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| War Crimes & President Bush, Speaker Pelosi, Senators Bayh, Clinton,Lieberman, McCain, Obama, Rep. Pence and others. |
| War in Iraq violates international law By Tom Krebsbach Contrary to what the Bush administration would like the world to believe, the invasion of Iraq can be justified neither on the basis of self-defense nor because it was sanctioned by the Security Council. |
| Veterans Group Issues "Declaration of Impeachment" Veterans For Peace Group also announces petition to remove President Bush. |
| GOP candidate calls for impeachment By Gordon Dritsschilo A Congressional candidate who wants to impeach President Bush insists he can win the Republican primary. |
| More Americans Favor Impeaching Bush, Poll Says By Jim Puzzanghera After the unfounded claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and recent news of domestic spying without warrants, mainstream politicians and ordinary voters are talking openly about the possibility that President Bush could be impeached. |
| Impeach or Indict Bush and Cheney By Ronnie Dugger Bush and Rove and their conspirators in the second Bush presidency have disgraced American democracy at home and in the world with debasements of our nation and our values that have now entered their climactic phase. |
"Without the impeachment of Bush and Cheney, America can never recover. The precedents for unaccountability established by the Bush administration are too great, their damage too lasting. Without impeachment, America will continue to sink into dictatorship in which criticism of the government and appeals to the Constitution are criminalized. We are closer to executive rule than many people know." "What Do We Stand For?" by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, Conservative columnist and former Reagan administration official. ************************* Updated 06-30-08 "Bush's top general quashed torture dissent ." "New evidence suggests that despite warnings from from across the military, former General Richard Meyers shut down legal scrutiny of brutal interrogation tactics. By Mark Benjamin Salon.com Friends: If these allegations are true, as an Air Force veteran, I believe this General's actions violate international law, The Uniform Code of Military Justice and as usual make a mockery of our Constitution, which he had sworn "to protect and defend." His actions make a mockery of our pledge of allegiance and are a desecration of The American flag! If these allegations are true, I consider General Richard Meyers, gulity of treason , (betrayal of trust) and a criminal psychopath like President Bush! Now I hope you will understand why I returned my Certificate of Appreciation from the State of Indiana to Governor Mitch Daniels office. This is one more reason why this USAF-NATO veteran will no longer particpate in the pledge of allegiance . Updated 06-24-08 Friends: Impeachment is now off the table! Speaker Nancy "AIPAC" Pelosi, (I love Israel!) and the crimially complicit War Party refuse to impeach Bush for his high crimes. The endless war continues and America continues to sink towards dictatorship and martial law with the blessing of Pelosi, Hoyer, Bayh III, Clinton, Obama, Reid and the Democratic party. The true patriots of this country have documented Bush, Cheney, Powell and Rice's discussion of war crimes! On April 18, 2008, The Washington Independent printed the following by Spencer Ackerman, "Torture and the Law," 'Experts weigh in on top officials talking torture with Bush's approval.' ********************** The Boston Globe published the following on June 18, 2008, written by Bryan Bender: "Human Rights Group Says It Has Proof of Detainee Abuse" "WASHINGTON - A Cambridge -based human rights organization said it has finally found medical evidence supporting the claims of 11 former detainees who were allegedly toertured while in American custodybetween 2001 and 2004, in what a former top U.S. military invesitgator said amounts to evidence of war crimes. *************************************************** In the excellent paper, by Major General Antonio Taguba, USA (Ret.) "War Crimes Committed and Justice Denied" excerpts include, "After years of disclosures by government investigations, media accounts, and reports from human rights organizations, there is no longer any doubt as to wether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is wether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account." " The former detainees in this report, each of whom is fighting a lonely and difficult battle to rebuild his life, require reparations for which they endured comprehensive psycho-social and medical assistance, and even an official