On May 20th I reported that Ehud Olmert told Nacy Pelosi that the USA should impose a naval blockade on Iran. Back in Washington, the rabidly pro-Israeli Pelosi immediately got to work and less than a month later H.CON.RES 362 was introduced by a New York Democrat (what else?) and with no less than 146 co-sponsors. Predictably, AIPAC was a key supporter of the resolution. Take a look at the excellent analysis by Andrew W. Cheetam for GlobalResearch.ca for more details.
Guess what? A blockade is an act of war under international law and a country committing it is guilty of the ultimate crime, the crime of aggression (Gordon Prather wrote a good commentary on this issue).
Thus, congressional Democrats (and Republicans, of course) are already war criminal under international law. No big news really. I wrote a year ago that, in my opinion, with the exception of only eight of them, ALL congressmen were war criminals.
All this really begs the question of whether there is any illegal, immoral, self-defeating, evil, irresponsible and simply stupid act which the US Congressmen and Congresswomen would not be willing to commit on behalf of Israel?
It appears that the answer to this is a clear “no”.
And the cherry on the top of cake:
Chavez threatens to block oil over EU rules
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Thursday to punish European countries that apply controversial new rules for deporting illegal immigrants by denying them oil and blocking their investments.
The EU Parliament passed new guidelines Wednesday seeking to standardize the process by which member nations deport illegal migrants. While the rules do not lay the groundwork for workplace raids like in the United States, they contain contentious measures such as providing for long detention periods.
Chavez said in a televised speech that the measure shows “signs of fascism,” and predicted that countries would have to “build concentration camps” to hold millions of immigrants.
“Our oil shouldn’t go to those countries” that adopt the policy, he said.
Venezuela sells most of its oil to the United States despite political tensions between the two nations, but is only a minor supplier to Europe. Some European companies operate in Venezuela, including France’s Total and Norway’s Statoil.
Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg laughed off the threat.
“As far as I know, Venezuela supplies oil mostly to the U.S. … so it would not be that much of a deal,” he told journalists at an EU summit.
Chavez also warned that if a European country were to lock up Colombians, Paraguayans, Bolivians or Ecuadoreans, companies from that nation doing business in Venezuela would come under scrutiny.
“We aren’t going to take anyone prisoner, but the company would have to take its investments back there,” he said.
Until now, there has been no common EU policy on deporting illegal immigrants, and detention periods varied from 32 days in France to indefinite custody in Britain, the Netherlands and five other countries.
The new guidelines allow migrants to be held in specialized detention centers — not jails — for up to 18 months before being expelled. It also mandates that detained migrants are provided basic rights such as access to free legal advice, and that unaccompanied children or families with children should be held only as a last resort.
Chavez noted that Venezuela has good relations with many European countries, such as France, and said it has “turned the page” with Spain after a flap over its king telling him to shut up at a summit last year.
But if Europe pursues this course on immigration, he said, “why have more summits with the European Union?”