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L0oniX

(31,493 posts) Fri May 29, 2015, 02:42 PM May 2015

The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder

Bugliosi argues that Bush intentionally misled Congress and the American people about the evidence that he said mandated going into Iraq and overthrowing Saddam Hussein. Therefore, Bugliosi argues, under the felony-murder rule the deaths of over 4,000 American soldiers and 100,000 Iraqi civilians (as of spring 2008) since hostilities began amount at the very least to second-degree murder. He further states that any of the 50 state attorneys general, as well as any district attorney in the United States, has ample grounds to indict Bush for the murder of any soldier or soldiers who live in their state or county.[2] Bugliosi says that if he were prosecuting the case, he would seek imposition of the death penalty, and that impeachment alone would be "a joke", considering the magnitude of Bush's alleged crimes.[3]

The strongest evidence against Bush, Bugliosi says, is a speech on October 7, 2002 claiming that Iraq posed an imminent threat to the security of the United States and was capable of attacking America at any time with his stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. A National Intelligence Estimate of less than a week earlier stated that while Iraq did have WMD capabilities, it had no plans to use its weapons except in the capacity of self-defense, or if the United States threatened to attack Iraq. Moreover, according to Bugliosi, the president and his administration edited the "White Paper", or declassified version of the NIE released to Congress and the public, censored in a way that made the Iraqi threat seem more ominous than it actually was. Throughout the book, the former prosecutor also castigates Bush for his callous and cavalier attitude regarding the death and suffering of American Soldiers. Bugliosi refers to Bush as a "whimpish punk" and a "disgrace". He points out the the President actually said to Iraqi troops to "bring it on" and try to attack American soldiers. Bugliosi's investigation revealed that Bush spent an incredible two and a half years of his Presidency at various vacation spots such as Camp David and his Texas ranch.

In addition, Bugliosi asserts that the Manning Memo shows that, far from making serious efforts to avoid war, Bush considered the possibility of provoking Saddam into starting a war by sending U2 reconnaissance aircraft, falsely painted in UN colors, on flights over Iraq along with fighter escorts, and if Saddam ordered them shot down, it would constitute war.

He also argues that Bush pressured intelligence agencies to find proof that Saddam helped al-Qaeda plan the September 11, 2001 attacks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prosecution_of_George_W._Bush_for_Murder

Well that murder and his accomplices are free. Our elected POTUS did not see to it that the murdering war criminals were punished. I think this lawyer makes some very valid points. IMO our constitution and rule of law doesn't mean shit any more, maybe it never did. Young blacks are getting murdered by pigs and getting away with it too ...so no surprise a POTUS gets away with it as well.