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The Threat of Section 1222
By James Rothenberg
31/01/08 "ICH"
-- -- The White House has given ever-shifting
rationalizations for invading and occupying Iraq, running the
gamut from a claim of self-defense to a purported mission of
bringing democracy and thus freedom to the citizens of that
country.
Dissenters claim that the two central tenets were instead the
establishing of a permanent military presence in order to
control Iraq’s oil resources.
Who’s right? The White House or its dissenters? Recently some
new evidence has been uncovered. Firsthand source material.
Lets listen to Bush:
“Today, I have signed into law H.R. 4986, the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008… Provisions of the Act,
including sections 841, 846, 1079, and 1222, purport to impose
requirements that could inhibit the President's ability to carry
out his constitutional obligations to take care that the laws be
faithfully executed, to protect national security, to supervise
the executive branch, and to execute his authority as Commander
in Chief. The executive branch shall construe such provisions in
a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the
President.”
The President is claiming that Section 1222 could inhibit his
ability to defend the Constitution, so he claims the right to
ignore it. The drafters of the bill were also sworn to defend
the Constitution. What are the requirements in 1222 that the
White House finds so inhibiting?
Here is the entire text of 1222:
No funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization of
appropriations in this Act may be obligated or expended for a
purpose as follows:
(1) To establish any military installation or base for the
purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United
States Armed Forces in Iraq.
(2) To exercise United States control of the oil resources of
Iraq
No, this is not a formal confession from the White House. But it
is as formal as you can get.
James Rothenberg - jrothenberg@taconic.net
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