| George Holland For Congress - 2010 A "populist" Democrat Putting American Families, Jobs, and Seniors First: Not War Profits, Oil Profits, AIPAC, Israel or Wall Street. P.O. Box 751 Rushville, IN 46173 georgehollandforcongress@yahoo.com |
Please read "The Torture Bitch." by Justin Raimondo “The whole thing was hidden from the public–but not from congressional leaders, who were informed of the harsh interrogation methods and never objected or revealed what they knew." ” Going after the torturers, we’re told, would be too divisive. Well, yes, it would divide the Democratic Party, first and foremost, as the complicity of Pelosi & Co. is made all too clear and it turns out that torture is a bipartisan sport.” "Our Unending War on Terror". Bush's embrace of torture was horrific, but it was hardly the first time Americans have acted like terrorists. by Noam Chomsky Watching Obama Morph Into Dick Cheney "Obama, in other words, is committed to covering up the Bush regime’s crimes and to ensuring that his own regime can continue to operate in the same illegal and unconstitutional ways." By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, antiwar.com Friends: Who would Jesus Christ "waterboard"? Who would Jesus Christ torture and murder? Updated April 15, 2009 Dear Friends: This page was originally started as an "impeachment " page. However, the accusation of "war crimes" against President Bush and V.P. Cheney and others of Bush's administration make it imperative that this web site document any such claims. General Taguba: Accountability for Torture Does Not Stop at White House Door "there is no longer any doubt as to whether the [Bush] administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account." Reproduced from "truthout" Thursday 16 April 2009 General who probed Abu Ghraib says Bush officials committed war crimes The Army general who led the investigation into prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison accused the Bush administration Wednesday of committing "war crimes" and called for those responsible to be held to account. Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers By Think Progress on June 18th, 2008 Ex. State Dept. Official: Hundreds of detainees died in U.S. custody, at least 25 murdered. 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 have died in U.S. custody, with up to 27 of these declared homicides: How Obama Excused Torture Former Reagan Justice Department official Bruce Fein writes that Obama's decision to release CIA memos without prosecuting Bush administration officials flouts his constitutional duty. Some excerpts: "The evidence is now undeniable. President Barack Obama is flouting his unflagging constitutional obligation enshrined in Article II, Section 3 to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." He is also reneging on his signature campaign promise to restore the rule of law, transparency, and accountability to the White House. He is displaying the psychology of an arrogant Empire as opposed to a modest Republic in continuing and escalating the Bush-Cheney duumvirate's global and perpetual war against international terrorism heedless of foreign sovereignties or the lives of civilians." "Even more disappointing, Obama has proven a political coward dangerous to the Republic. Before April 16, he had decided against any criminal investigation of the Bush- Cheney duumvirate or their inner circles for their boasted complicity in torture, i.e., waterboarding, which Attorney General Eric Holder has declared is torture." "Obama made no effort to square his refusal to investigate credible and substantial evidence of felonies with his constitutional obligation to faithfully execute, not sabotage the laws. He relied solely on politics, as though law was nothing more than a constellation of political calculations with ulterior motives." "Obama made no effort to square his refusal to investigate credible and substantial evidence of felonies with his constitutional obligation to faithfully execute, not sabotage the laws. He relied solely on politics, as though law was nothing more than a constellation of political calculations with ulterior motives." In sweeping the Bush-Cheney lawlessness under the rug, Obama has set a precedent whitewashing White House lawlessness in the name of national security that will lie around like a loaded weapon ready for resurrection by any Commander-in-Chief eager to appear "tough on terrorism" and to exploit popular fear. by Bruce Fein Published on Friday, April 17, 2009 by The Daily Beast Obama accused of "condoning torture" "President Obama's statements in the last days have been very disappointing. In saying that no one will be held to account for committing acts of torture, the US administration is in effect condoning torture," said Daniel Gorevan, of Amnesty International's Counter Terror with Justice campaign. 17 April 2009 The Bush Six to Be Indicted Spanish prosecutors will seek criminal charges against Alberto Gonzales and five high-ranking Bush administration officials for sanctioning torture at Guantánamo. Published on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 by The Daily Beast by Scott Horton "Bush 'war crimes conference' to convene in Mass., plan prosecution of admin. officials." June 22, 2008, TheRaw Story Commentary: Gen. Taguba knew scandal went to the top Joseph L. Galloway | McClatchy Newspapers Published on Friday, July 11, 2008 by The New York Times Book Cites Secret Red Cross Report of CIA Torture of Qaeda Captives by Scott Shane Torture and the Law By Spencer Ackerman The Washington Independent Friday 18 April 2008 Updated July, 28. 2008. This USAF-NATO Veteran is now raising the issue; Is Senator Evans B. Bayh, a "War Criminal" based on his sponsoring Senate Resolutiion 580, known as The Iran War Resolution? Absolutely!! 