The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
That is the title of a new book by accomplished true crime author and attorney Vincent Bugliosi that lays out the case for the much needed and hopefully inevitable trial of George W. Bush for the murder of every single human who has died as a result of his illegal and unnecessary 'war on terror'. It absolutely astounds me that there is even a discussion about whether or not congress should impeach Bush and Cheney after the entire world knows that these men, and their associates, told over 930 lies to the people of America and congress in order to garner support for invading Iraq. They told us that Saddam had stockpiles of 'weapons of mass destruction' hidden all over the Middle East and none have ever been found. They said Huessein was in possession of anthrax, smallpox and sarron gas in amounts large enough to cause us harm, and there was none. Bush told us right to our faces that Saddam had sought to aquire aluminium tubes and yellow-cake urainium for manufacturing nuclear missiles, and this too was a lie. They swore that Al CIAda was being supplied and supported by Iraq and that Osama Bin Ladin could be hiding there, and he wasn't. And these are just the few lies that the corporate media has decided we deserve to know about. There is absolutely no question that this administration has committed high crimes and misdemeanors. This is documented and admitted fact, and Bush's former aide, Scott McClellen is verifying it in sworn testimony befor Congress. Our precious Constitution says that when a civil servant of the people commits these indiscretions, he or she is to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. It's not an option, it's a damn law!
In 2006, we elected a Democratic majority to congress, and these people promised to put a stop to the out of control administration and return America to the kind of country we all believed it should be. But they have failed us miserably, and by refusing to do what we want and impeach and remove Bush and Cheney they are failing us again. I have written all of my representitives in the House and the Senate and informed them that unless there is a huge change of course and they start acting like they care about We The People, I will be leading the movement to elect totally new people to their jobs because it's obvious that they can't or won't do what they're supposed to do. This legislative group has consistantly caved into the Neo-Cons wishes when voting on bills that restrict or revoke our liberties and freedoms, giving this president unpresidented and unwarranted power, the likes of which no other president in the history of this nation has enjoyed. Bush has trampled all over the Constitution and Bill of Rights, has illegally spied on and wire-tapped the citizens of this country, and demanded prosecutorial immunity for those tele-com companies who participated in the warrantless intrusions into our privacy. And yesterday congress aquiessed.......again, the cowards. Get rid of 'em all, I say!
To the people out there who say"Why waste time prosecuting Bush when his time in office is almost over anyway?", consider this. Thousands of your friends, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles, mothers and fathers have given their precious lives fighting George Bush's private war for profit, and just like any other murder, the victims deserve justice. Make no mistake about it, this 'war' is not about fighting terror or liberating Iraq, it's about making money for Bush, Cheney, and their cronies who are the Military-Industrial Complex. The circumstances behind the reasons we invaded Iraq absolutely make each soldier's death a murder. This is not an opinion, it's constitutional law, and there isn't any room for debate. If someone murdered one or more of your loved ones for no good reason wouldn't your need to see justice served in order for you to begin to heal? Of course you would, and the families and loved ones of every single human who has died by George Bush's hand also deserves that same consideration. There is also the psychological and emotional damage these crimes have done to every decent person in America, of which I'm one, and I need to see these criminals prosecuted and convicted and sentenced so I can put this behind me and start the healing process. I demand they be impeached. Then, finally, there is the seriously flawed message that not seeking justice sends to young Americans, and the rest of the world. Doing nothing and letting these crooks walk sends the message that America no longer believes in the morals and values that made her a great and fair nation in the eyes of the world. It says that our leaders can lie, cheat and steal from their own people, and decieve and mislead the rest of the world, including our allies, and we as a people don't care. Well....I don't know about you, but that is not what I was raised to believe and I do care!, and as a true patriot, that is not the way I want my America to be seen by humanity.
The right-wing controlled, corporate media won't do this, and for some reason left wing, progressive media has a problem with it as well, so I'm going to do it. I am going to passionately urge and challenge everybody who reads this to contact their elected representitives and demand, not ask, that they get behind Reps. Wexler and Kucinich and push John Conyers and the Judiciary Committee to begin hearings on the thirty six articles of impeachment that those two courageous and patriotic men have put before congress. This issue is so criticle to this nation's future that it's difficult to put it into words, but suffice it to say that it's sink or swim time for America, and Impeachment in Congress, and conviction in the Senate are the water-wings America needs to keep from drowning in her own tears. PEACE
