Reclaiming The Issues: "Keep George Out Of Jail"

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Published on Thursday, September 21, 2006 by CommonDreams.org
Reclaiming The Issues: "Keep George Out Of Jail"
by Thom Hartmann

The Republicans are trying to keep George W. Bush out of jail. So far, the media and the Democrats haven't done much to stop them.

On the surface, it seems the Republicans are having a debate about "wiretapping terrorists" and "harsh interrogation of prisoners." These frames about the current "rebellion" by McCain, Graham, Warner, et al, are today embraced by both the Republican Party and the mainstream media.

But the real issue is whether Republicans in Congress will trade the principles of democracy and the rule of law to keep George W. Bush and several of his colleagues out of jail, or whether they'll uphold the rule of law and American democracy while abandoning him to face the consequences of his illegal acts.

On June 29, 2006, in the Hamden Case, the US Supreme Court ruled that Donald Rumsfeld and the Bush Administration had violated the Geneva Convention and other international treaties with regard to the treatment and prosecution of detainees in the so-called "war on terror."

The logic of the decision could subject Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, and Rumsfeld - along with those down the chain of command who followed their orders - to prosecution as war criminals both in the United States and internationally. ....

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0921-28.htm

[acmejack]

1. As usual Thom nails it.

I live for the day that this gang of, dare I say it, THUGS, answer to the entire World at the Hague. I don't care if they deign to acknowledge the ICC's authority or not.

[Demeter]

2. The Hypocrisy Is Galling

and the cozy Poppy-Bill relationship in the face of the Clinton impeachment upsets my stomach.

The advantage of the movement to keep Dim Son out of jail is: it clearly identifies the morons, idiots and co-conspirators in the Legislature and Judiciary for removal and prosecution.