Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Indict Bush Now

This popped up in my email today. If you believe that torture is wrong and people who practice or condone it should be punished, here is one opportunity to take action.

Send Your Email to Congress: Indict Bush Now!

Senate to Investigate CIA's Actions Under Bush

From the Los Angeles Times today:
"The Senate Intelligence Committee is preparing to launch an investigation of the CIA's detention and interrogation programs under President Bush, setting the stage for a sweeping examination of some of most secretive and controversial operations in recent agency history.

"The probe is aimed at uncovering new information on the origins of the programs as well as scrutinizing how they were executed -- from the conditions at clandestine CIA prison sites to the interrogation regimens used...

'The last administration justified torture, presided over the abuses at Abu Ghraib, destroyed tapes of harsh interrogations,' said Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), the chairman of [the Senate Judiciary] committee. "How can we restore our moral leadership and ensure transparent government if we ignore what has happened?'"

Demand action from Congress

We are urging all IndictBushNow members to send an email immediately to your elected officials (it only takes a second), telling them that Bush administration officials broke the law when they promoted a system of torture, secret prisons, and extraordinary renditions. Like millions of other people in the United States, we insist that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and other high officials be indicted and prosecuted for their criminal actions.

Please take a moment right now and click here to use our easy-to-use mechanism to send a letter to your elected officials.
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cordova829

cordova829

February 27 2009, 17:00:46 UTC 12 years ago

I don't know what your views on this really are, but this sets a dangerous precedent that one cannot ignore. Namely, if we indict Bush for war crimes, then we also must indict Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt for war crimes, as well as Andrew Jackson and Harry Truman. Should probably throw in Lyndon B. Johnson and JFK for that matter....
ysabetwordsmith

Hmm...

ysabetwordsmith

February 27 2009, 20:09:52 UTC 12 years ago

>>I don't know what your views on this really are,<<

I am in favor of conducting investigations to find out how much and what kind of torture happened, who performed it and who ordered it, so that those persons can be punished according to law. Laws are useless unless they are enforced, and worse than useless if they are enforced unevenly. When leaders are allowed to act as if they are above the law, the result is disastrous; and in fact that was part of the inspiration for America's foundation. We cannot present America as a lawful and moral country if it commits egregious breaches of law and principle. I don't want America to be an evil empire.

>>Namely, if we indict Bush for war crimes, then we also must indict Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt for war crimes, as well as Andrew Jackson and Harry Truman. Should probably throw in Lyndon B. Johnson and JFK for that matter....<<

Indicting dead people is largely pointless. If someone else wants to pursue those, it's up to them.

jl_johnson

jl_johnson

February 27 2009, 21:30:42 UTC 12 years ago

I can be sympathetic toward Bush, simply because I don't htink he knew what he was doing half the time, and the other half, IMO, he was just following bad adivce. Dick Cheney advice.

Cheney, on the other hand, thinks torture is an acceptable means of gathering information, and will most likely defend his position until his last breath.

I can understand thinking like a terrorist to understand what they're going to do next, but to act like one makes us no better than the terrorists.
ysabetwordsmith

Thoughts

ysabetwordsmith

February 27 2009, 22:36:24 UTC 12 years ago

>> I can be sympathetic toward Bush, simply because I don't htink he knew what he was doing half the time, and the other half, IMO, he was just following bad adivce. <<

In some circumstances, I consider ignorance a reasonable defense. When you're the President of the United States, you had darned well better know what's going on, especially with the major members of your regime. I think Bush is an idiot and should never have held office; I'm appalled by how thoroughly he has demolished America, through a combination of ignorance and ineptitude, and I'm very glad he's out.

>>I can understand thinking like a terrorist to understand what they're going to do next, but to act like one makes us no better than the terrorists.<<

I agree.
fayanora

fayanora

February 27 2009, 21:37:40 UTC 12 years ago

The democrats don't want to look like sore winners. I think the chances of Bush and Cheney facing criminal charges is laughably small, sadly.
ysabetwordsmith

Thoughts

ysabetwordsmith

February 27 2009, 22:30:06 UTC 12 years ago

I think the chances are small, too. However, I believe that a country torturing its captives is wrong, and that placing some people above the law is wrong. I want to be able to say that I did something about it, even if it didn't work. I refuse to stand by silently while evil is done and left unpunished.