apology from our government. "But most of all, these men desrve justice as required under the tenets of international law and the United Staes Constitution." "And so do the American people." ********************************** Think Progress on June 18, 2008 published the following documentation of testimony by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson. "Ex. State Dept. Official : Hundreds of detainees died in U.S. Custody, at least 25 murdered." The first paragraph summarizes: "At today's House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Rights hearing on torture, Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, told Rep. Jerrold Nadler, (D-NY) that over 100 detainees had died in U.S.custody, with up to 27 of these declared homicides." ******************************************* On June 22, 2008, TheRawStory carried the following, "Bush 'war crimes conference' to convene in Mass., plan prosecution of admin. officials." Excerpts include, "On September 13-14, 2008, Lawrence Velvel, the dean of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover plans to convene a 'convention' at the school's facilities, the attendees of which will plan strategies to prosecute members of the Bush administration for war crimes." "This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law that have occured," stated Velvel in a press release. "it is, rather, intended to be a planning conference at which plans will be laid and necessary organizational structures set up, to pursue the guilty as long as necessary and, if need be, to the ends of the Earth. "We must try to hold Bush administration leaders accountable in courts of justice. And we must insist on appropriate punishments, including , if found guilty, the hangings visited upon top German and Japanese war-criminals in the 1940's" ****************************************** End of 06-24-08 Update “The Bush administration describes the president’s war making powers under the constitution as ’plenary’ -meaning absolute.” - "George W. Bush's Impeachable Offenses" by Ivan Eland “The harm that has been done is irreparable.” - " 'Unit's' military expert has fighting words for Bush." David Kronke LA daily News No one has to make the case for impeaching Psychopath President George W. Bush. Mr. Bush has done that himself. By his actions and words, he has fulfilled the requirements to be impeached. His total disregard for the Nuremberg Principles, the U.N. Charter, international law and especially his trampling on our great Constitution’s Bill of Rights. As a veteran, I consider his lies and deceit to be a betrayal of America’s trust, a betrayal of our Christian values, a betrayal of our American values and a betrayal of our great "Constitution Of The United States Of America." Psychopath President Bush's, V.P. Cheney’s and Congress' implementation and continuation of an illegal, unjust war and occupation are a "betrayal of our trust"and by definition, that constitutes "treason." The majority of American Troops want a complete withdrawal from Iraq, yet President Bush and The Pelosi-Reid Obama, Clinton, Bayh III, Democratic Congress which is now controlled by Israel and AIPAC are ignoring this majority! For Bush, Cheney, McCain, Obama, Clinton, Pelosi, Hoyer, Reid and Congress to ignore the wishes of our combat troops in Iraq to be withdrawn constitutes a betrayal of trust! They have betrayed our troops! Advocacy of torture, torture and murder by torture, kidnappings, "extraordinary renditions" and holding prisoners indefinitely without “due process“ has strengthened terrorism and turned world opinion against our great country. These actions are all violations and a betrayal of our great "Constitution of The United States of America. These actions are also a "betrayal of our troops" and all these actions are a betrayal and abuse of our God. A Jewish Rabbi said it best; "When you harm another person, you are harming God." Psychopath President Bush's lies and deceit that have placed my brothers and sisters in the Armed Forces in harm’s way are especially criminal. He has abused and prostituted his responsibility as Commander-in-Chief of our Armed Forces. Bush and Congress promised the American people that U.S. Forces would not be in Iraq for over two years. We are now into the sixth year of an unnecessary, contrived and endless war, a war based on lies, deceit and greed! President Bush signed an agreement recently (11-28-07) to have American troops remain in Iraq indefinitely. This agreement is unconstitutional and illustrates how President Bush ignores our troops and the American people; and again, why President Bush should be impeached! Mr. Bush proclaims that America should “support the troops!” A