[ClearCase_guy]

That the U.S. is now legally bound to do something that would be contrary to its interests—and not necessarily beneficial to the Thai people—raises doubts about the utility of Section 508 of the Foreign Assistance Act.

“Laws that don’t have escape clauses, like national interest waivers or national security waivers, almost never work,” said a former State Department official.

We write laws.
We write laws badly.
But that's OK -- we like "escape clauses" so that we can ignore the parts of laws that we decide we don't like.

Kind of like Obamacare.

[kearnyirish2]

“In 1961, Congress passed the Foreign Assistance Act, Section 508 of which states that the U.S. must cut aid to countries in which a “duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup” until the resumption of civilian rule.”

What a stupid law; a few years later we were in South Vietnam propping up a government that simply didn’t allow elections. Adolf Hitler was legally elected, the communist government overthrown by Franco was as well; heck, doesn’t North Korea’s leader get elected with 100% of the vote?

[mgist]

This 2008 article is prophetic.

Soros’s Role in Thailand’s Fascist Coup Attempt: Save the Drugs
September 2, 2008 • 9:19PM

http://larouchepac.com/node/6804