Food for Thought
Voice of America, via Juan Cole:
"President Bush has signed an order that allows the U.S. government to block the assets of any person or group that threatens the stability of Iraq. The order exempts the United States."
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
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Is that order enforceable (i.e. assets can be blocked) within the United States or in Iraq as well?
Well in either case it's ridiculous:
(1) If enforceable in the US --> since when can the president just "sign an order" that directly becomes the law without formal legislative procedures?
Oh wait, I forgot, we're AT WAR, so the pres *should* be given virtually limitless power.
(2) If enforceable in Iraq --> way to go to show the world who's in charge (Go Operation Iraqi Freedom!), and funny they already know the first thing that everyone's gonna say when they read the "group that threatens the stability of Iraq".
I wonder who that can possibly be...
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