[Texgreen] VT Congressional Candidate Calls For Arrest of Bush, Cheney by U.S. Military

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  Vermont Congressional Candidate Calls For Arrest of Bush and Cheney by 
U.S. Military
  Created 2006-09-26 18:35

Former Army Lieutenant and a candidate for Congress in VT, Dennis 
Morrisseau of W. Pawlet, 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 absense of a full, formal Declaration of War on Iran 
by the sitting Congress," Morrisseau said. He 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 General Peter Pace, 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."

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 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.

Dennis Morrisseau
  Lieutenant Morrisseau's Rebellion
  Running AT Congress (in VT)
  (802) 645-9727