Can Bush be considered a war criminal?

[chelsea0011]

Poll question: Can Bush be considered a war criminal?

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

1. I For The Life Of Me Can't Think Of How He Couldn't Be.

[chelsea0011]

5. I'm in the same boat. It is clear as a bell by now that 9-11 was

used as an excuse to invade Iraq, a country that has never attacked the U.S. And now we have thousands of dead Americans and thousands upon thousands of dead Iraqi men, women, and children. Yes, children. Thousands of them. Bush lied. Thousands died. So how can he not be a criminal?

[acmejack]

7. I second that opinion!

I'm not a legal expert by any means, but a reading of the Nuremburg Accords clearly indicates that it is.

http://www.iacenter.org/warcrime/22_rambo.htm

[Faygo Kid]

2. Ask Joseph Wilson. Ask Richard Clarke.

Lying to justify war is a war crime. Period. Thank God he didn't lie about a blow job in the Oval Office; that's an impeachable offense.

[Up2Late]

3. Yes, Next question.

:nuke:

[chelsea0011]

6. The next question is...Is there a tribunal that has the authority to

indict?

[Tom Joad]

4. Could his enablers in congress be considered co-conspirators?

Any who vote to fund this illegal war in Iraq? Just asking.

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. YES! Off to the Hague! n/t

[leveymg]

9. Even if he's pardoned, he can still be tried at the Hague

See,WHY PARDONS WON'T MATTER: The Convention Against Torture

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/24/13644/9576

Fri Feb 24, 2006 at 11:06:43 AM PDT
Even here at DKos, few of us really understand how high the stakes truly are for members of the Administration to keep control over Congress, the White House, the federal courts, and ultimately, the military. In the starkest possible terms, many ranking officials are facing the near-certainty of long periods of imprisonment even if Bush grants a presidential pardon to everyone.

They are playing for keeps, and may never allow a peaceful transfer of power. Let me tell you why.

leveymg's diary :: ::
THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND THE U.S. TORTURE ACT OF 2000

In 1987, the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT) came into force. The United States Senate ratified the CAT in 1994 and President Clinton signed the Torture Act of 2000. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2340, 2340A, and 2340B. That law provides domestic teeth with enabling legislation that penalizes anyone convicted of ordering, inciting, assisting or committing torture forbidden by the treaty. That felony statute provides for 20 years imprisonment for a U.S. person committing a torture crime, with the potential death penalty if the act results in death of the victim. American military personnel are subject to similiar measure under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. See, http://en.wikipedia.org/.... ; also, see, http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/....

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[Texacrat]

12. Good luck with that

Aside from the fact that anyone who attempted to arrest Bush would be shot by the Secret Service, the president, Republican or Democrat, will have to go to war if Bush is arrested by a foreign entity without US approval.

Such a move would risk a world war and/or civil war(s). I'm not willing to go down that road personally.

[leveymg]

13. "Lead, follow,or get out of the way"

I was thinking more about Rumsfeld, Yoo, and some of the others more directly responsible for Abu Ghraib. They don't get lifetime Secret Service protection. But, if you think a warrant could also be issued for Dubya, I'm not going to argue with you.:evilgrin:

[sheelz]

10. Yes!

And he is competent to stand trail!

[Jack Rabbit]

11. How can he be considered otherwise?

The decision to invade Iraq was made without regard to facts; facts were made to fit the policy. Bush and his aides lied to get the US into a war that had nothing to do with national security or enforcing UN resolutions. The invasion of Iraq was colonial piracy, pure and simple, and Bush knew it.