poll, published in February, 2006 of American troops in Iraq, (“Most Troops Want Swift US Pull-Out from Iraq”) showed that (1) 72 % wanted withdrawal "within 12 months,” (2) 29% favoring an “immediate withdrawal." Two thirds of the American people now favor ”withdrawal.” Whose interests are being served when Psychopath President Bush, McCain, Obama, Clinton, Pelosi, Hoyer, Reid, Bayh III and Zionist Rep. "Neocon Mike" Pence refuse to support our troops' statements for withdrawal and ignore American public opinion? Congress' and Zionist Rep. "Neocon Mike" Pence's apartheid Israel's interests are being served, not America's! In my opinion, serving Israel's interests and sending our troops "to die for a lie" is a betrayal of trust ! ***************************************** John C. Bonifaz’s “WARRIOR-KING: The Case For Impeaching George W. Bush” is one of the finest books explaining why President Bush should be impeached. Mr. Bonifaz lays to rest the argument that Mr. Bush has Constitutional Powers to declare war. The Constitution reserves the power to declare war only with Congress. Congress can not delegate that power to the president! Again, that power rests only with Congress! ********************************************** Vietnam Veteran Tom Krebsbach’s article "War in Iraq violates international law" states very clearly, “The United States /United Kingdom’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 was a war of Aggression, a crime against the peace as defined by the Nuremberg Principles.” ****************************************** I use William Rivers Pitt’s excellent article, “Blood Money” as a reminder that the President had already decided he would follow the wishes of The P.N.A.C. Bush knew there were no WMD in Iraq! To send young American troops to fight , suffer and die "on the wings of a lie." in this veteran's opinion, that consituttes "a betrayal of trust!" ******************************************************* I have included David Kronke’s L.A. daily News article, “ ’Unit’s’ military expert has fighting words for Bush.” While Eric Haney is not advocating that Mr. Bush be impeached, I use excerpts from his conversation with Mr. Kronke to point out how many well informed people view this war. Question: “What’s your assessment of the war?” Answer: “Utter debacle. But it had to be from the first. The reasons were wrong” Q: What is the cost to our country? A: For the first thing, our credibility is utterly zero. So we destroyed whatever credibility we had. …And I say “we“, because the American public went along with this. They voted for a second Bush administration out of fear, so fear is what they‘re going to have from now on. ... The harm that has been done is irreparable There are more than 2,000 American kids that have been killed. Tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis have been killed. No-one in the U.S. really cares about those people, do they? I never hear anybody lament that fact. It has been a horror, and this administration has worked overtime to divert the American public’s attention from it. Their lies are coming home to roost now, and it’s gonna fall apart. But somebody’s gonna have to clean up the aftermath and the harm that it’s done just to what America stands for. It may be two or three generations in repairing.” ************************************************ "George W. Bush is a natural born liar. He lied us into a war, and now he is lying to keep us there. ... Americans may feel that they cannot undercut a president at war, in which case Americans will become an embattled people consumed by decades of conflict. Americans can boot out Bush or pay dearly in blood and money." ("How Long Can This Go On?," by Paul Craig Roberts) *********************************************************** When five small Vermont towns, (home of the Green Mountain Boys) see the need to call for the impeachment of George W. Bush-- it should be a wake-up call to hold President Bush responsible for impeachable crimes. ("Five Vermont Towns endorse move to impeach the president") ********************************************************** In this veteran's opinion, Brattleboro, Vermont is the true "all American" town. After the town board voted to arrest Bush and Cheney, should they ever appear in Brattleboro, it set the standard for all of America's communities! Read about it in "Tide Turns to Positive as E-mails Flood Town Offices in Support Of Resolution To Indict Bush, Cheney" Also, an American Patriot, retired professor John Nirenberg of Brattleboro made a "trek" all the way to Washington, seeking support for the impeachment of President Bush. Read about it in "Brattleboro Man Sees His Impeachment Trek As A