Who are the real war criminals?

Question

It is estimated that Saddam Hussein killed 600,000 people. If that is true, then he has caused the deaths of fewer people than the Bushes have.

Consider this: George Bush Sr. instituted sanctions on Iraq which denied the country medicine and almost anything else. It is estimated that 1.5 million people died because of these sanctions.

During George Bush Sr's war in Iraq, the good ol' USA used depleted uranium bombs in southern Iraq. The radioactivity from these bombs has killed an unknown number of people and still does. Babies in these areas are still being born with birth defects.

During that same Gulf War, the USA, under George Sr. targeted the water system, the electrical system and the sewer system in order to demoralize the people and start an uprising against the government.

(Additional details will follow.)

When George W. decided to go to war, he gave false evidence as reasons to go: the use of WMDs and Iraq's links with Al Qaeda. It has recently been estimated that 650,000 people have lost their lives in Iraq. (That far exceeds the few thousand Americans that have been killed, although the US media emphasizes that point.)

So isn't it true that the Bush family are the war criminals, having caused the deaths of more than 2 million people already?

Answer 1

Lies ike these?
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons
of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." - President
Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear.We want to
seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." -
President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998

Iraq is a long way from here, but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the
risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons
against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face." - Madeline Albright, Feb
18, 1998

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983." -
Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18,1998

"We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution
and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on
suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its
weapons of mass destruction programs." - Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens.
Carl Levin (D-MI), Tom Daschle (D-SD), John Kerry ( D - MA), and others Oct. 9,1998

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction
technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the
weapons inspection process." - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and
palaces for his cronies." - Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999

"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has invigorated his weapons programs.
Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may
be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery
systems and is doubtless using the cover of an illicit missile program to develop
longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies." - Letter to
President Bus h, Signed by Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL,) and others, December 5, 2001

"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and threat to the
peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations.
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing
weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that
Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he
has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare
capabilities. Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter
and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." - Al Gore,
Sept. 23, 2002

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing
weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002

"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that
Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he
has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare
capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..." - Sen.
Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop
nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We
also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in
development of weapons of mass destruction."- Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10,
2002

"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant
UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological
weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do" - Rep. Henry Waxman (D,
CA), Oct. 10, 2002

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein
has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery
capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to
terrorists, including al Qaeda members. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked,
Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical
warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons." - Sen. Hillary Clinton (D,
NY), Oct 10, 2002

"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein
has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and
storage of weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002

"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-if
necessary-to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons
of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." - Sen. John F.
Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9,2002

"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous
dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat
because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating
America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass
destruction... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real"
- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003

Answer 2

I really hope that YOU are not American! Are you for real? Think about what you just said....

Saddam killed more than 600000 people in Iraq, The sanctions were imposed because Saddam would not comply. Thats international law ad it wasn't just the Bush Administrations that imposed these sanctions, the United Nations were involved int hat decision as well. As for the depleted uranium, I have been there, the only thing that I could see that would cause any deaths would be the living conditions, hence another reason why we are in Iraq. Saddam was an evil man who let his people live like they do. I don't believe for one minuet that as much money as we found in this country, buried in walls, in the desert, that the people of this country have to live like this by choice. I was truly apalled that a leader of a country would treat his fellow countrymen in this way. We traded to Saddam food for oil, he sold the food for weapons and you complain about sanctions? Saddam will hang, he is the criminal!

Answer 3

Check this out dude, you, for One are very unAmerican!! Two i don't like your tone, Three you are misled on the reasons for war. This goes way beyond any of your possible accusations. There is war plan and our Presidents are one voice in it. Oh yeah and wake up how many have we saved while the sanctions were lifted? Life is forever evolving, only the fittest survive. If you don't like America and the Good Ol' Boys simply get OUT! Go live in Iraq and quit seeking the shelter of the American fighting Soldier to spread your gutless Anti-Americanisms. Oh yeah Welcome to WAR, it's not pretty.

Answer 4

you are right of course, though strictly speaking you have to break international law to be a war criminal which means that the boycott of Bush snr doesn't count since it was UN authorised. however, since W's war is illegal (according to Kofi Anna, UN Sec Gen), he would be a war criminal however many people he killed. his authorisation of torture and the use of white phosphorus are also war crimes/crimes against humanity. Don't forget that the US wrote most international law.

also, and unfortunately, every US soldier who serves in Iraq is a war criminal. the "just following orders" defence was resolutely rejected at the NUremberg trials so Bush has made criminals of his troops. it has been a disastrous foreign policy for long-term US interests and (in theory) Dubya could be arrested abroad (as can Kissinger) some time in the future to face trial.

Answer 5

You are on the money! Noam Chomsky reasons that every US president after WW2 could be successfully tried for war crimes. I am here now and think the Bushes qualify more than anybody.

Answer 6

George General Custer, Kid Carson, Stalin, Hitler, Napoleon, Adi mian, some I know. I mean there must be a lot of them who did it for pure hate. Stalin was crazy killing his own. No human aspect at all these guys.

Answer 7

Absolutely in agreement, the Democrats must be our only hope for the future of the USA, and for those who are reading this I do not vote Democrat I actually vote Labour.

Answer 8

Corporations like Haliburton.

Answer 9

Regretfully, it's my people. Our lust for money and power has caused all kinds of hell on earth. Our trickery has fooled many countries into hating who we want them to hate. Our lies have launched many a war. Our cowardliness has tricked other countries into fighting battles for us.....but.....that's the way it goes.
Shalom

Answer 10

You guys keep regurgitating the same garbage give us something real not something you keep hearing.