Dennis Kucinich has violated his oath of office

You may or may not be aware but Dennis Kucinish has introduced 35 Articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney. Like most of you I could really care less what the munchkin says but I perused the actual articles of impeachment and was floored by one of the articles.

By the way, here is a link to the Articles

From Page 16 (Line nunbers from original text preceed each line)

15 (4) In the last three years the Vice President
16 has repeatedly threatened Iran. However, the Vice
17 President is legally bound by the U.S Constitution’s
18 adherence to international law that prohibits threats
19 of use of force.

Anyone who has ever read the constitution (that would be Conservatives) should be stunned by that final sentance. Rep. Kucinich is literally saying that because the U.N. has passed laws against threatening the use of force, the United States Office of the Presidency is prohibited from threatening the use of force.

How the heck can he say this? What possible convoluted series of documents did he peruse to come to this outragous point? Lets look.

From page 16, here are the supporting paragraphs.

20 (A) Article VI of the United States Constitution states, ‘‘This Constitution, and the
22 Laws of the United States which shall be made
23 in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or
24 which shall be made, under the Authority of the
25 United States, shall be the supreme Law of the

Continued on page 17

1 Land.’’ Any provision of an international treaty
2 ratified by the United States becomes the law
3 of the United States.
4 (B) The United States is a signatory to
5 the United Nations Charter, a treaty among the
6 nations of the world. Article II, Section 4 of the
7 United Nations Charter states, ‘‘All Members
8 shall refrain in their international relations
9 from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of
11 any state, or in any other manner inconsistent
12 with the Purposes of the United Nations.’’ The
13 threat of force is illegal.
14 (C) Article 51 lays out the only exception,
15 ‘‘Nothing in the present Charter shall impair
16 the inherent right of individual or collective
17 self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a
18 Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to
20 maintain international peace and security.’’
21 Iran has not attacked the United States; therefore any threat against Iran by the United
23 States is illegal.

I am not a constitutional scholar but then again, neither is Kucinich. But even I know a couple of things that you would think a representative to the US Congress would know.

He started off just fine, clearly stating that the Supremecy clause of the US Constitution makes US law trump any other law. Period. Bar none. Finit. We all together on this? Good.

He is also correct in his statement that the UN says it is a no-no to threaten force.  We still all together on this? Good.

Lets target one of his sentances…shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state

No where, ina ny of the published interviews he quotes, does Cheney threaten to use force to gain ground on, or change the politacl makup of Iran. Nowhere. Read all the quotes yourself, he lists about 20.

The Vice President repeatedly made Iran aware that the United states was keeping all options on the table to deal with them if they aquired a nuclear weapon.

It is the policy of the United States of America that Terrorist harboring states pose a direct threat to the United States of America. It is the President (and his staffs) primary responsibility to persue all methods neccesary to keep us safe. Iran is a Terrorist harboring State. The Vice President is fully capable, correct, and constitutionally stable to utter any statement he needs to to deliver to Iran a thorough understanding of the consequences of their actions.