Bush, Cheney violated trust
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Published: November 19, 2008
It’s pretty obvious to me that President George W. Bush, with vice president Dick Cheney’s support, violated his solemn trust as a leader above reproach according to his Constitutional mandate,
especially regarding declaring war on Iraq. It’s time to stand up for truth and justice. Mercy and forgiveness are only available when one’s guilt is admitted or determined by our judicial process.
RICHARD CLARK
Manassas
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Posted by ( Jim ) on November 20, 2008 at 9:28 am
Wow Ron it looks like you hit all of the Looney liberal taking points. Why don’t you take another hit off of that Bong? Maybe that will com you down.
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Posted by ( RonCharest ) on November 20, 2008 at 7:43 am
Equality 7-2521,
No, Pres Bush never gassed Americans, systematically oppressed an entire segment of the American people, or killed political dissidents.
His father, along with that great Commie Freedom Fighter Ronald Regan, did sell the weapons to Saddam that were used to gas and suppress his own people.
Pres Bush did lie to the American People for the reasons why we were invading a country that was not a threat to us and did not attack us. This has resulted in the deaths of nearly 5,000 American troops, tens of thousands wounded; by some estimates, over 1 million Iraqi deaths with 2 million wounded and displaced as refugees.
Pres Bush, under the “Patriot Act” has severely restricted our rights to travel (“No Fly List”), Freedom of Speech (“Free Speech Zones”), Civil Liberties (Warrentless FBI Searches of personal homes, businesses, Library Reading Material, and wiretapping) and used the Department of Justice to go after political opponents (Former Gov Don Siegelman of Alabama, dozens of other Democratic politicians around the United States).
Pres Bush has authorized the use of torture and extraordinary rendition as national policy, and we currently have hundreds of people locked up in Guantanamo, Diego Garcia, and other prison locations around the world, being held without charges, no access to the Red Cross, and no chance to contest their imprisonment. We used the same prisons in Iraq to incarcerate and torture Iraqi’s that Saddam used when he was in power.
But, I guess, other than all that, there is no similarity between Saddam Hussein and President Bush. After all; President Bush does have weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, biological, chemical). Saddam Hussein lost all the chemical and biological weapons that we and other western nations sold him after the First Gulf War, and never had any nuclear weapons.
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Posted by ( magicman ) on November 19, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Jim, perhaps I can answer your question. I was thinking of naming a hemorrhoidal ointment after him.
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Posted by ( Jim ) on November 19, 2008 at 10:58 am
I feel sorry for all the Bush haters. What are they going to do once he leaves office?
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Posted by ( rafaelva ) on November 19, 2008 at 8:37 am
Interesting thought, Ray, however I don’t think it will go over, and it surely isn’t in the best interest of the Democrats to push the war crimes idea.
The War Crimes Commission in the Hague may have a different view, but that is for them to propose, not us.
It is interesting that todays news is reporting that Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzalas have been individually indicted in Texas. Cheney for a conflict of interest problem, seems he has invested in the Vanguard Group, which holds financial interest in private prison companies running the federal detention centers. Gonzales has been indicted for using his position as Attorney General to stop an investigation in 2006 into abuses at one of the privately-run prisons.
Now these should be interesting.
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Posted by ( pwanon ) on November 19, 2008 at 7:57 am
“Both men are bullies and Bush deserves to be tried for war crimes.“
Sounds fabulous. Unless, of course, you consider that there is absolutely no basis in fact for such a grandiose statement.
Par for the course for the drama queen that is Ray Williams.
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Posted by ( Equality 7-2521 ) on November 19, 2008 at 7:48 am
Ouch, Ray. Comparing Bush to Saddam? No doubt Bush has made some big mistakes, but he’s never gassed Americans, systematically oppressed an entire segment of the American people, or killed political dissidents.
I’m not a fan of President Bush either and I definitely don’t agree with all of his decisions, but I do believe that everything he did he did for America (misguided or not).
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on November 19, 2008 at 6:03 am
“Mercy and forgiveness are only available when one’s guilt is admitted or determined by our judicial process.“
When one looks at the personality traits of George W. Bush along side of those of Saddam Hussein, the similarities are amazing. Both men are bullies and Bush deserves to be tried for war crimes.
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