Originally published February 23 2006
Book takes critical look at Iraq war
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The book "In the Name of Democracy: American War Crimes in Iraq and Beyond: The American Empire Project" takes a critical look at American actions in Iraq with the help of government documents, statements by government officials and war critics and news and editorial materials.
This indictment of the US war in Indochina by three respected historians was published just as many Vietnam veterans were making the same case speaking out about their own experiences.
To stop the atrocities, based on the Vietnam experience, now comes the hardest part of American civics -- convincing a clear majority of Americans, and then of Congress, that our national leaders have crossed a forbidden line.
That line consists of repeatedly violating national and international laws on the conduct of military operations.
The materials marshaled include government documents, statements by government officials and war critics, news accounts and a Washington Post editorial that concluded in December 2004 that "violations of human rights ...
For now the appalling truth is that there has been no remedy for the documented torture and killing of foreign prisoners by this American government."
The editors and contributors to In the Name of Democracy offer a variety of things to do to help create a remedy.
Holtzman was a member of Congress who helped draft articles of impeachment against President Nixon, forcing his resignation from office over his imperious widening of the war in Indochina and misuse of government agencies to attack war critics.
Such a resistance movement advances not so much by amassing power to itself as by withdrawing the elements of cooperation and acquiescence that give usurpers their power," the editors conclude.
"When soldiers refuse to fight; youth refuse to enlist; activists interfere with induction centers; officials refuse to hide the truth; lawyers, judges, and elected officials refuse to accept abuse of government authority; and more and more ordinary citizens support such efforts -- the days of those who usurp legitimate authority are numbered."
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