...there have been proven to be lies, shouldn't George W. Bush be held accountable??! Somebody help me understand why Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Rice aren't hanging from a noose somewhere for Constitutional abuse and murder of our own young men and women!! We wake up EVERY DAY to the same nightmare, and nobody even blinks, or even HINTS about accountability!! Somebody please help me make sense of this!!!
2007-01-06 11:18:46 · 22 answers · asked by Rebooted 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Bush and Co. should be Impeached and tried for treason. Write...email...call your Congress person everyday...We the people have a voice and have been quiet to long.
2007-01-06 11:52:48 · answer #1 · answered by Frann 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Several Things:
1. If this war had been all about oil all of this time then so be it. Because until the Enviromentalists let Congress do it's job(whether controlled by Democrats or Republicans{you wait and see}) We will never be able to drill for oil in Alaska or the Gulf of Mexico. Renewable fuels are on their way(thanks to a law passed by Congress and signed into law by Bush) but it is going to take time to make them more common.
2. Do the math. At the current Death rate(around a thousand a year) we won't see the amount that was killed in the whole of Korea or Vietnam until the 2050's. It is no reason to put the tail between your legs and go yelping after your pet cockroach.
3. Everybody here that has pointed out that there were no major amounts of Weapons of Mass Destruction fail to under stand that before the War began that it was proven that France and Russia had given some to Iraq. France and Russia had a lot to lose if Iraq was attacked. France and Russia were 2 of the 3 biggest trading partners with Iraq between Persian Gulf and Hussein's downfall. Yes, the US was guilty during the Iran-Iraq war but the US had stopped sending them long before.
4. Impeachment requires a majority vote in the House. Even if The Democrats get it(sooner or later they will) they still need a 2/3 majority in Congress. I think that it is going to come up a bit short. But don't forget that Congress voted for Bush to take action around the time that the talks were beginning. Many Democrats voted for it.
5. Let's face it.The US turned vigilante but the law failed(numerous UN Security Council referendums failed to get carried out like they were supposed to). Scince the Law was not enforced(like the League of Nations order or Nazi Germany to withdraw from Poland) it is not only our duty but our right to enforce it. If the other countries that were not part of the Coalition of the Willing thought it was so wrong they would have come to Iraq's aid.
2007-01-06 20:37:30 · answer #2 · answered by travis_a_duncan 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm afraid I can't make sense of it for you. We went to war under false pretenses. The party line is that the CIA dropped the ball. It seems much more likely that the administration used 9/11 to implement their plan of reshaping the middle east in America's image and got the CIA to give them intelligence to justify it.
Either way, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for any real accountability. There was no way the previous congress was going to do anything. They were too busy trying to keep their jobs and toe the Republican line. The current congress is now in a position to bring the sort of accountability you seek, but that would be counter productive at this point.
The only accountability you can expect at this point is that history will judge George W. Bush and the current administration one of, if not the, worst in history.
Sorry, I wish I had a better answer for you.
2007-01-06 19:30:24 · answer #3 · answered by Dave R 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
The Allied death toll at Normandy was over 3000. Should we have pulled out of WW II because of that?
How about this. You're a police officer, you witness an armed robbery. You chase after the guy, and when you catch up with him you can't see the weapon on him. He acts as though he still has a gun in his pocket, and you taser, mace, or shoot him in defense. You didn't know whether he had the weapon or not, but you DID know that he: did have it in the past, had no qualms about using it, and acted as though he still had it. Was it wrong for Mr. Police Officer (the responsible person who protects weaker people) to use lesser force to subdue the person suspected of having lethal force?
Saddam was known to have had WMD and used WMD. He acted as though he still had them, making thinly veiled threats and hampering the UN inspections. He is thus classified as a threat to be neutralized.
As to your claims of murder of US troops, the US DOES NOT currently have a military draft. All US troops joined of their own free will. Joining the armed forces carries with it the implicit possibility of death. If anyone didn't think about that before joining up, they really should've looked into what, exactly, the military does.
2007-01-06 20:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by Derek 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are right about everything you said,even the fact that even with so many young men and women being killed "nobody even blinks" but I bet if the people of this country demanded that George Bush send his two little 25 year old little darlings over to fight, or our childern,husbands,mothers,fathers will not be going over eather he would change his tune! the problem is that the people of the U.S.A. no longer stick-up for the people of the U.S.A.
2007-01-06 20:55:41 · answer #5 · answered by tinamia 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have been duped. No one has ever proven any of the reasons to be a lie. And for your information, they did find WMDs earlier in 2006. Main stream media didn't think it was too news worthy though (you know, it might boost Bushes ratings). I have know idea what your whining about constitutional abuse is. Try reading history on FDR and tell me it wasn't far worse during WWII. Like remember the internment camps for Americans of Japanese desent for starters? There is nothing that even comes close to that in our time.
2007-01-06 20:10:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Don't worry, if they are not held accountable for their crimes in this world I'm confident they will be in the next. For them, I hope they enjoyed "ruling on earth", since burning in hell will not be preferable. And believe me, I blink when I wake up EVERY DAY to the same nightmare caused by these tyrants.
2007-01-06 19:54:01 · answer #7 · answered by Kwan Kong 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think we all need to stand up and shout impeachment. Congress will impeach because of a little hanky-panky, but when it comes to pandering to the enemy that must be O.K. Bush on many occassions has been seen befriending the Saudi royal family when we are trying to fight one of their most influential members of society-the Bin Ladens, practically funding there terrorist operations. Somehow Iraq fit in to all of this, because they were percieved as a threat to the Saudis and all of our precious oil.
2007-01-06 19:39:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
This administration was supposed to bring morality and accountability back to the White House.
Since they came to power, there has been no morality or accountability in the White house. And yet Bush supporters try to claim the moral high ground and want everyone else held accountable!
2007-01-06 19:24:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anarchy99 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
I don't understand it myself. Bush thinks he OWNS the United States of America. I'm stunned about the total lack of outrage. I can only hope that some of the hearings thay will be happening soon will start this process rolling.
2007-01-06 19:43:18 · answer #10 · answered by donronsen 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