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The same old with Powell, Rice, and Obama, or real change with Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich?
by Open-Publishing - Monday 10 November 2008http://www.chycho.com/?q=node/1884
I’m not sure when exactly I became color blind, it was years ago. I believe it occurred during my time at the University of Waterloo where I had the good fortunes of interacting with people from around the world, many of whom were from Africa. The only major difference that I noted between blacks and every other race was that when we played soccer, almost everyone that was from Africa wore gloves and extra clothing so that they could stay warm.
I mention this because there seems to be a global misconception that the United States is entering a political utopia now that Barack Obama has become President-elect. Unfortunately I believe most of this unfounded faith is based on Obama’s ancestry.
I just wanted to point out that two of the most powerful black Americans that have recently served in the United States government, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, are considered to be war criminals.
Colin Powell was charged and convicted in 1992 with war crimes by the International War Crimes Tribunal for his part in the first Gulf War.
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“The members of the International War Crimes Tribunal finds each of the named accused Guilty on the basis of the evidence against them and that each of the nineteen crimes alleged in the Initial Complaint, attached hereto, has been established to have been committed beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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“The Commission of Inquiry was headed by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who submitted a complaint citing 19 violations of international law, not by Saddam Hussein, but President Bush and others in his administration. The Initial Complaint was submitted for review by the International War Crimes Tribunal, who found Bush, Vice President Dan Quayle, James Baker, Richard Cheney, William Webster, Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf and others to be named to be guilty of the 19 charges listed in the complaint.”
Considering the above, I find it amazing that Colin Powell was hired as the salesman and was successful at bringing us the second Gulf War, which has so far resulted in over one million civilian deaths in Iraq.
As for Condoleezza Rice the war criminal, I’m in full agreement with Immortal Technique, “Condoleezza Rice is just a new age Sally Hemmings.”
So if Obama follows in the footsteps of his predecessors, both presidents and blacks in power in the White House, then the citizens of the United States of America are in for a rude awakening, and Obama will be anything but the savior that he is being portrayed to be.
If anyone is of the mindset that Obama is different than the rest, then it is very important to learn about the implications of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and Obama’s part in it. Last I checked, immunity for telecoms and those who participated and initiated warrantless wiretapping were not part of the American Dream.
On 5 November 2008, Obama ended his speech with “God Bless America”. Why would god bless America and exactly what is the difference between him and other presidents? If he had actually blessed all the victims of American War Crimes, now that would have been something to see and a change well worth the effort.
If citizens of the United States really want to see change, then the best place to start is by supporting Ron Paul’s "American Freedom Agenda Act", which is co-sponsored by Dennis Kucinich, some of the highlights of which are:
1) No civilian or military tribunal of the United States shall admit as evidence statements extracted from the defendant by torture or coercion.
2) No Federal agency shall gather foreign intelligence in contravention of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). The President’s constitutional power to gather foreign intelligence is subordinated to this provision.
3) The Military Commissions Act of 2006 is hereby repealed.
4) Any individual detained as an enemy combatant by the United States shall be entitled to petition for a writ of habeas corpus under section 2241 of title 28, United States Code.
5) Notwithstanding any other law, secret evidence shall not be used by the President or any other member of the executive branch to designate an individual or organization with a United States presence as a foreign terrorist or foreign terrorist organization for purposes of the criminal law or otherwise imposing criminal or civil sanctions.
Further information on Obama’s victory and its implications from Ralph Nader and The Real News Network.