Question:
Should Bush and Cheney be brought before the courts ? And if they have nothing to hide....?
2009-02-28 09:47:52 UTC
Should Bush be charged with war crimes -- or other offenses while in office ?

If Bush and Cheney did nothing wrong and have nothing to hide --- wouldn't they be anxious to clear their good name and defeat any charges brought against them ?

Why hasn't that been their attitude ?

Why does Obama seem at the very least to be dragging his feet on prosecution ?
Fifteen answers:
justgoodfolk
2009-02-28 10:06:58 UTC
Yes. The Iraq war, numerous other violations of the US constitution, torture are not minor incidents. Justice should be done.



Why does Obama seem at the very least to be dragging his feet on prosecution ?



Because the Democratic party was and is complicit in most of the Bush crimes and the American security state within the state has made clear their position that prosecuting a former US head of State would undermine the ability for future US Presidents to reign.



Ultimately Obama is on the same team as Bush and the real power doesn't want prosecution or even scrutiny
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2016-10-20 14:23:25 UTC
Bush and Cheney have plenty to cover ... yet there is not any thank you to cover it because of the fact it is often public understanding. i might choose for to understand the place Cheney became for the time of the 9-11 epi although and if he became the only on the White living house who responded the telephone and informed them to divert the jets from the airliners. He coulda taken out approximately 1500 human beings and saved 5000 in spite of the undeniable fact that it became like Pearl Harbor,. We had to have an excuse to start a conflict. Bush wasn;t there so it had to be Cheney ... who else might have had the potential to reserve them to divert? keep the inquiries and keep the rigors. merely carry them the two now. Make it clean and get it over with and then bury them the two next to Saddam and Michael McVey. we ought to consistently keep ourselves some misery sooner or later and merely euthanize the whole Republican social gathering. IMHO. desire that isn't propose. it would keep us a heck of countless money on trials is all. yet they're all a gaggle of crooks so according to hazard we ought to consistently merely hearth all of them and initiate over. shall we get a gaggle of graduating criminal experts from Yale and Harvard and stick them in there. they're going to paintings for what the senators gets a commission ... a minimum of for some years. Plus, they're going to love the edge advantages. This is going to coach that we are ALL mirrors. One minute persons are telling YOU which you ought to have no longer something to cover and then whooopah the shoe is on the different foot. Karma ... it fairly is stunning. i'm Dartagnon
2009-02-28 10:35:26 UTC
1. Comrade Obama cannot prosecute anyone for anything. He is too busy destroying the economy and getting his Marxist agenda implemented.



2. There is no evidence that President Bush or VP Cheney committed "war crimes" or other offenses.



3. Who, besides whacked out lib crybabies, thinks President Bush and VP Cheney need to "clear their good name(s)"?
?
2009-02-28 10:00:34 UTC
It's my opinion that Bush/Cheney should indeed be brought to justice for their "alleged" crimes during the past eight years.



Holding prisoners on foreign soil without due process and torturing them is an international crime, and Bush obviously knew about this and bears the responsibility as he was Commander-In-Chief.



The Bush/Cheney deals with their cronies in Haliburton also need to be investigated. Haliburton got

a hundred billion dollars of taxpayers' money in no-bid contracts.



But Congress did nothing about Bush/Cheney and they still do nothing.



Congress just rubber-stamped all of the actions of Bush/Cheney that brought our country to the point of complete economic ruin.
2009-02-28 12:30:06 UTC
I guess there really is no Justice . 4000 Americans killed so far in Iraq and Iraq had nothing to do (or very Little to do ) with the terrorists who attacked American Soil.

This is the cost to Americans >

Consider the costs...



* $4,681 per household.

* $1,721 per person.

* $341.4 million per day



Here are some links >

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Should Bush be tried for war crimes? on Yedda - People. Sharing. Knowledge.

