My letter refers to your constitutional obligation to uphold the Constitution, to see that the laws are fully and faithfully executed, and to carry out due process of law. You also have an obligatiobn to provide a check and balance on the Executive Branch.
I know you respect the Constituition of the United States and do not approve of illegality on the part of the Bush administration.
Nazi war criminals were hanged at the Nuremberg Trials for committing war crimes. Does the American system of justice allow for the hanging of American war criminals? It would seem to me that if they did the crime, they should do the time.
The same thing can be said about President Bush. As Commander-In-Chief, George W. Bush ordered the invasion of a country that posed no threat to the United States. In so doing, he became guilty of launching a war of aggression, which is a war crime. Subsequent to that, over a million innocent Iraqi civilians have been killed by U.S. forces.
Impeachment will NOT do the trick. Impeachment does not address the issue of mass-murder.
In his 2005 speech accepting the Nobel prize, Harold Pinter asked, "How many people do you have to kill before you are a mass-murderer? " His answer: "One hundred thousand? More than enough, I would have thought."
Nobel Laureatte John Pilger was referring to the Johns Hopkins study that revealed the number of "excess deaths" in Iraq snce the 2003 invasion. In October of 2004, a "mean" statistical average of 100,000 was published by that study. In 2006, that figure was updated to 655,000. In 2007, that figure was updated to 999,9999 (one million). In other words, today John Pilger would say that over a million Iraqis should be more than enough for George W. Bush to qualify as a mass-murderer. And still, George W. Bush has not been prosecuted, he has not been impeached, and he is still in power! If he were impeached, he would still not be held accountable for the war crime of killing over a million Iraqis.
What is it going to take to address the issue of President George W. Bush being a mass-murderer?
This President has defied the laws, defied the Constitution, defied Congress, been in Contempt of Congress --and still he is president! How is this possible?
As a citizen of the United States of America, you are part of that government that we still call "The United States of America." I would think that you would recognize that in a state run by a gang of thugs, your only chance for your own survival is to take refuge in the law. If not, you shall surely be overcome by more powerful men, and perish.
If you have not already done so, please inititate every possible legal proceeding against the criminals that have flourished in the Bush administration, starting with George W. Bush. We need to empanel a Special Congressional Grand Jury, and issue subpoenas.
As an American and a firm believer in the Constitution and its system of checks and balances, I urge you to support a subpoena of George W. Bush to explain to the American people how it came to pass that the Executive Branch not only gave the green light to invading Iraq, but also misled the Congress and the people of the United States by saying that that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the 9/11 attacks and was in possession of weapons of mass destruction. Both of these claims made by the President were lies. In the words of Richard A. Clarke, former counterterrrism security chief in his book Against All Enemies, we invaded a country that posed abslutely no threat to the United States, Iraq.
Thanks to the actions of George W. Bush, the United States now has the blood of over a million Iraqi civilians on its hands. Someone must be held accountable for this war of aggression and the ongoing genocide against the Iraqi people. The muder of innocent Iraqi civilians must stop.
Impeachment will not be enough!
Thank you for your attention to this critical matter.
I really appreciate the writing of so many of you here, who are so proactive and assertive instead of playing victim. Bravo, bravo! I greatly appreciate reading the viewpoints which i share, and have always hoped to see on the public radar. That is, the issue of criminality and being under the thumb of thugs. Thank you, Charlie, for speaking the truth for what it is!!!
I foresee several problems with a Congressional subpoena:
A) Bush will never talk. His pattern has been conclusively proven to stonewall in silence. However, that doesn't mean that he shouldn't be summoned and publicly queried. The shaming would be good for him, whether he likes it or not.
B) Congress will cover up his crimes and won't investigate properly, with the exception of a few good poeple such as Patrick Leahy, Kucinich et al. Even Kucinich may lay low at this point, considering that his brother dropped dead two weeks after Kucinich announced his intentions to file impeachment articles against Bush. Notice how Kucinich never filed those articles of impeachment? Hmmmmm....
The pattern with Congress is to do nothing but support Bush and his power grabbing. Kucinich said it very well: They want the powers which Bush has now claimed, for their own. That's why they rubberstamp everything from gag orders to warrantless wiretapping to war funding to torture. It has nothing to do with being "Spineless" and has everything to do with being power-greedy, corrupt and in support of evil. Or, such is my opinion, take or leave.
None of the above is meant to say that this investigation and subpoena shouldn't be demanded and done. I couldn't agree more that the need is dire. Bravo, Charlie! Readers, please chime in with your written support!
Let's show those dirty politicians the door and let them know that we, those who will be voting for or against them, have a mind of our own and will not subserviently bow to them. Put the pressure on! Write away! Thank you all!
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Kathryn Smith (88 articles, 2 quicklinks, 35 diaries, 344 comments)
on Friday, May 16, 2008 at 1:04:50 AM
Our war criminal elite do not have plans to star at or perform in any "Peoples Tribunals."
They "Pulled the Trigger" on us several times in this administratin. We are not here because of our nuclear war fighting elite, rather we are here in spite of their plot to exterminate us in a general nuclear holocaust.
Somebody up there must love us. That is the only reason that we, the LIVING DEAD; are still alive.
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Patrick (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 390 comments)
on Friday, May 16, 2008 at 11:57:14 PM
