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Tue Feb 19, 2013, 01:39 PM

OLDMDDEM (1,415 posts)

83. I thought that all along

They should have been perp walked to a nearby DC jail and held there until there was a trial date. Imopentoit.com

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107 replies	Author	Time	Post
Dick Cheney should be tried as a war criminal [View all]	ProSense	Feb 2013	OP
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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