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As a result, US military personnel anywhere in the world may arrest US citizens and others, throw them in military dungeons, and hold them indefinitely outside constitutionally mandated civil protections, including habeas rights, due process, and other judicial procedures.
In other words, presidents may order anyone arrested and imprisoned for life without charge or trial. Tyranny arrived in America. Abuse of power replaced rule of law protections, despite three post-9/11 Supreme Court decisions supporting habeas and other constitutional protections in civil courts for anyone charged with crimes.
A Final Comment
Obama exceeded the worst of George Bush. With another year in office and likely reelection, he'll continue waging permanent wars, flaunting democratic values, imposing repressive police state harshness, concentrating wealth and power disproportionately, destroying the nation's middle class, turning workers into serfs, and making the country more than ever unfit to live in.
It's happening under a president promising change unless public outrage stops him. Sustaining pressure without letup is crucial for as long as it takes. There's no other way.
Quitting's not an option! There can't be to have any chance for success!
The alternative is Orwell's vision of "a boot stamping on a human face forever." If preventing that isn't job one, what is?
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at Email address removed .
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