U.S. Military Are Criminals, Indeed.

from Elijah Gatewood - 06.07.2006 16:41

On the Supreme Court striking
down U.S. military tribunals of
terrorism war, and among other
matters.

Reporting from Washington, D.C.


This very moment, the U.S. Congress
and President Bush are working
feverishly to put down rejection
by the American high court's ruling:
U.S. military tribunals in the war
on terrorism are unconstitutional.
Absolutely, the U.S. military are
criminals in the war on terrorism,
with no exception to the invasion
of Iraq. It engaged in military
operations for no justified reason.


The 5-3 decision by the U.S. Supreme
Court declared Bush's attempt to
resurrect a type of military trial
used in the aftermath of World War
two violates U.S. military and
Geneva conventions. The ruling has
Republicans worried, especially
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky,
who says that "American servicemen
potentially could be accused of
war crimes. I think Congress is
going to want to deal with that".
He further called the decision
"very disturbing".

But why the war on terrorism began
are questions that have not been
answered. While many in the U.S.
Government are fueling over the
bold act five years ago, none have
realized that it was something that
the United States brought about.
The 2003 invasion of Iraq for false
claims of weapons of mass
destruction, where none have been
since then is a perfect example;
The CIA later publically announced
that it provided false information.
It also invaded the country for
supporting terrorism, another issue
not dealt with.

Regardless of all the talk about
the U.S. being a free country and
where many can improve their
economic status, actual life in
America shows a different picture.
Increasing crime, lack of
affordable housing, and education
remain serious concerns in America
well into the millenium. However,
these matters have been ongoing
since the sixties, and the nation
is still divided over them. There
is much hardheadedness to be found,
like Senator Lindsey Graham of
South Caroline---"The Geneva
Convention's article 3 is far beyond
our domestic law when it comes to
terrorism, and Congress can rein it
in, and I think we should".


And in an address before U.S. troops at
Fort Bragg, North Carolina, President
Bush echoed that the war on terrorism is
about "freedom" not justice. Evryone
with common sense knows that no nation,
family, friendship business or even a
religion can exist without basic laws.
This is something that America will
never accept, but in the end will. No
nation can go into another nation, and
do what it wants.


The U.S. Government have dealt it's
own citizens a raw deal through the
years, and terrorism is nothing more
than a painful reminder that those sins
will not be forgiven. This is the same
country that murdered U.S. President
John F. Kennedy, Malcom X, and the
Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.
and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Yet,
they do not want to own up to it.