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Bush’s "National Emergency" Declarations
For decades, various American presidents have issued hundreds of "National
Emergency" proclamations in an effort to bypass Congress in matters of both
foreign and domestic policy. Bill Clinton’s use of executive orders and
decrees, including "National Emergency" proclamations, was particularly
promiscuous. On May 24th, President George W. Bush extended two "National
Emergency" decrees — a 1992 order dealing with Yugoslavia that was issued by
George Bush the elder, and a 1998 Clinton order dealing with Kosovo — under
which our nation became involved in the illegal UN/NATO terror bombing of
Yugoslavia and occupation of Kosovo.
According to President Bush’s May 24th letter to Congress explaining his
decision to continue the "State of Emergency," Yugoslavia’s post-Milosevic
government poses "an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States." How, exactly?
The letter observes that "Slobodan Milosevic, his close associates and
supporters and persons under open indictment by the ICTY" — the UN’s
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia in The Hague — have not been
turned over to UN custody. The "threat" posed by Yugoslavia (which has sought
to try Milosevic and his associates in its own courts) is embodied in its
attempt to preserve its national sovereignty. This is clearly a threat to the
UN’s world government ambitions, but hardly one to the "national security …
and economy of the United States."
By extending the two Yugoslavia-related "National Emergencies," George W.
Bush has demonstrated, yet again, that he represents continuity with his
properly maligned predecessor. "With the signing of this executive order, it
can no longer be said that this is a policy President Bush inherited," points
out libertarian commentator Justin Raimondo. "The Clinton policy is his now —
and it may turn out that his is far worse."
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