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Daniel Sheehan was interviewed on Pacifica's KPFA Saturday.
He goes over the legal strategy for introducing a resolution to Congress to
block team Dubya's war. For more information on Pacifica's coverage of the San
Francisco Peace Rally, see http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/03/1583170.php
On a related note, check out the John Bonifaz interview I
posted the other day:
http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=55563
One way or another, the war powers issue (Article I, section
8, US Constitution) will hopefully become a major pain in the arse for the Bush
Administration Unlike the Gulf of Tonkin and other cases, issues present now
offer a unique window of opportunity before the official launch of war. John
Bonifaz discusses this in detail.
The court case might not lead to anything -- but it's not
over, despite what the media is telling America (see the interview). A new
resolution submitted in Congress will probably be defeated as well. But these
steps are necessary. No specific action will stop the war all by itself. But
actions since September have delayed the war and compelled Bush to go the UN,
where he first expected the Iraqi dictator to balk immediately. Enter the
growing "superpower" (NY Times) force of public opinion and General
Colin Powell's clean little UN stopover became a nightmare. At each stage the
juggling act intensifies for Team Dubya. Perhaps we'll get lucky and synergy
will bring the whole campaign crashing down. It's doubtful, and the last card
these jokers could pull is a staged attack on American assets in the Gulf. Team
Dubya wants war bad enough that another Gulf of Tonkin is certainly possible.
Final plug on good listening/reading: The first chapter to
Daniel Ellsberg's book is online, free. It talks about the Gulf of Tonkin
incident in fantastic detail. It's an insightful read: http://www.ellsberg.net/sample.htm