With no political consequences, does illegal behavior get repeated?

Question

I ask this because Russia today warned of the massive repercussions of an attack on Iran...

We know that this warmongering and incompetent President is capable of anything particularly as he won't be there to deal with it.

Answer 1

I personally don't believe Iran is that much of threat anyway.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is controlled by Ayatollahs who are far less extreme as his rhetoric is. He can rant and rant and all day, deny the holocaust or whatever, but he can't make war all by himself. I don't believe that there's an Ayatollah over there who is willing to enter a nuclear holocaust. They love their own behinds too much for that. Also, most of the Iranian population is non-radical. The president doesn't represent the attitude of all of Iran. I don't believe the European union or the whole of the global community would be willing to put up with Bush attacking Iran.

Hopefully during the next administration we will have some legislation passed that curbs executive privilege and clearly defines who it can be extended too. Obviously Bush has been allowed to abuse them and extend them to Cheney.
The founding fathers never intended for the presidency to become a limited dictatorship. Plaingate, the Iraq invasion,
the detainee camps, the trial and execution of Sadam without the benefit of being sent to the Hague, are all plain examples of facism within the U.S.

This discussion has been a long time coming. Bush is not the first president to commit international crimes. Reagan
and Iran Contra, Clinton bombing a pharmaceutical site in Pakistan, , Kennedy having Che' Guevera executed, and FDR presiding over Japanese internment camps are all clear examples of what happens in the name of executive privalege. We are well past due the need to reform it. It is a bi-partisan problem.

Answer 2

Russia has strong ties with Iran... Weapons, oil, deals........


Notice that France is giving out some strong warning as well. My own feelings are dependent upon how much of a threat Iran truly is.

Answer 3

Yes....As we've seen with this so called government, it's way out of control when it comes to unethical, immoral, self serving and countless other disgusting behavior, the government makes sure to protect their actions with laws that you and I would be thrown in jail for.

Imo, the government needs a major and I do mean major overhaul. Until such time, we can be certain to expect this trend to continue. And here I thought 'we the ppl' had a say/voice within our government....hmmm...what was I thinking?

When it comes to the President and his unethical actions, he should be held accountable and treated like any other US citizen. Imo, GWB should have been impeached and prosecuted for war crimes, which consist of thousands of innocent ppl dying for his lies, which could easily be translated to murder, thus charging GWB with said crime.

If ever there was an Evil person to hold Office, it's with 100% ccertainty that GWB fits the profile. We can more or less expect the unexpected when it comes to GWB and his actions.

Answer 4

Bush is doing what his handlers insist upon: control of resources. Russia is not happy with US belligerence, and it is far from alone. Along with “Old Europe” they are not happy that its oil contracts were nullified with the US invasion, and if the US cuts it off from Iran in the same way, they have every reason to want an end to US imperialism. I suspect that The US offered France a deal: access to Iraqi oil (after keeping it off the market results in the anticipated rise in price) and access to Iranian oil, as well, in return for political, rhetorical support for the aggression against Iran.
The US ‘culture’ at the level of ‘high officials’ and the ruling class, is corrupt and secretive. Such widespread corruption and unaccountability cannot help but have its effect on the society as a whole. People subject to a mafia culture learn the rules of crime quickly. Crime, deceit, graft… all become normalized.

"And in the general hardening of outlook that set in ... practices which had been long abandoned - imprisonment without trial, the use of war prisoners as slaves, public executions, torture to extract confessions ... and the deportation of whole populations - not only became common again, but were tolerated and even defended by people who considered themselves enlightened and progressive."
George Orwell, 1984

"We have about 50% of the world's wealth but only 6.3% of its population.... Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity without positive detriment to our national security. To do so, we will have to dispense with all sentimentality and daydreaming, and our attention will have to be concentrated everywhere on our immediate national objectives. We need not deceive ourselves that we can afford today the luxury of altruism and world benefaction.... We should cease to talk about vague and unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better."
George Kennan, State Department memo, 1948


"The modern susceptibility to conformity and obedience to authority indicates that the truth endorsed by authority is likely to be accepted as such by a majority of people, who are innately obedient to authority. This obedience-truth will then become a consensus-truth accepted by many individuals unable to stand alone against the majority. In this way, the truth promulgated by the propaganda system - however irrational - stands a good chance of becoming the consensus, and may come to seem self-evident common sense."
David Edwards

" Society's dominant discourse shapes not only its politics but the way people think about their personal lives and choices. Just as John F. Kennedy helped legitimize a discourse of idealism that gave impetus to the social movements of the 1960s, so Ronald Reagan managed to legitimize a discourse of selfishness and insensitivity that has had profound social consequences ... Shifting society's discourse - from one of selfishness and cynicism to one of idealism and caring - is the first and most important political goal ... in the next several decades. "
Michael Lerner

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I really don't think we should draw a line in the sand with Iran. They are not a threat to our sovereingty, and, 10 years away from a viable nuclear missle with a sizable payload. Diplomacy with other nations and the U.N. is the answer for now.

Answer 7

I would be pissed off watching US invade for nothing more than oil, what will stop them for invading another country for their resources. I am surprised only Russia has spoken up about this.

Answer 8

I cant wait to bomb Iran AND syria back to hell where they sprang from, and if PUTIN gets in the way, we'll have to give him a ticket there as well

Answer 9

I'll bet Hillary Clinton could answer that! Over and over and over again.

Answer 10

What deiracefan_219 said. (No one above actually answered your question.)
I agree with him/her.