Success." ********************************************** In the article "George W. Bush's Impeachable Offenses," Ivan Eland states, "...George W. Bush may win the prize for committing the most impeachable offenses of any recent president." ************************************************************** See Center for Constitutional Rights “Beyond Censure: The Case for Impeachment!” **************************************************** Ann Wright, Colonel, U.S. Army. (Retired) and former Foreign diplomat, in an Indianapolis Peace & Justice Journal article, "Tell Congress to Stop the War And Impeach Bush," by Thomas P. Healey, stated "People need to put pressure on Congress to stop funding the war, and in my opinion, to impeach the President of The United States. I think that’s the only way you can get rid of him and his ideas. There’s certainly plenty of evidence that he has broken international law. He has committed crimes against humanity and war crimes.” **************** “Who are these people? These people who line their pockets with the lives of our loved ones?” If John Cory in his poignant “Twilight’s Last Gleaming” has the courage to ask this question, so should we. He closes his beautifully written article with, “This is twilight’s last gleaming. Who will stand up for America?” I ask that all patriotic Americans join with me and The Libertarian Party in a resounding “I WILL!” That’s why I’m a Candidate for Congress and why President Bush, & V.P. Cheney should be indicted for war crimes! ***************************************************** |
| Additional Reading |
| Impeachment Talk Reaches the Mainstream By William Goodman From the Wall Street Journal to MSNBC, talk of impeachment is no longer on the fringe. The groundswell for President Bush's impeachment is growing, and last week the establishment media finally took notice. |
| Democrats in Vermont to Weigh Impeachment By DAVID GRAM Leading Democrats in Vermont plan to decide in April whether to urge state lawmakers to petition for President Bush's impeachment using a little-known provision in the rules of the U.S. House. |
| George Holland For Congress - 2008 Putting American Families, Jobs, and Seniors First: Not War Profits, Oil Profits, Israel or AIPAC! P.O. Box 751 Rushville, IN 46173 georgehollandforcongress@yahoo.com |
| Dear Friends: Who would Jesus torture, "waterboard" and murder? As a Christian, who would you torture, "waterboard" and murder? Would Jesus approve the torture of a "detainee's " child? As a Christian, would you approve the torture of a "detainee's" child? Would you and Jesus soak a prisoner's head with alcohol and then set fire to the prisoner's head? Your government would! Do God & Jesus support the "shock and awe" bombings which murdered innocent Iraqi women and children? As a Christian, did you support the "shock and awe" bombings which murdered innocent Iraqi women and children? It is now proven that America does torture and murder! My God, the God I worship and his son, the Prince of Peace, have been blasphemied in the pledge, "One Nation Under God". Why would God bless a "Nazi America" that tortures and murders detainees? Friends: Advocating torture, torture and murder by torture are not "family values." They are not Christian values ! They are not the values of USAF NATO Veteran George Holland! Have you read (1) "Study: False Statements preceded war." There were 935 lies in a two year period. President Bush lied 259 times. Secretary of State Colin Powell lied 254 times. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice lied 56 times. How many times have Senators Clinton, Lugar, Bayh III, Lieberman, Obama, McCain and Rep. "AIPAC Mike" Pence lied about the war? (2) Also Please Read "Truth was first U.S. casualty in Iraq War: Study" |
| Updated July, 10. 2008. This USAF-NATO Veteran is now raising the issue; Is Senator Evans B. Bayh , III , a "War Criminal" based on his sponsoring Senate Resolutiion 580, known as The Iran War Resolution? Please read the release from anti-war,com The resolution is essentially an military embargo aginst Iran, which is illegal unless sanctioned by the U.N. As an attorney, he knows and understands the consequences of his actions. As a U.S. veteran, I know and understand the consequences of his actions; this action is not only a "war crime," but also "treason" because it is a betrayal of our great constitution, and of the people of Indiana. It is "A Betrayal Of Trust." Senator Bayh, III , as are the Clintons, is a member of the "Bilderburg group." Their allegiance is to "The New World Order." Who in Indiana asked Senator Bayh to sponsor this resolution? Why hasn't Senator Obama spoken out and stopped this resolution? Once again, AIPAC is a special interest group. This resolution will not only expand the war in the Middle East but will continue to send American kids to die for the interests of The New U.S.