Do you think one day George Bush may be charged for crimes against humanity?

Question

Seeing as how the international courts have found ways to try former heads of state, like Charles Taylor... do you think one day they'll get up the chutzpah to go after Bush et al?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2963086.stm

Answer 1

Absolutely!
Bush's Crimes Against Humanity (Part 1)

http://www.brainboxmag.com/essays/2003/crimes.htm

It is a sad thing keeping track of the Atrocities and lawbreaking he has directed and overseen while in office, including but not limited to:

Murder: Between Oct-2001 and March-2002 US military personnel murdered 3,000 - 3,400 civilians in Afghanistan. The figures of civilian casualties in Iraq will far exceed Afghanistan if things continue, and soldiers are eager to go into the cities to notch their tally marks like the fighter pilots. Regarding US accountability in both countries, there has been a premeditated foregone conclusion before entering that innocent lives would be taken, referred to as "collateral damage". Bush, with his strong Texas roots and former two-term governor knows full well that "with premeditation" means Murder in the 1st, a capitol offense. Wonder if he can take a little of what he gives out a lot?

Extermination: mass + murder = mass-murderer. Regardless if by jet, by tank, or by rifle it is a clear form of extermination when masses of innocent people are killed while they farm, shop in open markets, and partake in wedding ceremonies, or families sleeping under one roof. The most notorious mass murderer so far this century is none other than George W Bush

Enslavement: A proud but now "hush-hushed" part of Bush's ancestry and heritage, after all cotton was America's first oil - tobacco - or gun economy. Preposterous cases of slavery exist today but controlled by corporate powers so rich and places and peoples so remote that all details the elite consider trivial like human suffering and forced labor is "whited out" by the time it reaches consumer hands.

Side Bar: Bush cut pension taxes benefiting people that make a positive difference in his path to wars

Deportation: Many of us that are not engrossed in March Madness Basketball and more in tuned to an April beckoning more murder and misery are wondering. What is going on with the near 700 said-to-be "Al Qaeda" and "Taliban" peoples the US extradited from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Camp Delta on remote island of Guantanamo Bay Cuba. There are confirmed reports that many of the captives are farmers and nomads with no affiliation to terrorism. Are they getting enough food and water because from photos it appears they are more like malnourished peasants than what has been unofficially stated? Have any been charged with war crimes, a misdemeanor, or infraction? A high-ranking General at the torture center insisted, "They are living more comfortably than me”, but for some reason we're not buying it.

Imprisonment & Torture: see Deportation. These two go hand in hand to define the detainee's experiences at Guantanamo. They are held in small cells and tortured, back to the cells for agonizing rest, and then more torture "all within Humanitarian guidelines" the high rank stated though could not be confirmed because Camp Delta is barred from outside access.

Rape: As ugly and violent the nature of "brave" soldier's work, their satisfaction to brutalize with machine guns will not stop there. (Especially if the US occupies cities by way of military regime) Example: see what happens to women and their families in every past precedent of military regime control. "Rape is part nature of the beast of men who murder" - Rourkacha.

Severe Trauma: *not a crime against humanity, but included for obvious reasons.

As Bush's Anglo-Alliance of terrorists dubbed "Iraqi Freedom" focuses on heavy bombardment of densely populated Iraqi targets we see picture of a man pulling his child from a pile of deceased. In our own neighborhoods we sometimes hear gunshots ring out in the night that startles, but none of us can possibly fathom what Iraqis feel as deafening explosions and violent concussion rattle their very souls day and night - A living hell.

Whether or not the ruling Baath Party remains in power, their crimes pale in comparison to the atrocities Americans have and are inflicting on Iraqis. To the Bush regime, these peoples are one in the same spanning region to region. They are viewed as an inferior race and religion made obvious in how they are being systematically exterminated. And so long as Americans continue believing the massacres are forging way to "freedom", sadly this means the butcher is winning. But the brave of us will not give up this fight.

Time to indict our leaders for crimes against humanity!
http://williambowles.info/ini/ini-0338.html

Iraq ‘Memogate’ reveals that the invasion was planned as long ago as April 2002; all that was needed was an EXCUSE

Bush on Trial for Crimes against Humanity
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/012406Z.shtml

The International Commission of Inquiry on Crimes against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration convened last weekend in New York City's Riverside Church. Martin Luther King Jr.'s portrait hangs in the foyer. Dr. King delivered his historic 1967 speech, "Beyond Vietnam: A Place to Break the Silence," opposing the war and calling for the removal of all foreign troops from Vietnam, in that same church.