Should Bush be tried for War crimes and genocide when he leaves office looking at the number of people that have lost their lives as a result of the USA invading ...

yedda.com/questions/Bush_tried_war_crimes_Politics_8627968461117 - 202k - Cached

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Bush Administration War Crimes in Iraq - SourceWatch

... or government officials could be subject to the death penalty for war crimes ... and tried for their crimes versus humanity as the alleged proponents of an ...

sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bush_Administration_War_Crimes_in_Iraq - 50k - Cached

It really is not up to Obama . But the UN is looking into it

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UN official: Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld for war crimes ...

UN official: Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld for war crimes: Video ... It is Bush and Cheney and their civilian clique who need to be held accountable... reply ...

current.com/items/89758119/un_official_enough_evidence_to_prosecute_rumsfeld_for_war... - 117k - Cached

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Ask the International Criminal Court to Prosecute Bush and Cheney for ...

Ask the International Criminal Court to Prosecute Bush and Cheney for War Crimes ... Council acting under Chapter VII of the UN. Charter. ...

www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/33818 - Cache.
sagacious_ness
2009-02-28 14:55:38 UTC
Yes, they should be brought to justice and it should be the US that does it because it's our problem.

-- UN body wants Bush tried for torture

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1005717/UN-body-wants-Bush-tried-for-torture

-- U.N. special rapporteur on torture calls on U.S. to prosecute Bush and Rumsfeld.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/21/un-bush-rumsfeld-torture/

http://valtinsblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/on-us-duty-to-prosecute-war-crimes.html
Power
2009-02-28 10:15:55 UTC
Obama is a very spritiual man & while I can't speak for him I can tell you what my spiritual friends believe. We are to love others, protect ourselves but leave justice & the balance of life in God's hands. We have an inner guidance system (god's voice, our gut instinct, etc) We follow our intution to know when to move & when to be still. We don't follow our ego & we have to know what the difference is between the two. He knows the difference. When OJ went to trial it was not the time for him to go to prision & it took 10 years. Divine justice will be served. OJ probably kicks himself when he thinks he was free for 10 years & all he could have done to assure a lifetime of freedom yet he is now in jail for life. He is a tortured man. Bush & Cheney are such evil men they will see justice. Really can you imagine what a day is like in the life of Obama he is a busy man. He is not neglecting anything but Rome wasn't built in a day. Yes, they should be brought to the courts but it is all happening in perfect divine right order.
2009-02-28 09:58:03 UTC
To be hauled before a court, you have to be indicted and charged with something. I sincerely doubt any honest court, acting with integrity would find any charges they could indict or charge them with.



People aren't hauled to court so see if they have something to hide; that might be what happened in Soviet show trials before they sent the victim to the gulags, but that isn't the purpose of a court in a free and democratic society.



Obama would be foolish to allow his partisan hack minions to even attempt to prosecute Bush.



I might even consider that an act of tyranny where armed insurrection in protection of the Constitution would be the only patriotic action.
2009-02-28 09:53:28 UTC
Why would they go to court if they havent been charged with anything?



How can they clear their name in court if there are no charges?



Did you even think when you wrote this?



ew: "Holding prisoners on foreign soil without due process and torturing them is an international crime, and Bush obviously knew about this and bears the responsibility as he was Commander-In-Chief."



Obama is doing the very same thing in Afghanistan. Should he be put on trial too?
Morpheus
2009-02-28 15:07:30 UTC
Oh - they're guilty of thousands of crimes.... Does the US have the stuff it takes to enforce their own laws???????



We shall find out as the wheels of Justice turn. It will be interesting to watch.
2009-02-28 10:35:17 UTC
Bush no. Cheney yes.







Depending on what REAL LEGITIMATE evidence you have of wrong doing.
2009-02-28 09:54:06 UTC
Who are Bush & Cheney?

There is only one dear leader and that is the Obama!
2009-02-28 11:59:10 UTC
Yes, they should, to serve as an example to others.
2009-02-28 09:52:55 UTC
Yes they should



Prosecution is not up to the president.
sorry sista
2009-02-28 09:55:12 UTC
They haven't broken any laws, contrary to the liberal drivel.


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