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talkpoliticsOne of the secret powers of the American presidency is the capacity to suspend international law. This may come as a surprise to people who have been deluded into thinking that America is anything but a despotic nation. When a single country possesses technical sophistication adequate to the task of global domination, it can dispense with the trappings of justice.
In addition to the criminal doctrine of preemption, asserting the suspension of the Geneva Conventions is a classic Bushite move. The Bushites posit the US somewhere in the exosphere, above the lowly domain of the Swiss hamlet. When soldiers have difficulty swallowing the Party line about presidential power, they can take a long walk off of a short peer to sleep with the fishes.
Do you agree with the notion that a president can claim that the Geneva Conventions don't apply to his conduct or the conduct of his minions at the Pentagon? What are the moral implications for such behavior on the part of a supposed leader?
In addition to the criminal doctrine of preemption, asserting the suspension of the Geneva Conventions is a classic Bushite move. The Bushites posit the US somewhere in the exosphere, above the lowly domain of the Swiss hamlet. When soldiers have difficulty swallowing the Party line about presidential power, they can take a long walk off of a short peer to sleep with the fishes.
Do you agree with the notion that a president can claim that the Geneva Conventions don't apply to his conduct or the conduct of his minions at the Pentagon? What are the moral implications for such behavior on the part of a supposed leader?
