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31 Cards in this Set
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By shamelessly exploiting the terrible tragedy of 11 September 2001, the Bush Junior administration set forth to steal a hydrocarbon empire from the Muslim states and peoples living in Central Asia and the Middle East and Africa under the bogus pretexts of 4 what things?
1- fighting ................. 2- Elim .............................. 3- Promo ................... 4- Self-st ..................... |
1) fighting a war against “international terrorism” or “Islamic fundamentalism”; and/or
2) eliminating weapons of mass destruction; and/or 3) the promotion of democracy; and/or 4) self-styled humanitarian intervention / responsibility to protect (R2P) |
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Toward accomplishing that first objective, in 2007 the neoconservative Bush Junior administration announced the establishment of the U.S. Pentagon’s Africa Command (AFRICOM) in order to
co_____, do_____, st_____, and ex_____ what 2 things? 1 - Nat____ ___________ 2 - Var_______ _________ of the continent of Africa. |
a) control,
b) dominate, c) steal, and d) exploit => Both the natural resources and the variegated peoples of the continent of Africa |
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Let us put aside as beyond the scope of this paper the American con_____, ext_____, and eth___ c______ of the Indians from off the face of the continent of North America.
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conquest, extermination, and ethnic cleansing
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Since America’s instigation of the Spanish-American War in 1898, U.S. foreign policy decision-making has been alternatively conducted by re_____ imp_____, co_____ imp_____, and li_____ imp_____ for the past 115 years and counting.
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reactionary imperialists, conservative imperialists, and liberal imperialists
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outstanding historic examples of unlimited imperialism are the 5 expansionist policies of
1- Alex............. 2- Rome........ 3- The Arabs .... 4- Na........... 5- Hi............ |
a) Alexander the Great,
b) Rome, c) the Arabs in the seventh and eighth centuries, d) Napoleon I, and e) Hitler. |
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The reactionary imperialists, conservative imperialists, and liberal imperialists all have in common an urge toward 3 expansions which knows ...?
1- No ra................... 2- Feeds .................... 3- If not stopped ................... |
a) no rational limits,
b) feeds on its own successes and, c) if not stopped by a superior force, will go on to the confines of the political world. |
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After September 11, 2001 the people of the world have witnessed successive governments in the United States that have demonstrated little respect for fundamental considerations of
1- Int........... L..... 2- Hum............ R............ 3- US C................ ______ ______, _____ _____, or ___ ____________ __ ___ _______ ________ |
international law, human rights, or the United States Constitution
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8) Instead, the world has watched a comprehensive and malicious assault upon the integrity of the international and domestic legal orders by groups of men and women who are thoroughly Ho_________ and Ma__________ in their perception of in_______________ re________ and in their conduct of both fo________ af______ and Am__________ do__________ po______.
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Hobbist and Machiavellian
international relations foreign affairs and American domestic policy |
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In many instances specific components of the U.S. government’s foreign policies constitute ongoing criminal activity under well recognized principles of both in__________ l____ and US do_____ l_____, and the Nu_______ Ch_________and the Nu________ Ju________, and as well as the Pentagon’s own
f) US A____ F____ M_____ __-__ on The Law of Land Warfare, which applies to the Pr______________ himself as C______-in-C________ of the United States Armed Forces under h) Ar_______ __ Section _ of the United States Constitution. |
a) international law and
b) United States domestic law, and in particular c) the Nuremberg Charter, d) the Nuremberg Judgment, and e) the Nuremberg Principles, f) U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10 on The Law of Land Warfare g) the President himself as Commander-in-Chief of United States Armed Forces h) Article II, Section 2 |
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Depending on the substantive issues involved, these international and domestic crimes typically include but are not limited to (3 items):
1- The Nur______ o______ of "______ ______ _______" 2- Cr_______ a_________ h__________ 3- W______ c____________ 4- Gr_____ br____ of the F____ Ge____ Co________ of 1949. 5- The 1907 Ha_____ Re_________ on land warfare. |
a) the Nuremberg offences of “crimes against peace”
b) Crimes against humanity c) War crimes d) Grave breaches of the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 e) and the 1907 Hague Regulations on land warfare. |
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What are examples of grave breaches of
* the Four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and * the 1907 Hague Regulations on land warfare? 1- T____________ 2- En_________ d__________________________ 3- As______________ 4- M___________________ 5- K_____________________ 6- Ex____________ r____________ 7- "s________ and a_____ 8- d__________ u____________ 9- w________ ph_____________ 10- cl_________ bo________ 11- dr___________ s_________. -----> Name 11 examples. |
i) torture,
