Friday, September 13, 2013 - The Conscience of a Realist by Joseph F. Cotto
(This Is Not Complete Article)
“Examining data from 2007 to 2012, the analysts found that the average senator who voted “yes” on the authorization of the use of military force took $72,850 from defense contractors and other defense industry interests. Senators who voted “no” received just $39,770 on average.”
The role which special interest groups play in American politics has long been criticized
Earlier this year, Josh Silver of Represent Us, an anti-corruption watchdog group, told The Washington Times Communities that “(w)hen federal elections cost over $6 billion, politicians from both major parties become dependent on donors instead of everyday Americans. As disgraced superlobbyist Jack Abramoff says, ‘Contributions from lobbyists and special interests to public servants are bribes.’ These bribes cause politicians to advance policies that are great for those interests and very bad for the vast majority of Americans. The politics of obstruction and polarization become their only option: accuse the other party of being radical and destructive in order to distract and confuse the public. The irony is that both Republican and Democrat leaders are selling out the public every day while attacking the other party, all while majorities of Americans are suffering.”
“The post-World War II Nuremburg tribunal championed by the United States established the principle that war not justified by self-defense, i.e., a response to an actual or imminent attack, constitutes the crime of aggression,” former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Fein pointed out in a recent Huffington Post article. “Syria has neither attacked the United States nor threatens to do so. United States military action against Syria to maintain national prestige or otherwise would be a war crime.”
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