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Along with Rummy, Condi and Shrub. n/t Cleita Feb 2013 #1
Yes! nt frogmarch Feb 2013 #2
+10000000000 Champion Jack Feb 2013 #5
And Wolfowitz, and Tenet, and Powell, and every military & intelligence official in that regime. baldguy Feb 2013 #11
Hubris makes the case that Powell was not at fault. nt stevenleser Feb 2013 #16
Then he can prove that at his trial. baldguy Feb 2013 #19
No thank you. You are crossing the line between prosecution and witch hunt. stevenleser Feb 2013 #21
The model should be Nuremberg, not O.J. baldguy Feb 2013 #25
O.J. was indicted. Powell shouldn't be. stevenleser Feb 2013 #28
I agree that Bush, Cheney, Rummy, Condi should be punished. IMO they are evil. But those rhett o rick Feb 2013 #36
Daschle was one of two Senators who received anthrax in the mail HoneychildMooseMoss Feb 2013 #37
Yes, what is your point? nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #39
There is a difference between intentionally committing a crime and suspecting something might be stevenleser Feb 2013 #38
You can if you can prove that they knew the intel was faked. savannah43 Feb 2013 #59
Except all the evidence points the other way. stevenleser Feb 2013 #71
I have never been satisfied that we were told the truth JDPriestly Feb 2013 #99
That is what a grand jury is for. nt Bonobo Feb 2013 #66
Yes. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #98
He knew that the information fed him had not been properly JDPriestly Feb 2013 #97
Yup, thats what trials are for. russspeakeasy Feb 2013 #40
No, it's not. And with exculpatory evidence like the faked intel given to him, no prosecutor will stevenleser Feb 2013 #43
Then he will be found not guilty. Or, he can turn "States Evidence" russspeakeasy Feb 2013 #45
It doesnt work that way. No prosecutor will even bother with the evidence as it is. nt stevenleser Feb 2013 #48
I don't think we can know that just from watching this film JDPriestly Feb 2013 #100
I'm not getting it just from watching the film, or from books. stevenleser Feb 2013 #104
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
Enough with the respect the uniform/Powell/fill in the blank crap shadowmayor Feb 2013 #41
My opinion has nothing to do with 'respect the uniform'. It has to do with the evidence stevenleser Feb 2013 #47
OK shadowmayor Feb 2013 #55
That part of the timeline wasn't clear stevenleser Feb 2013 #56
Colin Powell was always a 'good soldier' Fedaykin Feb 2013 #58
So then you mean "lack of evidence." Bonobo Feb 2013 #67
Perhaps, but there's always this to start proceedings with... Fedaykin Feb 2013 #105
All I can say is +a million! tex-wyo-dem Feb 2013 #49
Roger that The Wizard Feb 2013 #87
Too many officers make their way up the chain by kissing butt and burying info from the public. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #101
I agree on all of them, including Powell magellan Feb 2013 #34
Yes. There are no statutes of limitations on war crimes, genocide or crimes against humanity. Electric Monk Feb 2013 #3
Downing Street memos, anyone? tex-wyo-dem Feb 2013 #53
Should he be? GP6971 Feb 2013 #4
These four, all of them, and others... NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #6
I'm actually surprised that a PTSD'd former soldier hasn't gone after any of the Bush cabal. onehandle Feb 2013 #7
Yes and for treason as well. nt Bonobo Feb 2013 #8
Also russert and powell. yortsed snacilbuper Feb 2013 #9
Is there a better way to say "duh!"? Is it "no shit"? TheKentuckian Feb 2013 #10
There are so many culpable, it would be the trial of the century n/t Blaukraut Feb 2013 #12
Cheney is a war criminal. gademocrat7 Feb 2013 #13
Yes indeed. However, war criminal sounds too mild. Marie Marie Feb 2013 #20
ditto that NYtoBush-Drop Dead Feb 2013 #14
and the rest of the cabal - Rice, Rummy, Bush et al on point Feb 2013 #15
I've always said that... MrMickeysMom Feb 2013 #17
Hear... Hear... WillyT Feb 2013 #18