ii) enforced disappearances, iii) assassinations, iv) murders, v) kidnappings, vi) extraordinary renditions, vii) “shock and awe,” viii) depleted uranium, ix) white phosphorous, x) cluster bombs, xi) drone strikes, |
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Various officials of the United States government have committed numerous inchoate crimes incidental to these substantive offenses
a- The Nu________ C_________ b- The Nu________ J____________ c- The NU________ P____________ d- The US Ar____ F_____ M_______ __-__ (1956) and seven war crimes in their own right: 1- W___ p__________ and p_____________ 2- S____________ of w____ 3- I_________ of w____ 4- C__________ to w___ 5- C__________ to w___ 6- At__________ at st_______ w___ 7- Ai______ and ab________ w___ |
a) the Nuremberg Charter,
b) the Nuremberg Judgment, and c) the Nuremberg Principles as well as d) U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10 (1956) 1) War planning, and preparation, 2) Solicitation of war, 3) Incitement of war, 4) Conspiracy to war, 5) Complicity to war, 6) Attempt at starting war, 7) Aiding and abetting war. |
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12) Today’s situation is that over six decades ago at Nuremberg the U.S. government participated in the
1- P____________________, 2- P____________________, 3- E____________________. of Nazi government officials for committing some of the same types of heinous international crimes that these officials of the United States government currently inflict upon people all over the world. |
a) the prosecution,
b) punishment, and c) execution |
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According to the basic principles of international criminal law as set forth in paragraph 501 of the
US A_______ F_____ M________ __-__, all high level civilian officials and military officers in the U.S. government who either k______ or should have k_______, that soldiers or civilians under their control (such as the C.I.A. or mercenary contractors), c_______ or were about to c________ international crimes and failed to take the m__________ necessary to stop them, or to punish them, or both. and d) __________________________________, are likewise personally responsible for the commission of international crimes. |
a) U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10
b) knew or should have known c) committed or were about to commit d) failed to take the measures necessary to stop them, or to punish them, or both |
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This category of officialdom who actually knew or should have known of the commission of these international crimes under their jurisdiction and failed to do anything about them include at the very top of America’s criminal chain-of-command:
a) The P_______________ b) The Vice P____________________ c) The US S_________ of D__________ d) The S__________ of S______ c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) |
a) the President,
b) the Vice-President, c) the U.S. Secretary of Defense, d) Secretary of State, e) Director of National Intelligence, f) the C.I.A. Director, g) National Security Advisor and h) the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff along with i) the appropriate Regional Commanders-in-Chiefs, especially for j) U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). |
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These U.S. government officials and their immediate subordinates are responsible for the commission of these international and military crimes:
a) C__________ a_________ p__________ b) C__________ a_________ h_____________ c) W____ c_______ as specified by the N________ C_______, J__________ and P__________. d) as well as by the US A______ F_____ M______ __-__ of 1956. |
a) crimes against peace,
b) crimes against humanity, and c) war crimes as specified by the Nuremberg Charter, Judgment, and Principles d) as well as by U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10 of 1956. |
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Today in international legal terms, the United States government itself should now be viewed as constituting an ongoing criminal conspiracy under international criminal law in violation of:
1- The N__________ C_________ 2- The N__________ J____________ 3- The N__________ P_____________ because of its formulation and undertaking of these specific crimes: 1- S______ w____ of a___________ 2- C_______ a_________ p_________ 3- C_______ a_________ h_____________ 4- W_____ c_______ that are legally akin to those who perpetrated by the former N____ regime in Ger_____. |
a) the Nuremberg Charter,
b) the Nuremberg Judgment, and c) the Nuremberg Principles, 1) serial wars of aggression, 2) crimes against peace, 3) crimes against humanity, and 4) war crimes that are legally akin to those perpetrated by the former Nazi regime in Germany. |
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American citizens possess the basic right under i____________ l_____ and the US d__________ l___, including the US C_____________ to engage in acts of civil resistance designed to:
1) P___________ 2) I______________ 3) T______________ or 4) T______________ ongoing criminal activities perpetrated by US government officials in their conduct of f________ a_______ p_________ and m_________ o_________ purported to relate to defense and counter-terrorism. |
1) prevent,
2) impede, 3) thwart, or 4) terminate foreign affairs policies and military operations |
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American citizens have decided to act on their own cognizance by means of c_____ r_________ in order to demand that the US government adhere to basic principles of:
a) I_________________ l___ b) US d____________ l___ c) in its conduct of foreign affairs and military operations. |
civil resistance
a) International law, b) U.S. domestic law c) The U.S. Constitution |
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Today’s civil resisters are the sh_______! The U.S. government officials are the ou_______!
