Congressman Dennis Kucinich has once again urged the Congress to begin Impeachment against President Bush. He sticks to his beliefs and has some very strong, clear arguements supporting
impeachment. It will not occur, of course, because the Congress has no interest in opening the matter ~ possibly because some of them could possibly be involved, as well. . . or such action might impact their seat in the coming elections.
The International Red Cross, however, has in effect charged our Administration in Washington ~
including the President ~ with illegal Torture, a serious crime that was carefully examined before their decision. So much for our belief to the contrary. It is likely, according to reports, that legal
action will follow.
A final bit that we should watch: Attorneys from several countries have been working with the International Criminal Court in The Hague evidently focusing upon our illegal invasion causing massive deaths and destruction evident in Iraq. Their focus is upon our President and Vice President, along with others involved. Understanding that presidents and high ranking officials tend to ignore such things out of self protection, the Eichmann case has supposedly been talked about as a last resort. You'll remember the Nazi criminal sought by the Israelis among others. They found him, secretly took him to Israel, tried him, and hanged him.
Noam Chomsky posted (July 12, 2008) an article you should read:
http://www.alternet.org/story/91123/
The lead is that Bush & Cheney Always Saw Iraq as a Sweetheart Oil Deal ... Lots of proven facts there as well. Among other things he states: " In fact, the whole invasion is a war crime -- indeed the supreme international crime, differing from other war crimes in that it encompasses all the evil that follows, in the terms of the Nuremberg judgement. This is among the topics that can't be discussed, in the presidential campaign or elsewhere. Why are we in Iraq? What do we owe Iraqis for destroying their country? The majority of the American people favor U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Do their voices matter?
Stay tuned....
Friday, July 11, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Another Bush War ?
It honestly reminds me of early World War II when the Nazi propaganda caused great fear by repeating over and over that Germany was being undermined about to be attacked. The only solution, of course, was to attack the supposed soon-to-be attacker. They did and for a while had a strong citizen support. The creation of fear among citizens is always very effective although support declines as the deaths of troops and citizens increase.
Today we heard similar propoganda "out loud" that has been quietly said or implied over a long period of time. We need to attack Iran. The right-wing fanatics in this country are far more dangerous to our country than our supposed enemy. They will do anything to cause an attack
on our country or persuade our public that it is about to happen because fear will twist the minds of many otherwise thoughtful people. We are in the perverted hands of an arrogant President and Administration ~ and a Congress that seems helpless.
Israel is being used as our front line, threatening attack with their aircraft, assured that we will
support them. The hope is that deadly bombardments will cause complete surrender and compliance with Iran and the other countries. We tried that in Viet Nam and still lost the war.
We tried that in Iraq and after 7 years we insist that things are better ... how many lives, how much treasure will we lose? All we know for sure is that if we do withdraw from Iraq and proceed to "get Osama Benladen" in Afghanistan and elsewhere, more blood, more treasure ~ and most of all a military that has increasingly limited abilities. It could also be that our best
friend in the area ~ Israel ~ would cease to exist.
Is it so hard to understand that if we proceed with the stupidity of the the Republican Right Wing, Islam may well attack us ~ not just from Iran and Iraq and Afghanistan where they may be weakest, but also from all over the world. Our government's arrogance has alienated too many countries around the world and we are finding that Islam is not easy to defeat.
It is time to call arrogance and incompetence such as we have experienced and will likely experience again over the next months the real source of our problems.
Today we heard similar propoganda "out loud" that has been quietly said or implied over a long period of time. We need to attack Iran. The right-wing fanatics in this country are far more dangerous to our country than our supposed enemy. They will do anything to cause an attack
on our country or persuade our public that it is about to happen because fear will twist the minds of many otherwise thoughtful people. We are in the perverted hands of an arrogant President and Administration ~ and a Congress that seems helpless.
Israel is being used as our front line, threatening attack with their aircraft, assured that we will
support them. The hope is that deadly bombardments will cause complete surrender and compliance with Iran and the other countries. We tried that in Viet Nam and still lost the war.
We tried that in Iraq and after 7 years we insist that things are better ... how many lives, how much treasure will we lose? All we know for sure is that if we do withdraw from Iraq and proceed to "get Osama Benladen" in Afghanistan and elsewhere, more blood, more treasure ~ and most of all a military that has increasingly limited abilities. It could also be that our best
friend in the area ~ Israel ~ would cease to exist.
Is it so hard to understand that if we proceed with the stupidity of the the Republican Right Wing, Islam may well attack us ~ not just from Iran and Iraq and Afghanistan where they may be weakest, but also from all over the world. Our government's arrogance has alienated too many countries around the world and we are finding that Islam is not easy to defeat.
It is time to call arrogance and incompetence such as we have experienced and will likely experience again over the next months the real source of our problems.
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