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In reply to the discussion: Dick Cheney should be tried as a war criminal [View all]LeftInTX
(25,103 posts)52. Bush, Cheney and Tony Blair were found guilty of war crimes
in absentia by a Kuala Lumpur (Malaysian) War Crimes Commission. But when Bush went to Canada a few months ago, the Canadian government did nothing. But this is why Kuala Lumpur says:
We have no plan to arrest them. They will be haunted all their lives by the fact that they're war criminals who have murdered countless people and affected countless lives through their acts and policy while in office. Their lives will be unsettling, full of regret and the feeling of guilt, punctuated with long stretches of sorrow and unabated sadness. They will die with disgruntled souls.
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And Wolfowitz, and Tenet, and Powell, and every military & intelligence official in that regime.
baldguy
Feb 2013
#11
No thank you. You are crossing the line between prosecution and witch hunt.
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#21
I agree that Bush, Cheney, Rummy, Condi should be punished. IMO they are evil. But those
rhett o rick
Feb 2013
#36
There is a difference between intentionally committing a crime and suspecting something might be
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#38
No, it's not. And with exculpatory evidence like the faked intel given to him, no prosecutor will
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#43
It doesnt work that way. No prosecutor will even bother with the evidence as it is. nt
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#48
Isn't the burden on the prosecution to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt?
Nye Bevan
Feb 2013
#82
Exactly. And No prosecutor would try with all the exculpatory evidence out there.
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#103
My opinion has nothing to do with 'respect the uniform'. It has to do with the evidence
stevenleser
Feb 2013
#47
Too many officers make their way up the chain by kissing butt and burying info from the public.
JDPriestly
Feb 2013
#101
Yes. There are no statutes of limitations on war crimes, genocide or crimes against humanity.
Electric Monk
Feb 2013
#3
I'm actually surprised that a PTSD'd former soldier hasn't gone after any of the Bush cabal.
onehandle
Feb 2013
#7
I'd prefer prosecution but it will never happen. We've got medical marijuana providers as
Luminous Animal
Feb 2013
#31
This is about trying Cheney not impeaching Bush, and while I do fault Pelosi
MotherPetrie
Feb 2013
#68
What exactly would he be charged with? Like, really technically speaking. n/t.
OceanEcosystem
Feb 2013
#70
If you got your wish, Obama would then be in danger of the same thing.
GreenStormCloud
Feb 2013
#106