Will Bush ever be held accountable for the illegal war which he created?

Question

The fact of the matter is that Bush misled and LIED to congress by the bogus intel that he presented to them. This intel was that Iraq was trying to get yellow cake from Africa, which wasn't true and people TOLD him it wasn't. Yes, there are others who were behind the war in Iraq also, like Cheney and Rummy for starters, BUT it is BUSH who holds the cards. If a CEO messed up and misled the company like Bush did, it would be the CEO who was responsible first and foremost.

I get tired of people saying Bush has never lied, when there are plunty of lies that he has told. Or that Bush didn't do anything. Did you actually know that NIXONS lawyer says Bush has done more harm to the US and broke more laws than Nixon ever THOUGHT of doing?

PLEASE start thinking for yourselves, and not just being spoon fed everything. Listen to what EVERYONE says and not just Rush, NBC, CNN, FOX and BillO.

Answer 1

As a veteran of Iraqi Freedom and having earned the National Defense Medal, The Bronse Star for Valor, and the Combat Medic Award for providing medical care under direct enemy fire, someone would have to look hard to find someone who is more patriotic than I am. That being said, if the choice comes down to being 'with you or with the terrorists', then I guess you would be forced to count me in with the terrorists because I do not willingly associate myself with liars.

As soldiers, we were lied to from day 1 about the Iraq war. We were told that we were going in with the best training, the best equipment, and the best intelligence in the world. The training didn't prepare us for the roadside bombs, even tho they had been used in Viet Nam. The equipment was "ballistically transparent", which means that bullets went right thru and killed my friends. The intelligence said that there were WMD's "right here" so many times that we stopped bothering to get excited when we heard about it.

As for 11 Sep 01, people need to stop just accepting what the government tells you as true and find out for themselves. For instance,

- the BBC (obviously a terrorist organization, even tho their country went into Iraq right beside us) verified thru interviews and official diplomatic channels that at least 10 of the 19 "suicide hijackers" WERE STILL ALIVE after 9/11.

- According to physics professors from such "terrorist organizations" as M.I.T. it is **physically impossible** for the Twin Towers to have collapsed in the way that the govt. told us. The fastest that a "pancake" collapse would have happened was about 45 seconds, not the nearly free-fall time of 10 seconds that it took the towers.

- Even if a "pancake" collapse did occur, the 47 box columns which comprised the weight-bearing central core should STILL BE STANDING to this day. Look at the NIST graphic on the "Nova" program that talked about the collapses and even there, the core remains standing.

- WTC building 7 was not hit by a plane, but still collapsed (in classic controlled demolition form) even tho it had only two localized fires on floors 7 and 12. No other steel frame buildings before or since 9/11 have ever collapsed due to fire as we were told. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) had to run 16 different models to make the virtual buildings collapse once. Even then they could only create a collapse when they set the parameters FAR above (at least twice as hot and with far more damage) any of the recorded data of the event.

- Ground Zero burned for MONTHS after the collapse. Pools of molten metal were found under the debris pile. You can easily find pictures of the WTC "meteorites" to see what I'm talking about. In the very BEST conditions, jetfuel (jet-A) burns at 1,800 degrees if you are forcing oxygen into the fire. In an open-air fire, jetfuel will burn at about 1,200 degrees. The steel used in the towers passed UL tests which exposed it to temperatures of over 2000 degrees for several hours WITHOUT ANY LOSS of structural integrity. It was specified to have a melting point of 3,250 degrees. That means that the jetfuel was AT LEAST 1,450 degrees TOO COOL for the steel to have melted.

11 Sep 01 is THE event upon which all of our current foreign and domestic policy is made. The government's story doesn't work because it is impossible to prove scientifically. That story has led directly to the stripping of our Constitutional rights (i.e. Patriot Act [classic Orwellian Doublespeak]) and the deaths of thousands of people here and abroad (who had nothing to do with the attacks). We don't even have cheap gas from this deal!

We are setting policy, having our freedoms stripped, and people are dying for a LIE.

If the choice is being with liars or the terrorists, I'll take the terrorists. At least they have the guts to say to my face that they are trying to kill me and destroy my country's freedoms.