The Statute of Limitations for Murder is Never... triplepoint Feb 2013 #22
Great post, thanks triplepoint. russspeakeasy Feb 2013 #42
No. No. No. We need to look forward, not backwards. Luminous Animal Feb 2013 #23
We are looking "forward" to a trail. n/t ProSense Feb 2013 #24
Isn't looking forward Obama's DOJ solution to addressing war crimes? Luminous Animal Feb 2013 #26
What's your solution? ProSense Feb 2013 #29
I'd prefer prosecution but it will never happen. We've got medical marijuana providers as Luminous Animal Feb 2013 #31
I'm not into conflating issues, and ProSense Feb 2013 #33
I'll gladly swap out the word "victory" for "success" Luminous Animal Feb 2013 #63
Above the law. damnedifIknow Feb 2013 #27
Waterboard them to find the truth colbertforpresident Feb 2013 #30
As it is, neither Cheney nor Bush nor Rumsfeld can leave the country Gman Feb 2013 #32
If things were right here magellan Feb 2013 #35
I offer myself as their personal jailer. russspeakeasy Feb 2013 #44
Bush, Cheney and Tony Blair were found guilty of war crimes LeftInTX Feb 2013 #52
Bush went out of the country last summer--to Canada, savannah43 Feb 2013 #62
so who exactly is going prosecute him? Rosa Luxemburg Feb 2013 #46
For those that want to widen the circle of war criminals, what about the RC Feb 2013 #50
The reason an administration 'looks forward' CrispyQ Feb 2013 #72
You said it, and most won't ever admit that is why. Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #81
Also important to remember.. Permanut Feb 2013 #51
Who do you suggest should do the honors? MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #54
Have been saying it for years -- oldandhappy Feb 2013 #57
I'm against the death penalty Heathen57 Feb 2013 #60
. blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #61
And the reason why he is not? AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #64
This is about trying Cheney not impeaching Bush, and while I do fault Pelosi MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #68
Pelosi obstructed the impeachment of Cheney after Obama was elected. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #73
tell that to the starter of this thread MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #75
Why? Dick Cheney should be tried as a war criminal. AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #79
I'm watching the repeat now, wasn't home earlier Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #65
The entire bush 43 MynameisBlarney Feb 2013 #69
What exactly would he be charged with? Like, really technically speaking. n/t. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #70
AGREED! n/t Dpm12 Feb 2013 #74
This message was self-deleted by its author santamargarita Feb 2013 #76
How about people in the rest of the world? n/t. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #80
How is this new news? RoccoR5955 Feb 2013 #77
Woulda, shoulda, coulda! Stonepounder Feb 2013 #78
I thought that all along OLDMDDEM Feb 2013 #83
Yes. we can do it Feb 2013 #84
But the stay behinds at the DOJ will not allow this... midnight Feb 2013 #85
true, they also outrank Holder and the POTUS, a shame really Dragonfli Feb 2013 #88
It really has gummed up the works.. midnight Feb 2013 #91
too bad there is no one with authority above them. Dragonfli Feb 2013 #92
Now is not the time to point fingers. Hotler Feb 2013 #86
The bush CRIMINAL gang penndragon69 Feb 2013 #89
K & R Scurrilous Feb 2013 #90
Along with at least half the staff from Faux News Downtown Hound Feb 2013 #93
A moral statement by petition libdude Feb 2013 #94
Along with Wolfowitz and a few others. JDPriestly Feb 2013 #95
You're just a hater. OnyxCollie Feb 2013 #96
K&R # 138 David Zephyr Feb 2013 #102
If you got your wish, Obama would then be in danger of the same thing. GreenStormCloud Feb 2013 #106
Public hanging and his body left to rot on the rope. n/t Hotler Feb 2013 #107
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