Because the Judiciary should be running foreign affairs
An Arab-American civil rights group filed a federal lawsuit on Monday charging the Bush administration with failing to protect the lives of thousands of U.S. citizens trapped in Lebanon by the Israeli military offensive.
The lawsuit, which was filed by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, seeks an emergency court order that would compel the U.S. government to stop sending weapons to Israel as long as U.S. citizens are trying to leave Lebanon.
The group also is asking for an injunction that would force Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to request a ceasefire and an order that U.S. officials "increase their evacuation efforts and use all resources at their disposal," including more military transports and commercial charters.
I'm not sure where to start with this 'lawsuit'. I feel somewhat badly for those Americans who are 'stuck' in Lebanon. Someone should have warned them that the Middle East isn't exactly stable before they headed over there. As the government did not force them to be there, the government isn't really responsible to get them out. As a benevolent government, historically, ours does get our citizens out of dangerous areas via military means. However, those citizens are generally billed for some of the costs. This situation should have been no different, but, of course, the media outcry caused the government to give these citizens a free ride.
This whole suit, though, fails the smell test. It stinks. Nothing like an "arab-american" (i.e. arab) group trying to use the american judiciary to dictate foreign policy. Of course, the federal judiciary has a long history of trying to usurp power. The federal judge in Michigan may just decide to order Condee to do something about those war-mongering Isrealites. Hell, he may just decide to issue an injunction against the Isrealites ordering them to cease fire and promptly remove themselves from the world to appeas the Muslims.
Nina Chahine, 19, who with her family was among the named plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said her wedding in the southern city of Tyre was set for July 13. The wedding had to be postponed as family members fled the outbreak of the war, she said.
"We were on the road and the first bridge was bombed and we drove home and all the other bridges were bombed and there was absolutely no way for us to get home," Chahine told reporters outside federal court in Detroit.
"We were all American citizens and there was no way that anybody helped us. No communications nothing. I was on my way to my wedding fearing death, basically."
Here's a thought, plan your wedding for a more stable location. When you go to south Labanon, infested with Hezbollah, for your wedding, you may at least plan a contingency in case those same Hezbollah continue to bomb Israel. Don't plan your wedding in a war zone, then blame the American government becasue you were fearing death on your wedding day. I have a feeling if you would have planned your wedding to take place in Detroit, you would not have feared an Israeli invasion (of course, you may have still feared for your life). Why aren't you suing Israel as well?
The lawsuit, which was filed by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, seeks an emergency court order that would compel the U.S. government to stop sending weapons to Israel as long as U.S. citizens are trying to leave Lebanon.
The group also is asking for an injunction that would force Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to request a ceasefire and an order that U.S. officials "increase their evacuation efforts and use all resources at their disposal," including more military transports and commercial charters.
I'm not sure where to start with this 'lawsuit'. I feel somewhat badly for those Americans who are 'stuck' in Lebanon. Someone should have warned them that the Middle East isn't exactly stable before they headed over there. As the government did not force them to be there, the government isn't really responsible to get them out. As a benevolent government, historically, ours does get our citizens out of dangerous areas via military means. However, those citizens are generally billed for some of the costs. This situation should have been no different, but, of course, the media outcry caused the government to give these citizens a free ride.
This whole suit, though, fails the smell test. It stinks. Nothing like an "arab-american" (i.e. arab) group trying to use the american judiciary to dictate foreign policy. Of course, the federal judiciary has a long history of trying to usurp power. The federal judge in Michigan may just decide to order Condee to do something about those war-mongering Isrealites. Hell, he may just decide to issue an injunction against the Isrealites ordering them to cease fire and promptly remove themselves from the world to appeas the Muslims.
Nina Chahine, 19, who with her family was among the named plaintiffs in the lawsuit, said her wedding in the southern city of Tyre was set for July 13. The wedding had to be postponed as family members fled the outbreak of the war, she said.
"We were on the road and the first bridge was bombed and we drove home and all the other bridges were bombed and there was absolutely no way for us to get home," Chahine told reporters outside federal court in Detroit.
"We were all American citizens and there was no way that anybody helped us. No communications nothing. I was on my way to my wedding fearing death, basically."
Here's a thought, plan your wedding for a more stable location. When you go to south Labanon, infested with Hezbollah, for your wedding, you may at least plan a contingency in case those same Hezbollah continue to bomb Israel. Don't plan your wedding in a war zone, then blame the American government becasue you were fearing death on your wedding day. I have a feeling if you would have planned your wedding to take place in Detroit, you would not have feared an Israeli invasion (of course, you may have still feared for your life). Why aren't you suing Israel as well?
posted by Anaximander at 11:30 AM
1 Comments:
Sounds like we have a few hundred new candidates for the Darwin awards. This thing has been brewing for long enough that anyone who hasn't been buried in a hole should have known it was time to get out of Dodge. The lawsuit is almost as unfounded as this "disproportionate force" bullshit.
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