No Responses to “Should George W. Bush be Prosecuted for Murder?”

1. Yana Davis Says:
   November 16th, 2009 at 9:54 am

   Interesting legal question, and probably one that U.S. courts would answer “no,” at least in the case of Iraq and Afghanistan.

   The reason for that — and I am not a lawyer, so this is conjecture based on my limited knowledge of constitutional law — is that he sent people into war with the approval of Congress, so anything he did that was wrong should, and could, have resulted in impeachment charges in the House. Otherwise, he’s covered because he acted as commander-in-chief in wars sanctioned by Congress.

   Other presidents have done far worse: Harry Truman gave the final order to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing hundreds of thousands; Johnson and Nixon authorized carpet bombing of North Vietnamese cities which killed tens of thousands of innocents; etc.

   If we do not want presidents committing these kinds of heinous acts, then it is time to constitutionally circumsize the power of the office. We cannot count on a majority of voters having ESP and knowing ahead of time who is, and is not, evil enough to abuse the power of the office.

2. Sonny Edwards Says:
   November 16th, 2009 at 10:44 am

   Actually, they can be prosecuted for a variety of charges, beginning with the fraud they knowingly committed against Congress and the American people by falsifying intelligence reports, and omitting the numerous reports from various agencies, stating there was NO evidence of weapons of mass destruction. There is further documentation proving the Bush Administration had plans to invade both Iraq and Afghanistan many months prior to 9/11. It is interesting to note Cheney’s company, Haliburton, received billions of dollars in no bid contracts, which sent their stock sky rocketing. And Big oil, which the Bush family has life long ties to, posted multi billion dollar profits EACH quarter since early 2003, while we saw gas go from $1.33 a gallon to $4.00 a gallon. I could go on for days, but my basic position is I not only believe Bush/Cheney was the worst administration in our nations history, but in my opinion was criminal in much of what they did, but only an objective investigation will determine the truth. To date, the current Obama has shown no desire to enforce the law against “their own kind”, meaning elected officials, and that is a great disappointment in a country which is supposed to be a nation of laws. Thanks For posting Vincent’s video, Glynn. He is one of the most brilliant legal minds in our history.

3. Glynn Wilson Says:
   November 16th, 2009 at 11:05 am

   I have my doubts anything will come of this, but I don’t know how we can just let it go and not investigate what happened.

   After writing about it on and on, even prior to the 2004 election, and calling for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney repeatedly, and watching Congress fail to act, I have tried to move on since the 2008 election and give Obama a chance to right things.

   But if there is a serious prosecutor who still wants to make the case, let it be. I will cover it, while the local press won’t. I just think the people of my home state and city are so caught up in local shenanigans they miss the forest for the trees. Larry Langford didn’t cause the financial meltdown. The Bush administration did. And they walked away Scott free. They allowed the rape and plunder of Iraq and our economy and paid no price for it, except a few Saturday Night Live skits. That’s not justice.

   Where did all the money go that disappeared in Iraq? It doesn’t even appear anyone is trying to find out, certainly not the right-wing talking heads on TeeVee and talk radio.

4. Sonny Edwards Says:
   November 16th, 2009 at 1:01 pm

   Throughout our nations political history, there have been episodes of greed and corruption, but never in our history was an administration run like a criminal enterprise, with total disregard for our laws and our constitution, until January of 2001. Cabinet members who were a bit too conscientious resigned. Cronies got unbelievable deals. Whistle blowers were silenced. The U.S. Justice Department asserted jurisdiction over hundreds of lawsuits, issued gag orders and parked them indefinitely.

   Through a series of Presidential Acts, many of our Constitutionally guaranteed freedoms were taken away from us. (It just hasn’t started happening in a wholesale fashion yet, but we are so close it scares the hell out of me. The Patriot Act might as well be called Martial Law for Dummies.)

   Our foreign policy was simple. Bribe everyone who could be bought. The only reason the surge worked in Iraq was giving the tribal chiefs who controlled 100,000 “insurgents” a payoff of $125 million to not attack American forces. Executive privilege came to mean “we don’t have to answer to anyone — the Congress, the press. or the people.”

   What is most amazing to me is how few people realize our entire country was hijacked, the treasury was looted, and all just in time to gallop back to Texas, with their saddle bags bulging. There was always an exit strategy, it just had nothing to do with leaving Iraq or Afghanistan. Not as long as there is oil and opium.

5. Glynn Wilson Says:
   November 16th, 2009 at 3:01 pm

   Hey Sonny,

   Want to start a new band and write some songs telling the truth? We might could have some hits. You’ve got it figured out more than all my other musician friends combined : )

6. Sonny Edwards Says:
   November 16th, 2009 at 10:35 pm

   Truth Rock? Hmmm, interesting. True Blues is even better. We could probably create an incredible body of work, meaning of course no matter how we laid it down we wouldn’t be able to get anyone to believe us. Then there is the matter of getting gigs and playing out without getting killed by some evangelical, tea party nut case. Looking out at the audience, with people filming our performance, only to notice the guy with the camera is wearing those black, shiny, FBI shoes. Never getting out of site from the stage on breaks, to avoid having some oil company hitman install an IED in the back of my Twin. Doesn’t sound particularly healthy, or lucrative, and every time I turned the ignition after loading the gear, wondering if we were just gonna be another flash in the van, followed by a loud explosion. Why the fuck not?
   Sounds like it might be a real blast. 256.617.9391

7. Glynn Wilson Says:
   November 16th, 2009 at 11:40 pm

   The Bad News Blues Band. Like Steely Dan, no need to tour : )

   We could just sell Mp3s and get famous on YouTube…

   The American South’s U2!