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, 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. As you have already read, you know that evidence has been gathered that documents that President Bush and others, because of their advocacy of torture are now guilty of "war crimes." There can be no logical reason for The Democrats to continue to fund this war and occupation other than to make the U.S. presence in Iraq permanent and to expand the war into Iran! Our presence in Afghanistan is permanent as the U. S. expands that war into Pakistan! Every Congress person who voted to fund the war again is well aware that there were no WMD. The lies, deceit and greed continue with the full co-operation of Pelosi, Hoyer, Reid, Bayh, Obama, McCain, etc. To continue to fund this war is not only a waste of money and precious American lives, but a direct "slap in the face" to the thousands of Military Families Speak Out, who asked that the funding be stopped so the killing of American troops would be stopped. To ignore all of the human suffering which the U.S. has caused is also criminal! Pelosi, Hoyer,Obama, Clinton, Biden, Reid, Levin, Waxman, Conyers and the rest of the warmongering monster Democrats have consistently ignored the troops pleas to be withdrawn. Therefore; because The Iran War Resolution is a "war resolution", is illegal and the work of pyschopathic Congress persons, such as Bayh, Pence, Ackerman and others, I am now declaring that all who voted to fund the war again without any withdrawal date and continue a war which was illegal and based on documented lies, deceit and greed are war criminals, as those who sign onto the Iran War Resolution, such as Indiana' s Bayh and Pence. It is my intention to document their actions so that sometime in the future, I hope to be a witness against these war criminal "thugs." *********end of update****************** 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 supported the invasion of Iraq and are now agitating for an attack upon Iran. AIPAC has found the perfect "water boy" in Indiana's Senator Bayh 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 was an avid supporter of and co-sponsor the Iraq War Resolution. 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 station 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 charge he and all the others with complicity in Bush's war crimes. To send and to continue sending 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, like Bush, Cheney, Biden, McCain, Obama, Hoyer, Lugar, Lieberman Pence and all the others, has no sense of compassion, no sense of guilt for the suffering he has caused and continues to cause others. The human suffering, the tens of thousands or hundred of thousands of infants, children and moslem women who will be 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! Senator Bayh, the "war criminal" has 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, 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, those members of Congress who have sold out our troops for "blood money," Zionism, Israel, and "The New U.S. British Oil Imperialism." have violated the trust of our troops and that is criminal and treason! |
Additional Readings
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.
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.
GOP candidate calls for impeachment
By Gordon Dritsschilo
A Congressional candidate who wants to impeach President Bush
insists he can win the Republican primary.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
GOP candidate calls for impeachment
By Gordon Dritsschilo
A Congressional candidate who wants to impeach President Bush
insists he can win the Republican primary.
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.
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.
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.
| PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND Karina Wood, of Providence, R.I., holds a protest sign outside Federal Court in Providence, during a demonstration against President Bush's second inauguration, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Stew Milne) Dear Friends: Speaker Pelosi's recent denial of being informed of torture rings hollow and shallow. I have long suspected that Bush and Cheney's "war crimes" had the approval of Pelosi and perhaps even Steney Hoyer. Whenever the President and Congress can send young Americans to die in wars based on greed, deceit and lies, the apathetic and indifferent American sheeple raise no objections. So who cares about torturing prisoners, even murdering some of them in the process? Folks, have we become a nation of Nazis? This is not the American way. This certainly isn't George Holland's way! Jesus is weeping! What has been done by our elected officials is as criminal as the war crimes of Hitler's Nazi Germany, Japan's Imperialists and Mussolini's "fascisti." President Bush appointed General Taguba, (U.S. Army-Retired) to investigate the allegations of torture and war crimes. After General Taguba made his report, Bush, Cheney, Obama, Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Congress ignored it! To my knowledge . Rep. Pence has never publicly acknowledged General Taguba's findings; "there is no longer any doubt as to whether the (Bush) administration committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account." Sadly, the main stream media also ignored this story! I have no faith in the MSM as they have no credibility! Their reporting of the news is "managed." Pelosi, Hoyer, Bohner, Pence, Bayh and Lugar and all of Indiana's Congressional incumbents need to be defeated in the primaries. |