- British Oil Imperialism and Israel. This USAF-NATO veteran intends to answer this resolution with a letter to Senator Bayh, III. Rabbi Bruce Warshall , St. Louis Light, describes AIPAC; "Let's zero in on AIPAC. It is controlled by right wing, rich Jewish, neo-conservatives." "Beware of these self-appointed guardians of Israel and Jewish values. In the end they will destroy everything that makes Judaism a compassionate religion, and if in their zeal, they do not destroy Israel, they certainly will not make it more secure." AIPAC has about 6,000 members. Contrast their political clout with America's working people. On May 1, 2008, over 25,000 members of the International Longshore & Warehouse Union, (AFL-CIO) representing over 60 locals with 60,000 working men and women took a day off from work and calling for an end to the war in Iraq. "Longshore workers are standing -down on the job and standing up for America," said ILUW International President Bob Mc Ellrath. "We're supporting the troops and telling the politicians in Washington that it's time to end the war in Iraq." (Please see WWW.ILWU.ORG) This strike effect! It had none! Nada! Zilch! Nothing to affect the funding of the war and to bring our troops home. Why? Because these are working class people, not a bunch of rich, right wing, neocon Jews, who want to send American kids to die for Zionism and Israel. AIPAC has found the perfect "water boy" in Indiana's Senator Evans B. Bayh, III to sponsor S.R. 580. Israel possesses at least 400 nuclear warheads. So isn't Israel the greatest threat to peace in the Middle East? The Arab -Muslim countries ot the Middle East have asked that the Middle East be "a nuclear free" zone! But Israel and the U.S. will not allow this! Why shouldn't Iran develop nuclear weapons to defend itself from the coming attacks from Israel and the U.S.? Senator Bayh, III was an avid supporter of the Iraq Invasion. As an attorney and my U. S. Senator, he should have asked, "Where is your evidence of WMD?" Instead, he climbed onto the train that left the stattion based on 935 lies. If I knew there were no WMD, he and every person in Congress who voted for Bush's war resolution knew. As a working class kid veteran, I hold he and all the others complicit in Bush's war crimes. To send children from the poor, the working class, and minorities to die and suffer for his and Bush's lies is fascist, criminal and barbaric. This type of "statesmanship" is what stroked the patriotic ferver of the barbaric Japanese and Nazi imperialists. Even the "watered down" Iraq Study Group Report stressed that the issue of Iran nuclear weapons be pursued via the U.N. I also label he and the others as psychopathic. Senator Bayh, III has no sense of compassion, no sense of guilt for the suffering he has caused others. The human suffering, the tens of thousands or hundred of thousands of infants, children and moslem women killed as a result of Senator Bayh's resolution; the jolt to the world's economy, the hatred and revenge to be visited upon innocent Americans and rightly so is unimagineable and unforgiveable. I make no apologies for my remarks about Senator Bayh! He's earned them! In Feb., 2006, a poll of American troops showed 7 2% of our troops said the U.S. should "withdrawal completely within 12 months." If this had been honored; our children would be at home now, not dieing in Iraq for 935 lies! Military Families Speak Out asked Obama and Clinton to stop the funding for the war, so that the killing of American troops would cease. Pelosi's, Clinton and Obama's reaction;, they ignored their pleas! Iraqi Veterans Against the War want funding for the war stopped and troop withdrawal begun. These war veterans are ignored by the Democrats. 70% of Americans now believe the war was a mistake and want our troops withdrawn. Speaker "AIPAC Nancy" Pelosi made certain that a provision providing for Congressional approval before any attack upon Iran could occur, made certain that provision was deleted. House Majority leader Steny Hoyer has stated publicly that there will be no withdrawal of American troops fron Iraq without Israel's approval! Last year, Senate Majority Leader Reid stated that "The war was lost!" The Democrats can stop this war at any time because they control the funding. Yet, they approved the new $ 170 billion funding for another year, sending a clear message; they are part of the "War Party." In my opinion, who have sold out our troops for "blood money," Zionism and "The New U.S. British Oil Imperialism." ########################################## End of Update |