-Caveat Lector- >>>Way back when, I wrote to Lindsey about his sense of honour and duty when considering the impeachment vote against Bill Jeff, while LG was one of the House "managers". I suggested to him that he was spinning his wheels, like in his car on Myrtle Beach (the sandy side), just a-gunnin' and a-gunnin', the tires a-turnin' and a- turnin'. Lots of noise and commotion for gettin' no wayuh. A<>E<>R<<<
>From Sierra Times (URL @ bottom) }}}>Begin Wrong reason to raid Saddam By Henry Lamb 12.10.01 A resolution has been introduced in Congress to declare that Iraq has committed "an act of aggression against the United States..." by refusing to comply with U.N. Resolution 687. This proposed resolution is a twisted, and extremely dangerous, excuse to bomb Baghdad back to the stone age. Saddam is a bad guy. If there exists credible evidence that he played any role in the September 11 attack on America, the President already has Congressional authority to get him. This resolution (HJRES 75), introduced by Lindsey Graham (R-SC), is absolutely the wrong way to go about unseating Saddam. Iraq's refusal to comply with U.N. Resolution 687 is not an "act of aggression against the United States;" flying commercial jetliners into the World Trade Center is. If Saddam can be shown to have participated - even a little - bomb his butt into oblivion. We cannot, however, hide behind a U.N. Resolution to do now, what another U.N. Resolution prevented us from doing when our forces were in Iraq the last time. The United States military has but one purpose: to defend the United States of America. Its purpose is not to enforce U.N. Resolutions, nor to use U.N. Resolutions as an excuse to engage in warfare for any purpose other than the defense of our nation. We certainly should have learned that lesson by now. The United States needs no U.N. Resolution to activate our military; it needs an order from our Commander in Chief, supported by a Congressional Declaration - nothing more. When the United States, or its allies are attack ed, we must respond. But we should never again respond with our military in order to comply with a U.N. Resolution. Lindsey's Resolution would continue to submerge the U.S. military into the U.N.'s military aspirati ons. If there is ever to be a U.N. standing army, it should not include a single American. President Bush has responded to the terrorists' attack brilliantly, so far. He has announced Americ a's resolve, found friends to help fight the foe, and left the U.N. to do what it does so well - ta lk. Lindsey would have us now seek refuge behind a U.N. Resolution. No! It would say to the world that we need a U.N. Resolution to authorize our action. Saddam's refusal to allow U.N. inspectors, which is a violation of U.N. Resolution 687, is an extre mely thin excuse for invading a sovereign nation by any military force, and no excuse at all for U. S. military action. An invasion of Iraq by the United States would be an act of aggression, and condemned by the world, unless the United States had incontrovertible evidence that Iraq "planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks of September 11...," as stipulated in the Joint Resolution which authorizes the President t o wage the war on terrorism. Until such evidence is in hand, or until Saddam commits some other act of aggression against the Un ited States, we need to concentrate on the task at hand: destroying the likes of al Qeada, and shor ing up our domestic def enses. Lindsey's Resolution was introduced on December 4. It was fast- tracked, and is scheduled to be con sidered by the House International Relations Committee, Tuesday, December 11. Since the Committee C hair, Henry Hyde (R-IL) is a co-sponsor of the proposal, the measure is expected to sail through committee with little opp osition. Ron Paul (R-TX) is a member of the Committee. He will object, and speak in opposition to the Resolu tion. Ron Paul is one of the few members in Congress who recognizes the dangers of getting into bed with the United Nation s. The anti-Saddam sentiment, coupled with the anti-terrorist sentiment, could easily cloud considered reasoning by Congressmen who are eager to wind up the session and head home for the holidays. This little two-page Resolution, if enacted in haste, could trigger a chain of events and pave the way to entanglements with the United Nations that reach far beyond Baghdad. As appealing as the ide a of ridding the world of Saddam might be, it is not worth surrendering an ounce of our sovereignty, which we would do if we hid behind a U.N. Resolution to justify our military actions. Henry Lamb is the executive vice president of the Environmental Conservation Organization (ECO), an d chairman of Sovereignty International. Permission to reprint/republish granted, as long as you include the name of our site, the author, a nd our URL. www.SierraTimes.com All Sierra Times news reports, and all editorials are � 2001 Sierra Times.com (unless other wise noted) SierraTimes.com� A Subsidiary of J.J. 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