not sure

we're getting the true figures.

Still, they are, admittedly, between a rock and a hard place. And the cowardly performance of our elected officials (members of the House and Senate) makes their position even more difficiult.

[LynneSin]

6. Vermont better watch out - they'll be turned into 1 giant Gitmo

:scared:

I'm proud of that state!

[C_U_L8R]

7. I'll take a courtmartial

in place of impeachment.

Works for me... just as long as these f*ckerts meet justice.

[Benhurst]

8. And "President" Bush prefers military tribunals to civilian courts, so

everyone would be happy.