Why aren't Bush and Cheney in prison?

[Calista241]

91. That's not evidence

As long as Bush can plausibly say that he thought at the time, that Iraq had WMD, it's case closed. And that's not a huge leap, the case we put forward convinced 1/2 the world into joining our coalition. Unless we can come up with some communication that says "come up with some shit so i can start a war," then it doesn't matter.

And AG Gonzales's memo gave Bush all the legal cover he needed to open and run Guantanamo. We can't change the laws today, and the prosecute someone for shit they did in the past when it was legal.

When it comes down to it, Bush never shot or tortured anyone, and he most likely never told anyone to shoot or torture innocent people.

And nothing we did in Iraq can be judged systemic. Yes, Abu Ghraib was bad, very bad. But unless there were 10 Abi Ghraib's, and we never did anything to reform those places once they were public, then there's nothing to prosecute. Besides, all this happened over in Iraq. US courts have no jurisdiction.

And no President, ever, is going to turn a former President over to some international court for whatever witch hunt someone from somewhere wants to prosecute them for.