To: Thomas M. who wrote (1785 ) 9/30/2002 2:41:46 PM From: Raymond Duray Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 8683 STOP BUSH'S IMMORAL WAR OF IMPERIALISM PAGE 1 NATIONAL MOBILIZATION -- OCTOBER 26 civil-rights.net GEORGE BUSH PLANS HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS: Why We Are Marching on October 26th By Carl Messineo and Mara Verheyden-Hilliard [The authors, attorneys and co-founders of the Partnership for Civil Justice - LDEF, are members of the national steering committee of the A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) Coalition.] George W. Bush has declared his intention to wage a 'preemptive' war against Iraq and is now seeking to strong-arm the international community, the U.N., and the Congress into support and submission. As members of Congress rush to show their obedience and member states of the U.N. line up to receive the anticipated spoils of war, the administration is now waging a campaign to convince the people of the United States to fall into step and finance with money and blood this war brought for conquest on behalf of the corporate and oil interests that make up Bush's true constituency. Bush's preemptive war is a war of aggression. The U.S. policy supporting the war is not the rule of law, but the rule of force. But no U.N. resolution and no Congressional resolution can legalize an illegal war. With pen to paper and votes of support, they can only commit to wilful ratification, complicity and responsibility for illegal acts by endorsing a criminal enterprise. A war of aggression violates the United States Constitution, the United Nations Charter, and the principles of the Nuremberg Tribunal. It violates the collective law of humanity that recognizes the immeasurable harm and unconscionable human suffering when a country engages in wars of aggression to advance its government's perceived national interests. <Continues.....>