The United States of America, its President, and the President’s CIA and its military are all above the law – all laws, anywhere, including its own laws.
The 1989 invasion of Panama to arrest and remove its President, who had for seventeen years worked for the CIA, code named “Just Cause” in which by U.S. Army estimate, a least a thousand lives were lost is a good example.
The Organization of American States Charter, to which the US is a signatory and party, prohibits members from invading other members for any reason. The United States ratified the Charter of the OAS in 1948. Under the U.S. Constitution, Article VI, treaties ratified by the U.S. are among the supreme law of the land of the U.S.
The General Assembly of the United Nations voted 75–20 with 40 abstentions to condemn the invasion as a "flagrant violation of international law.” A Security Council resolution condemning the invasion was vetoed by the United States.
To top of all arguments that the U.S. is bound by any sort of law at all, it should never be forgotten that when in 1986, the International Court of Justice found the U.S. guilty of violating international law in mining Nicaragua’s harbors and other "unlawful use of force", the U.S. ignored the court's orders to pay reparations and to desist from further violence, simply stating that the court had no jurisdiction.
In 2002 The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. The U.S. has threatened nations that might allow an American citizen to be brought before this court, which it also does not recognize as having any authority to judge any U.S. action.
So then, lets recognize U.S. lawlessness, denounce it and demand a law-abiding America. If the strongest nation in the world cannot be fair and kind, then we can expect the worst. If the superpower owning half the earth’s resources would lead in kindness, we could expect a better world coming about as a result.
9/11 should have been a wake up call. If violence against America is awful, violence by Americans can be understood to be awful as well.
The 1989 invasion of Panama to arrest and remove its President, who had for seventeen years worked for the CIA, code named “Just Cause” in which by U.S. Army estimate, a least a thousand lives were lost is a good example.
The Organization of American States Charter, to which the US is a signatory and party, prohibits members from invading other members for any reason. The United States ratified the Charter of the OAS in 1948. Under the U.S. Constitution, Article VI, treaties ratified by the U.S. are among the supreme law of the land of the U.S.
The General Assembly of the United Nations voted 75–20 with 40 abstentions to condemn the invasion as a "flagrant violation of international law.” A Security Council resolution condemning the invasion was vetoed by the United States.
In 2002 The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. The U.S. has threatened nations that might allow an American citizen to be brought before this court, which it also does not recognize as having any authority to judge any U.S. action.
So then, lets recognize U.S. lawlessness, denounce it and demand a law-abiding America. If the strongest nation in the world cannot be fair and kind, then we can expect the worst. If the superpower owning half the earth’s resources would lead in kindness, we could expect a better world coming about as a result.
9/11 should have been a wake up call. If violence against America is awful, violence by Americans can be understood to be awful as well.
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