[Peace-discuss] On the Iraq-US SOFA agreement

[Brussel Morton K.]

…We've sat on our sofas while a so-called SOFA eliminated the  
requirement that our congress approve treaties and wiped out any  
remnant of the congressional power to begin and end wars. We've set an  
international precedent whereby wars of aggression are justified  
through treaties made with puppet governments installed by the  
invaders. We've proactively torn up Obama's promise to have (at least  
"combat") troops out in 16 months, so that he didn't have to. We've  
allowed violations of the treaty to pass unnoticed and announcements  
of intent to prolong the occupation further to go unchallenged. We've  
effectively made the occupation of Iraq permanent by allowing George  
W. Bush to play us all for fools from the comfort of his Dallas  
mansion, and by imagining that electing someone else to take his place  
had anything to do with our peace movement. …



A reflection from David Swenson, who reviews and interprets what the  
SOFA agreement has been about. I would'nt subscribe to all he  
concludes, chastizing the anti-war movement, but the article is useful  
in clarifying its faults and consequences.

http://charlottesvillepeace.org/node/2001

--mkb
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