Bush Gang Found Guilty of War Crimes

Common Dreams:

Former US President George W Bush, his Vice-President Dick Cheney and six other members of his administration have been found guilty of war crimes by a tribunal in Malaysia.

…Transcripts of the five-day trial will be sent to the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court, the United Nations and the Security Council.

A member of the prosecution team, Professor Francis Boyle of Illinois University’s College of Law, said he was hopeful that Bush and his colleagues could soon find themselves facing similar trials elsewhere in the world.

The eight accused are Bush; former US Vice President Richard Cheney; former US Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld; former Counsel to Bush, Alberto Gonzales; former General Counsel to the Vice President, David Addington; former General Counsel to the Defense Secretary, William Haynes II; former Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo.

The men were tried in abstentia and the conviction seems to have focused on the issue of torture as opposed to the war of aggression against Iraq.

10 thoughts on “Bush Gang Found Guilty of War Crimes”

  1. Former US President George W Bush, his Vice-President Dick Cheney and six other members of his administration have been found guilty of war crimes by a tribunal in Malaysia.

    We can only hope and pray that these arrogant idiots decide to make a trip to Malaysia at some point in the near future.

  2. They should also have a trial for the George HW Bush, Clinton and Ehud Barack Obomba administrations.

  3. Professor Francis Boyle filed a complaint against Bush et al. with the International Criminal Court in January 2010. Here it is: http://warisacrime.org/node/49647

    Presumably, no action was taken on it. No surprise there. The ICC is a disgrace. It goes after small, powerless nations, but it ignores complaints against the U.S. and Israel.

    In any case, let's hope that other nations take action against Bush and his cretinous crew.

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  5. No matter what happens (and I hope that the ICC does take the case), I think that it is safe to say that these criminals won't be traveling outside our borders much.

    Now, if we can get Ron Paul elected, with Judge Napolitano as his Attorney General, we could see them tried right here in the good old US. Now wouldn't that be a treat!

    Next, go after the sayanims in congress that sell American lives in wars for Israel. And hang all the Israel-firsters for treason. Start with Joe Lieberman and John Bolton.

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