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TREASON Panetta tells Congress his authority comes from International Powers!

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Panetta – No Congressional Permission needed for War, Only UN Permission (Mar 08, 2012)

An Open Coup D’etat In AMERICA Underway. Leon Panetta told Congress on Capital Hill yesterday, March 7th, 2012, that the President nor the Military need permission from Congress to declare War only NATOs or UNs permission. Where is the outrage? How much more are you going to let the Beast take away your country?

 

Panetta: International Mandate Trumps Congressional Authorization for Wars

In Discussion of Potential Syrian War, US Following the Libya Model

It perhaps goes without saying that the Obama Administration considers Congress all but irrelevant to the question of its foreign policy, but speaking today at a House hearing, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said it anyway.

Pressed by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R – AL) on the legal basis for a potential war with Syria, Panetta repeatedly referred to seeking an international mandate, saying that the administration’s goal was “international permission” for such a war, and that Congress would be “informed” once that was obtained.

Sessions repeatedly asked for clarification, pointing out that the War Powers Act explicitly requires Congressional authorization for a war, but Panetta would only say, beyond his repeated calls for NATO or UN imprimatur, that there would be discussion in the administration as to “whether or not we would want to get permission from the Congress.”

Though the Pentagon later insisted that Panetta was not “ceding US decision-making authority to some foreign body,” Panetta’s comments made it clear how little role the administration believes Congress has in the matter. He repeatedly said the president had the power under the Constitution to act unilaterally to “defend the United States,” though his examples — Syria, Libya, Bosnia — arguably have little to do with the safety of Americans.

This was the administration’s model in the 2011 Libya war. Launched in March, the White House first cited the 60-day grace period granted in the War Powers Act to seek Congressional authorization for the attack, predicting it would be over before then. Some 90 days later, the administration claimed the Act didn’t apply because Libya wasn’t “technically a war.”

The war in Libya was unique in cutting Congress out entirely of a commitment to conflict. Previous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan rested on at least some Congressional authorization, even if well short of the Constitutionally required declaration of war. Having gotten away with it in Libya, the administration seems content that Congress is a purely optional element in any future war. It seems NATO and the UN hold more authority over the United States’ armed forces; they potentially have additional international troops to offer.

(HR 347 Trespass Bill, Goodbye 1st Amendment Hello Martial Law)

 

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    • Anonymous

      jewish math. lol

    • RAINSCRYPT

      did i just hear a bit of doublethink there? towards the end, justifying his position.. the orwellian nightmare.

    • RAINSCRYPT

      yeah, baffling for sure. exactly the kind of anti-logic orwell warned of. doublethink utilized as a means to circumvent truth while presenting it as truth. note how he conflates national defense with international objectives. this is the manner of speech that facilitates destruction of U.S. sovereignty.

    • Anonymous

      My post was removed without cause. Their is a rogue admin here. Someone needs to get a handle on this admin.

      I SAID…

      PANETTA IS GUILTY OF TREASON.

      I also exposed his ZIOBolshevik leaning with his chosen-nut beliefs.

      It was fit a proper what I expose about the TREASONOUS Zionists here. THEY ARE DESTROYING THIS NATION FOR THEIR JEW-g-d.

      I will not be silent about this treason.

      Here record BILLIONS are being sent to ITS-A-REAL-LIE from the Zionist Occupied Government and the EDOMITE/KHAZARS in ITS-A-REAL-LIE have the nerve to complain.

      http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/clinton-panetta-push-back-republican-criticism-on-israel/2012/03/01/?print

      The two senior Administration officials say the attacks, fueled by the 2012 elections, ignore the strong cooperative relationship and the record billions of dollars in U.S. aid for the Jewish State.

      The two appeared separately on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

      Clinton highlighted Obama’s budget for next year, which calls for $3.1 billion in military assistance for Israel, a slight increase over the current level and the most for any foreign country. Panetta said U.S. support for Israel is unshakeable.

      But if the overall US support for Israel continues to hover around $3 billion, let’s not forget that, though very large, it is the same amount promised at the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978 – not adjusted for 34 years of inflation. The real figure should have been just under $10 billion ($9,913,218,705 to be exact).

    • Anonymous

      note how he conflates national defense with international objectives.
      ________________________________________________________

      No I did not RainingMind. International Objectives should ALWAYS be in keeping with The Constitution, which CLEARLY defines our LIMITED international role.

      National defense should ALWAYS be in keeping with The Constitution.

      Perhaps it is the fact that I pointed out a little deeper into Panetta’s motivation that confused you?

      I always like to follow the Zionists. It is so nice to see them grovel before the jews. Hillary and Panetta are a virtual Khazarian butt kissing team.

    • RAINSCRYPT

      i thought i heard reference to international objectives as separate from US interests, but then declaring those as being in the interest of national defense? can you help me with that? am i clear? i feel i’m confusing myself at this point.

    • RAINSCRYPT

      oh.. as originating from NATO or the UN.. not what is intiated by the US.

    • Anonymous

      Panetta is a traitor. He should be charged with treason, and the Constitution says the penalty for treason is DEATH.
      The UN nor International Powers do not tell the US to go to war. Only the Constitution does. That is why the president is a traitor and a murderer. He declared war all by himself; w/o Congress.
      He, too, should be charged and tried as a traitor.

    • Anonymous

      Uhhh, I wish the post still existed. Sorry can’t help there. If I was unclear I hope my prior post cleared it up.

      International Objectives and National Defense are clearly intertwined but CONSTITUTIONALLY within a very narrow range.

      Constitutionally, we cannot go to war without a Congressional Declaration of War. I know they try to define “war” in such a way, that they have UNConstitionally given power to the President.

      We cannot, for example, go to war for the sake of commerce. We cannot show favoritism to other nations. Failing this, we no longer have a constitutional government.

      This preceded the infringements into the role of the feds in National Defense. Nevertheless, they are intertwined.

      Even Roosevelt (Rosenfelt) waited until the expected attack on Pearl Harbor actually occurred before seeking CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL through a Declaration of War. This was national defense.

    • RAINSCRYPT

      ah, i see my mistake. i should have written UN or NATO objectives rather than international. conflating national defense with UN objectives. does that clarify?

    • Anonymous

      Yep! Constitutionally, the UN and NATO be damned.

      Congress must declare this war. They must explain to The People why it is necessary. Then we can hold the rats IN OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS, responsible for the bull they have willingly passed to the prinkydink in the past.

      National elections are an entirely different animal with different dynamics, for which this ruling cabal is all too aware.

    • RAINSCRYPT

      sorry i confused you when i said international rather than UN or NATO. hehe, i can see why. thanks for all you said. always .

    • Anonymous

      Will we continue to let the monkeys run the zoo, or is it time to capture these renegade monkeys and put them in cages?
      We must not let this continue!
      We must stand up for America!
      We must remove all traitors from and lock them up.
      We must return rule to the people.
      We must destroy the virus among us.
      We must unite and rise up for America.
      Long live us and the US.

    • Anonymous

      Yup put them all in a cage and they can finish their miserable lives off one egg and a glass of water each day. This is the punishment they deserve for death is too easy a punishment for evil people who have murdered many and thought they could put us in concentration camps. Their fantasy will soon end and they will ALL be introduced to something called REALITY. I promise.

    • building 5

      I can’t comment on here what I think should be done.

    • RAINSCRYPT

      hah,these days, you even better control what you think. talk about orwellian. there exists now thoughtcrimes?

    • RAINSCRYPT

      maybe a bad jest, but man what a mess.

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