George Bush?

Question

If all the countries got together and decided that George Bush was wrong on the war in Iraq do you think he would and should be tried for war crimes as saddam was?

Answer 1

sure

Answer 2

Yes, yes, and yes. Bush has created more widows, made it possible that more children will never know their fathers, and been responsible for the deaths of more civilians than any president since Lyndon Johnson. At least LBJ had the decency not to hide behind the Bible like Bush and seek re-election. Bush actually bamboozled the American people and got elected for the first time in 2004 (remember, the idiot was appointed in 2000) since he didn't have the decency to step aside and let someone with some intelligence run. He's a baby-killer and a mass murderer - for Big Oil. A war crime trial is too good for him - he should just be taken out behind a building someplace and executed as a favor to all who have suffered because of him.

Answer 3

While I do disagree with many of the actions taken by the U.S. in Iraq, the standard for war crimes is higher than the standard for murder, so no, probably, Bush wouldn't and shouldn't be tried.

Merely going to war without cause or killing people isn't usually enough to get tried in international court (and there is no way the U.S. would try him). You usually have to be committing genocide or ethnicaly cleansing a geographic area to get brought up on those. Violating international law on torture might qualify, but I doubt it.

Sadaam's situation is a little different. Some of his actions against the Kurds could have landed him in international court, but he is being tried in an Iraqi court, probably because even Sadaam's case is too weak for him to be declared a war criminal in international court. If a new government had not been installed in his country, he probably would have never faced trial either.

Answer 4

Bashing Bush is so easy and so FUN!!!! But in all honesty I do feel that were such a thing as your question proposes to actually happen, too much of America would suffer. Americans genreally say that we stand for justice and truth, and I do think that Bush is a danger to that, not becuase he's a particularly bad person. I can't judge him on the basis of that. I can't even judge him on the basis of whether or not I think he is a bad president. I didn't vote for him and that is judgement enough. Because I respect the OFFICE of President of the USA, I think that it is the responsibility and the duty of Americans to actually do MORE than just sit back and complain. We deserve an accounting of everything that he has done, and we should write to our congressmen and senators and demand that such an accounting be made available to us. But I guess, sitting back and complaining with our fingers up our collective butt is a lot more preferable to doing the hard things like truly participate in participatory government. Our elected officials are our servants, we can get them fired if necessary and yet all we've done is give them free reign to do whatever they want with government: usually because Right Wingers have done what the rest of us should be doing...actually INFLUENCING things.

Answer 5

To Mr. Bingo. The same can be said for Clinton. After the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1983 there were no more attackes on American soil by foreign terrorist. There was a right wing conservative terrorist attack in Oklahoma City. According to your way of thinking Clinton did one GREAT job in protecting
America. Back to the question. No, I don't believe George W. bush should be tried for war crimes. It would set a terrible precedent for the future of the United States. The American people will take care of W. and the Republicans.

Answer 6

The United States is one of those nations that does not easily succumb to global opinion, hence why we still went to war in Iraq when the popular global sentiment was against it. Given the US’s maverick posture, I don’t think we would willing submit our President to an international war crimes tribunal. The only way that would occur is if an alliance of foreign powers beat the US military, invaded the country, and brought Mr. Bush to an international panel of judges by force.

People can only dream can’t they.

Answer 7

Ever notice that since 9-11 we have not had any major terrorist attacks in the USA but they are happening all over the rest of the world. I would say Bush is doing a pretty good job for us.

Come on AMERICAN people. You may think it is cool to bash Bush but you are only hurting the esteem of your great country. What kind of signal does it send to other countries if people in the USA are “bad mouthing” their president.

You have the right to freedom of speech and all that but a little common sense is needed when you are standing if front of whole world.
Don’t make this great country a laughing stock to other countries. Oh, just in case you did not know, when you post things on Q&A, there are people from all over the world that read it.

President George W. Bush is many times speaking directly to groups of people with words from his heart. No script, just answering random questions. Let’s pretend you were in just one of those press meetings and you had to answer questions, rapid fire, about your area of interest. How well would you do? Think maybe you might make one or two mistakes of grammar or pronunciation? Do you think people should call you stupid or uneducated because of a slip of the tongue?

“Before I judge a man, let me first walk a mile in his moccasins."

Don’t criticize another person’s work until you’ve tried to do it yourself; don’t judge another person’s life until you’ve been forced to live it
As a challenge to our mindset and a way to stretch our understanding, we can put ourselves in the shoes of George W. Bush

Answer 8

Way to go, Mr Bingo! That was an awesome answer!

In answer to you question, NO. There haven't been any war crimes. Saddam himself ordered the execution of nearly 2 million people. President Bush hasn't even come close.

Answer 9

No because George W Bush never mustard gassed his own people. George W Bush doesn't have rape rooms in the basement of the white house. George W. Bush didn't deny food or power to his people. You are so blinded by the hate for George Bush you refuse to see the differences.

Answer 10

I'd say you need to wake up and realize the threat that Ismalmicfascicts pose to you. Do you forget 9-11? Do you forget the bombings at our embassys? Do you forget North Korea firing missles on July 4th. You remove a Saddam before they become the threat North Korea and Iran is.

Wake up

Answer 11

George W. Bush, U.S. President

* Born: 6 July 1946
* Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut
* Best Known As: President of the United States, 2001-

George W. Bush became president of the United States on 20 January 2001. Bush is the son of former U.S. president George Bush, who served from 1989-93. (The terms of father and son were separated by the two terms of Bill Clinton.) George W. Bush graduated from Yale in 1968. After serving as a pilot in the Texas National Guard, he attended Harvard Business School and then worked in the oil and gas industries until 1986, when he got involved in his father's successful 1988 presidential campaign. He returned to Texas and was elected governor there in 1994 and again in 1998. Bush won the Republican nomination for president in August of 2000, choosing Dick Cheney as his running mate. In the November general election they ran against Democratic candidate Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman. The election is now remembered for the extremely close and controversial vote in Florida; after a post-election delay of a month while votes were recounted and lawsuits were filed on both sides, Gore conceded the election to Bush on 13 December 2000. Bush led in electoral votes 271 to 267, while receiving fewer popular votes nationwide than Gore: the final official tally was 50,158,094 votes for Gore to 49,820,518 votes for Bush. Bush and Cheney won re-election in 2004 against a Democratic ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards.

Bush married his wife Laura Bush (formerly Laura Welch) in 1977; they have twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, born in 1981... In the fall of 2000 Barbara entered Yale, Jenna the University of Texas at Austin; both graduated from their respective schools in 2004... George W. Bush has an undergraduate degree from Yale (1968) and an MBA from Harvard (1975)... In November 2000, days before the presidential election, Bush admitted that in 1976 he was arrested for drunk driving in Maine, an arrest he had previously hidden... He has said that he stopped drinking alcohol entirely in 1986... Bush is the fourth man to win the presidency while losing the popular vote... Bush fainted briefly on 13 January 2002 after a pretzel stuck in his throat while he was watching football on TV; Bush recovered moments later and the incident was not considered serious.