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sheriffs
outlaws |
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Civil resistance is the last hope America has to prevent the US government from moving even farther down the path of lawless violence in Africa, the Middle East, Southwest Asia, military interventionism into Latin America, and nuclear confrontation with what 5 countries?
I______ P__________ N_______ K________ R__________ C_______ |
Iran, Pakistan, North Korea, Russia, and China
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Today’s civil resisters are acting for the express purpose of upholding the
a) r_____ of l______, b) the US C___________ c) H________ R_________ d) I_______________ L____ Applying the term “______ ___________” to such civil resistors mistakenly presumes their guilt and thus perversely exonerates the U.S. government criminals. |
rule of law
civil disobedience -- The US Constitution Human Rights International Law. |
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Civil resistors disobey nothing, but to the contrary obeyed in______________ and the US C____________.
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international law and the United States Constitution
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By contrast, US government officials disobeyed f____________ p__________ of i____________ l___ as well as US c_________ l_____ and thus committed i____________ c________ and US d__________ c__________as well as im___________ violations of the United States Constitution.
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fundamental principles of international law
Constitutional law International law Constitution impeachable crimes domestic crimes impeachable |
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The civil resistors are the sheriffs enforcing
a) I____________________ L____ b) U_ C_____________ L____ c) The US C________________. against the criminals working for the U.S. government! |
a) international law,
b) U.S. criminal law and c) the U.S. Constitution |
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Today the American people must reaffirm their commitment to
a) The N__________ C________ b) The N__________ J__________ c) The N__________ P___________ by holding government officials fully accountable under i________________law and US d__________ law for the commission of such g________ international and domestic crimes. |
a) the Nuremberg Charter
b) the Nuremberg Judgment c) the Nuremberg Principles international law domestic law greivous |
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We must not permit any aspect of their foreign affairs and defense policies to be conducted by acknowledged “w___ c_______” according to the US government’s own o_______ d_________ of that term as set forth in
a) ___ _____ _______ ________ (1956) b) ___ ___ ____ _______ ______ of 1996 c) G_______________Convention. |
war crimes
official definition a) U.S. Army Field Manual 27-10 (1956), b) the U.S. War Crimes Act of 1996 c) the Geneva Convention. |
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The American people must insist upon the
a) i_____________ b) d__________ c) r_______________ d) i_______________ e) c____________ and f) l_____-t_____ in____________. of all U.S. government officials guilty of such heinous international and domestic crimes. |
a) impeachment,
b) dismissal, c) resignation, d) indictment, e) conviction, and f) long-term incarceration |
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Everyone around the world has both the r_____ and the d_____ under international law to r_____ ongoing criminal activities perpetrated by the US government and its nefarious f________ a___________in allied governments such as
1- B_________ 2- other N___ states. 3- A___________ 4- J________ 5- S______ K_______ 6- G_________ 7- P_______ R____. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, etc. |
responsibility
duty resist foreign accomplices 1) Britain, 2) the other NATO states, 3) Australia, 4) Japan, 5) South Korea, 6) Georgia, 7) Puerto Rico |
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The future of American foreign policy and the peace of the world lie in the hands of American citizens and the peoples of the world—not
1- B______________ 2- L______________ 3- J_________ 4- L___________. 5 6 7 who inhibit Washington, D.C., New York City, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
1) bureaucrats,
2) legislators, 3) judges, 4) lobbyist, 5) think-tanks, 6) professors, and 7) self-styled experts |
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Civil resistance is the way to go! This is our N______________ Moment Now!
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This is our Nuremberg Moment now!
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