Answer 2

1) He did not lie. There were not only other people who agreed
with him. There were other countries and other intel agencies
from other countries.
2)lie - a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive;
an intentional untruth; a falsehood.
3)Your saying that Bush intentionally said an untruth, And so did
all the other countries and intel agencies. What a conspiracy.
4) Liberals say republicans lie more . Conservatives say liberals
lie more. I wouldn't trust Nixons laywer, He was convicted.
5) It is not an illegal war. Read the War powers act of 1973. the
Pres has the right to send the military into battle.
6) We were being shot at by members of the Iraqi military in the
no fly zone.
7) They were ignoring UN sanctions. Which gives any of the
countries of the UN to invade.
The list goes on.

Answer 3

Nope some people said what he did is a good thing. His agenda the whole time was the middle east like Iran and Hezbollah. But he couldn't have said that because then he'd be in real trouble. One thing you can be sure of Bush will start the war with the middle east, he won't wait for the next president. He'll start the war and let the next president finish it.

Answer 4

First of all, you misunderstand the authority of the President of the United States...

Each day, the President receives an Intelligence Briefing. And he has to make decisions based on those intelligence reports that he receives. And if there is iminent threat to the national security of the United States, it's allies or it's interests, he is required to act upon that as Commander-in-Chief. He has to review his diplomatic options as well as his military options.

For you to call the War in Iraq, "illegal", is based on lack of information and knowledge of the subject. Unless you were privy to any CIA, NSA, or other intelligence agency briefings, I seriously doubt that you can make that accusation. Also, I'm quite sure that the President consulted with the Attorney General to seek advice on the legalities. If he was breaking any law, he could not take any actions. Since he indeed took action, then he was not in violation of U.S. law.

Just because you do not agree with the President, or you do not agree with the war, does not give you the right to deem those actions as being "illegal", or the President "accountable" in some negative manner for those actions.

The President went to war based on what information he was given. No one wants to send troops into harms way, neither do they want to see civilian casualties, but unfortunately that is the result of any war. I'm quite sure he weighed out the pros and cons, and did what he thought best for the nation. If you choose to disagree with him, that is your right. But you should not make such a bold statement without having full knowledge of what led up to the war and the authorization thereof.

Answer 5

Ever hear "the buck stops here"? Everything Bush does is under a microscope and will be reviewed for history. It is not an easy job. As for the "illegal" war, if memory serves correctly, Congress did vote and approve the war in Afganistan and Iraq and Terrorism in general. Remember 9/11!!!! We were attacked. Remember that Saddam did pledge $10,000 to each family of every suicide bomber. He was a sponsor of terrorism. Remember "You are either with US or against US." Do not do to our country what our previous generation did to us during Vietnam. Do not distroy this country from within.

Answer 6

Just as soon as you hold the UN, Britain, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, and Israel too. They ALL said the same things about WMD's and the UN passed 16 resolutions which Saddam broke and they didn't have the guts to enforce. Did I mention that Clinton, Kerry, and the other Clinton all said he had them and that most of the Intelligence came from the Clinton years. If your going to blame people blame all of them not just the ones you don't like. Thats more than just a little hypocritical

Answer 7

It is NOT illegal, and I am getting tired of hearing assertions that it is. The legal authority for the war derives from the cease-fire agreement of 1991, which suspended military operations on various conditions, one of which was that Iraq would, in an accountable manner, dispose of all of its WMD materials. It did not do so, and thus violated the agreement. The UN and Congressional resolutions authorizing the resumtion of hostilities were useful but not necessary.

Answer 8

rhsaunder, it WAS illegal. Iraq either disposed of its WMDs or did not have any in the first place. Either way, the inspectors were ordered out of Iraq before they found any because the US was going to invade, I suspect before the inspectors could prove that there were none.

The UN asked the US not to attack but the US went ahead anyway. On whose authority did they invade?

Answer 9

It's up to the American people now ! The Democrats have had their turn , and they have proved to be bought off or persuaded to allow this criminal cabal to continue to allow America to be torn to pieces. As long as Americans sit back and allow, our servants to profit from war and the downfall of our Constitution & Bill of Rights. We must act now, by doing something personal, each one of us to demand Bush & Cheney be arrested for crimes committed against the people of America & Iraq. Forget impeachment, these bastards have broken the law dozens and dozens of times since taking office, and it's time for them to be held accountable for those crimes. Your silense is your acceptance, speak out against Bush and lets get him out of office today !

Answer 10

America can only hope, and Gods will is certainly leading that way. One sided Republican Congress with a 12 year reign makes this even more do-able now they have been removed.