http://thehill.com/video/senate/286881-paul-blasts-back-at-mccain-graham
But in spite of the filibuster, John Brennan has been confirmed as Director of the CIA, and the rest of Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court see nothing wrong with militarizing the CIA, appointing a man who doesn't know the definition of torture as its Director, and eventually using armed drones to kill American citizens on US soil.
Key issues still to be resolved (although they won't be) include the following:
- McCain and AG Holder say Obama ad-Dajjal would not kill a non-combatant on US soil. What's the definition of "combatant" in this context?
- Paul maintains that McCain and Graham think the laws of war apply everywhere. Many experts around the world believe that the use of drones violates those very laws. Why then should drone use inside the US be considered legal?
- The US has refused since its inception to follow the laws of war. This especially applies to the Civil War, the Indian Wars, WWII, the Vietnam War, both Iraq Wars, and the Afghanistan War. How can anyone know what a lawless regime will do next, and why should anyone believe its promises and assurances (a.k.a. lies)?
Make no mistake, "your" leaders (or should I say "rulers") intend to either bring you under their control or to squash you like a bug if you won't comply with their demands. And they'll do it one step at a time until they get what they want:
The "house of world order" will have to be built
from the bottom up rather than from the top down. It will look like a great
"booming, buzzing confusion," to use William James' famous
description of reality, but an end run around national sovereignty, eroding it
piece by piece, will accomplish much more than the old-fashioned frontal
assault.
-Richard N. Gardner, in "The Hard Road to World Order"
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