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Vermont Congressional Candidate Calls For Arrest of Bush & Cheney by

U.S. Military

Politics 911September 21, 2006

 

Spotlight on Vermont 9/11 Truth Candidate, Dennis Morrisseau, who

calls for Bush/Cheney arrest by the military to prevent unauthorized

attack on Iran.

 

Denny has also won approval from Vermont for the ballot line that he

runs under to read " Impeach Bush Now " (rather than Democrat or

Republican!) thus creating a de facto 'instant referendum' on

impeachment!

 

A creative and attention grabbing initiative to alert Vermonters to

the illegal immoral criminal regime currently occupying the White

House! Give him your support, talk about what he is doing and explain

why we must fight fascism in America!

Congratulations Denny, we wish you every success in your campaign!

 

 

Arrest Bush/Cheney!

 

 

 

Former Army Lieutenant and a candidate for Congress in Vermont, Dennis

Morrisseau, today called for the arrest of President Bush and Vice

President Cheney by the American military " if necessary " to prevent an

unauthorized attack upon the nation of Iran.

 

" American forces are apparently already active inside Iran, and Naval

forces have received orders to deploy to that country, " Morrisseau

said. " The President has NO AUTHORITY to attack the nation of Iran

whatsoever, in the absence of a full, formal Declaration of War on

Iran by the sitting Congress. "

 

Morrisseau said any order for an attack upon Iran or to deploy naval

forces to its coastal waters is illegal, and called upon officers of

the American military to " First, refuse to obey such an order. If the

president persists and insists on ordering our forces into combat in

or over Iran without a formal Declaration of War, then I call upon

you, General Pace, as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and upon such

other military officers as clearly see their duty in these

circumstances to detain both the President and Vice President, until

such time as the Congress shall act. "

 

Letter to General Pace of the Joint Chiefs

 

Morrisseau, a Congressional candidate who was court-martialled for

opposition to the Vietnam War in 1968, said he has written to General

Pace to ask for the intervention of the military. " In spite of my

opposition to the Vietnam War and the court-martial which we

ultimately defeated, I was a good soldier who had the respect of my

superior officers throughout the ordeal. And they had mine! "

Morrisseau said. " There are many many, very, very decent people in the

active duty military. I know this, " he said " people who love their

country and democracy too, and hate war. "

 

Morrisseau wrote that " Iran is no present threat to us or anyone.

Their right to enrich uranium under treaties signed by us for the

production of nuclear power is clear: and that is all they have so far

done. An attack upon that nation now by us, acting alone will

constitute an illegal war of aggression under international law. It is

illegal under our law as well. I urge you to so advise the President, "

Morrisseau wrote to Pace, " and urge that he take no such actions. In

particular, he must not act in the absense of a full, formal,

responsible War Declaration by Congress. That is the Constitutional

requirement. "

 

If he and Cheney persist, Morrisseau wrote, " than the country must

rely upon you, Sir, and our armed forces generally, to resist all

illegal orders by Bush or Cheney, and take the gentlemen into custody

if necessary. "

 

 

 

October Surprise

 

 

 

The Bush Administration and the Pentagon have issued orders for a

major " strike group " of ships, including the nuclear aircraft carrier

Eisenhower as well as a cruiser, destroyer, frigate, submarine escort

and supply ship, to head for the Persian Gulf, just off Iran's western

coast.

 

This information follows a report in the current issue of Time

magazine, both online and in print, that a group of ships capable of

mining harbors has received orders to be ready to sail for the Persian

Gulf by October 1st.

 

As Time writes in its cover story, " What Would War Look Like?, "

evidence of the forward deployment of minesweepers and word that the

chief of naval operations had asked for a reworking of old plans for

mining Iranian harbors " suggest that a much discussed--but until now

largely theoretical--prospect has become real: that the U.S. may be

preparing for war with Iran. "

 

According to Lieut. Mike Kafka, a spokesman at the headquarters of the

Second Fleet, based in Norfolk, Virginia, the Eisenhower Strike Group,

bristling with Tomahawk cruise missiles, has received recent orders to

depart the United States in a little over a week. Other official

sources in the public affairs office of the Navy Department at the

Pentagon confirm that this powerful armada is scheduled to arrive off

the coast of Iran on or around October 21st.

Read on...

 

 

 

Anti Vietnam War Veteran

 

 

 

Second Lieutenant Dennis Morrisseau arrested in front of LBJ White

House while in uniform and carrying a sign: " 120,000 American

Casualties---WHY? "

 

He was arrested and court-martialled as an Army 2nd lieutenant for

repeatedly speaking out in uniform against the Vietnam War, then

refusing shipment to South East Asia. His legal team defeated the

court-martial and he was allowed to resign his commission in early

1968. The court-martial charges called for 5 years in prison at

Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary. (NYT 3/11/68)

 

 

 

Take Back The Congress

 

 

 

My name is Dennis Morrisseau.

 

I'm an old war horse and a candidate for the U.S. House of

Representatives from Vermont who believes we must impeach Bush and

Cheney, and we must remove the neoconservative cabal from power.

 

Our great nation has suffered a coup.

 

And there is an immediate need for action and for the piercing of

illusions. We need to step across old political boundaries and ideas.

Who cares about " Democrats " vs. " Republicans " ? The leadership of both

parties is thoroughly corrupt. And that " leadership " exercises its

power through control of Congress, not the presidency.

 

Presidents are figureheads and presidential elections are " bread and

circuses. " In our American system, Congress rules because Congress

makes the laws and Congress writes the checks that fund all government

activity.

 

Our leaders are very happy to have us believe otherwise.

 

But no president can govern at all without the full cooperation of Congress.

 

The 109th Congress and its leaders of both parties are fully complicit

in all actions taken so far by the Bush administration, no matter what

they say for public consumption. Their true loyalty is to their fellow

senators and representatives and their corporate backers and not to

us.

 

We have to take back the Congress. We can do that in 2006 if we start today.

 

Here's how: Ordinary citizens such as you, your friends and your

relatives need to stand for election to Congress.

 

I am urging and encouraging you to stand with me and for yourselves as

Independents.

 

Hundreds of us will run for Congress in 2006. We will run everywhere,

in every state, in every congressional district, for every seat.

 

We will fund this national campaign independently of corporate

interests and we will reclaim what our Constitution says is rightfully

ours: the Congress and the executive branch of our government.

 

Also remember this:

 

Congress alone can lawfully impeach and remove the president.