In Support Of Mutiny
By Dennis Morrisseau
04/29/06 "ICH"
-- -- Just this past week there was a flicker of information or
rumor across the internet that a number of senior U.S. Military
officers had threatened to resign if the Iran Operation comes
on, as it now looks like it will. In addition, it was said that
DoD was treating the communication of the threat to resign as a
"mutiny". (Against civilain authority was the Administration's
spin.) If, in fact, such a thing did occur, it is indeed a
mutiny in my opinion. One I have been expecting for quite some
time. The Administration's planned attack on Iran following upon
the Bush/ Cheney disaster in Iraq is indeed likely to stimulate
a mutiny among our armed forces.
As a declared candidate for Congress here in Vermont and a
former Army officer myself, with some legal training, I hereby
formally state that I support the "mutineers" if they exist. And
if they are so far only rumors, only ghosts, then I hope to God
that real flesh and blood American soldiers will stand against
war in Iran soon. It has come to that. I will support it.
("Big Dark coming," Hunter Thompson is reported to have written
in his suicide note not long ago. There was a journalist! Making
the tough public call.)
There is no legal or Constitutional authority, to date, under
which this administration can proceed to an attack on Iran, much
less one involving an unprovoked and unnecessary resort to
nuclear weaponry. There has been no Declaration of War. And if
this Congress-- almost all of whom ought to be immediately
retired--does not declare war on Iran, then no attack on that
nation by American forces should be permitted. Congress and
courts having now largely failed us, we must rely on the courage
and the honor of our military. I believe they will do their duty
which is to disobey all unlawful orders.
Should our military fail us now, we must act ourselves. If the
good men and women who wear our uniform will not refuse unlawful
duty, and those more compliant with authority will not stand
down in the face of the threatened attack, then we the people
must immediately take the present government down. Our only
means to do so in time, is to stop work entirely coast to coast
and walk into the streets together. We cannot wait for the
upcoming elections I am afraid.
I recommend a general strike across the country, and the
withholding of all federal tax monies by each of us, if the Bush
Administration does not in the coming weeks forswear an attack
on Iran. We should do the same if the present Congress refuses
to meet its duty to check this madness by passing a formal
Declaration That No State of War Exists between the United
States and Iran , forbidding the planned attack by that device.
Dennis Morrisseau is a former Army Lieutenant and now a
Republican candidate for the U.S. House from Vermont. He was
court-martialled in 1968 for refusing transport to Vietnam after
openly criticising that war while a uniformed Army officer.
Morrisseau prevailed in the court-martial. He has called for the
impeachment of both Bush & Cheney
www.impeachbush.tv/editorials/dmorso_050819.html
Dennis Morrisseau < dmorso@netzero.net > www.2LTMorrisseau.com
www.impeachbush.tv/editorials/dmorso_050819.html
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