Center for Constitutional Rights President Michael Ratner, who delivered a keynote address to the commission of inquiry, invoked Dr. King's words from 1967: "A time comes when silence is betrayal." The following year, the Bertrand Russell War Crimes Tribunal put the US government on trial for "crimes without precedent" it was committing in Vietnam. In the tradition of the Russell tribunal, the panel of judges at the commission of inquiry heard evidence of George W. Bush's war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantánamo Bay, and elsewhere.

Ratner said that Bush openly and notoriously "laid the plan for coup d'état in America" with a small paragraph in his "signing statement" attached to the McCain anti-torture amendment. Bush wrote that his commander in chief power allows him to do anything he thinks is necessary, including torture, notwithstanding the amendment passed by Congress. Ratner called that a "historic, unprecedented grab for power" that spells the end of checks and balances in our government. Bush, according to Ratner, has declared that George Bush is the law.

Answer 2

If you believe that the international laws regarding conduct in war and human rights should apply equally to every nation, then yes, he should be charged - That's pretty obvious. The invasion of Iraq was not sanctioned by the UN. It was therefore illegal. Also, we've all seen gross abuses of human rights throughout the occupation by individuals he is responsible for, and the resultant mess that has worsened the security situation there. There is also a specific charge under international law for war profiteering which will be easy to prove, if you believe the war sceptics. However, if you believe that GW invaded Iraq out of the goodness of his heart to prevent an escalation of fundamentalist influence in the region, and he acted in good faith to the intelligence at the time, then even though some of the charges may stick, a jury is going to be hard to convince about his motives. Addendum: "Disliking the leader of another country" is not a legitimate reason for invading a country and killing thousands in the process. By the same logic, France would have had legitimacy in dropping a nuclear bomb on Washington during the past 4 years. It is absolutely clear that there was no danger from Iraq before the invasion, as Colin Powell confirmed in 2001 while Iraq was under sanctions, before the neocons got their claws into him. Feb 24th 2001: "Asked about the sanctions placed on Iraq, which were then under review at the Security Council, Powell said the measures were working. In fact, he added, "(Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors." As for those who, after all these years and focus on the debate, still cling to the delusion about the existence of WMDs.....Don't you think the neo cons would scream and shout it from the rooftops if they had even a tiny shred of proof ? Republicans are so gullible, they probably still think America is going through a property boom.

Answer 3

Hello There! Yes I do Believe that a (Witch Hunt) will ac cur sometime in the (Future) but not just right now... The time will happen but,long after Bush & Co, have all gone away to Greener Pastures will any one figure out the (Toltality & Mess)that they have left for us Good Americans to clean-up, Anyway's, by the time someone figures this all out it'll all be like it never happend because by the time someone say's something about (Haliburton-Vice President) it'll all be (Swept Under The Rug). That Sir is what I believe how this (End Game) would end. Thank You! rumeoui

Answer 4

God I hope so!

Henry VIII- this is the scary thing. Bush can not afford to get investigated. He has to figure out a way to prevent the next president from honoring their duty to the people and the constitution and stop them from looking at every corrupt thing he has done.

How Bush will prevent this is what scares me more than all the stuff Bush has already commited against the U.S. the world, etc.

Answer 5

God told King David he can't build a Temple for God because of to many blood stains on his hand (fighting wars with many being killed). George Bush went into this war on a lie about WMD's. A blatant lie and he knew it to be lies. He is in this for the oil money. Price goes higher and higher filling up he's and Cheney's pockets. Well going back on course, he got blood stains on his hands and that makes it justifiable to say he is guilty of "crimes against humanity". I know I will get thumbs down because the truth hurts. Go report my statement to "El Rushbo".

Ex Republican
Christian for Jesus

Answer 6

No

There is no evidence that Bush has ordered or sanctioned mass killings or abused the people of Iraq in anyway.

He was pushed the Geneva convention in how he has treated prisoners of wars.

I am no fan of George Bush but he is not Stalin or Hitler. And he has not committed crimes against humanity.

He has us in an illegal war and has abused his power as president and should be impeached.

Answer 7

With the democratic leadership in congress, never in a million years.

Answer 8

War crimes trials start early in 2009.

Answer 9

last time i checked poor speech habits and defending ones nation aren't crimes against humanity.

In fact, he has done more than most people to end the regimes of those who commit crimes against humanity. if the people calling for his arrest were honest they would see that they are more guilty of crimes agianst humanity than he is because they supported leaving these people in power.

Answer 10

No.

1) The ICC doesn't have jurisdiction over American citizens.

2) Bush hasn't done anything even close to a crime against humanity.

Answer 11

Yeah, the UN forces (read: US forces) will invade the US and put the US president / former president on trial for "crimes against humanity" which you have failed to cite. You are brilliant.