Immunity Granted To Bush & Co For War Crimes

[Doka]

Obama DOJ Asks Court to Grant Immunity to George W. Bush For Iraq War

http://www.globalresearch.ca/obama-doj- ... ar/5346637


WHY????? The only thing I can think of is that this will of course be passed on to "Landru", for the "War Crimes" he is committing (Drones in Pakistan, still going strong) or about to commit (Syria).

[Riddick]

Well, would it surprise anyone to know the truth about the whole "Landru" aspect to this is that, in fact, a symbiote devoted to strategies both offensive and defensive developed by the military-industrial complex has been implanted in every President since Eisenhower left office?

Any particular partisan bonding and "compatibility" issues inherent in initial versions having been more or less worked out by the beginning of the Millennium, pardoning Bush, the immediately preceding Landru host, is only natural even if he belongs to the GOP.

Of course, they'll be no need for the next president to extend the same courtesy. Immunized already as Obama/Landru has been, there's no way he can possibly be a war criminal - or does no one remember who won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize??

[voguy]

...(snip)...- or does no one remember who won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize??

But didn't Adolph Hitler win the Peace Prize in 1938 by a vote of 9 to 1?

Face it, Riddick, people don't care about the person. It's all about "their" party. There are no independent thinkers. Just sheep that follow the republican, democrat, conservative, or liberal viewpoint blindly.

[kbot]

But didn't Adolph Hitler win the Peace Prize in 1938 by a vote of 9 to 1?

Face it, Riddick, people don't care about the person. It's all about "their" party. There are no independent thinkers. Just sheep that follow the republican, democrat, conservative, or liberal viewpoint blindly.

It used to be, IMO, that "voting the party", was fairly typical, and, for the better part of the 20th century, a good thing for the country. At least, that is my thought.

But now, I think that both sides have becomes so entrenched in their ideology, and BIG MONEY has become such an issue in the voting practice, that the country is now on a course of wild pendulum swings - first to the Far Left and The Great Society, and then to the Far Right and the Neo-Cons and their globalist views - playing a a real-life game of Risk with the world's population at stake. And now we're going back the other way with Obama and the Progressives inviting the world into a state-sponsored giveaway played against the strains of We Are the World......

In both cases, the American middle class is getting hammered - both by the Koch Brothers types as well as by the Saul Alinsky types.

[SquidInk]

It used to be, IMO, that "voting the party", was fairly typical, and, for the better part of the 20th century, a good thing for the country.

Strongly disagree. Party politics and a maniacal insistance on attaching ideological 'labels' to everything has been a huge factor in the destruction of this nation, just as George Washington himself warned us it would be in his “Farewell Address” (1796).

We ignored Washington, centuries ago. Then from time to time we re-affirmed our decision to empower the two parties and the handful of big business syndicates who ultimately control them, again despite the warnings from a sprinkling of truly luminous leaders (remember Andrew Jackson's war on the Bank, T. Roosevelt's trust busting, Kennedy's conspiracy speech & Ike's military industrial complex speech?). In the end this is who we wanted to be. We took the easy way, chose to live fast and die young rather than build a solid & sustainable system infused with the values we gave so much lip service to.

YOLO, dude.

To grant immunity our leaders when they are under scrutiny for war crimes is itself a crime, and also an admission that crimes were likely committed.

What's the point in all of this then? The only thing separating us from the 'banana republics' we constantly 'bring democracy' to is the fact that we still have more than one export.

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[voguy]

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

[kbot]

Strongly disagree. Party politics and a maniacal insistance on attaching ideological 'labels' to everything has been a huge factor in the destruction of this nation, just as George Washington himself warned us it would be in his “Farewell Address” (1796).

We ignored Washington, centuries ago. Then from time to time we re-affirmed our decision to empower the two parties and the handful of big business syndicates who ultimately control them, again despite the warnings from a sprinkling of truly luminous leaders (remember Andrew Jackson's war on the Bank, T. Roosevelt's trust busting, Kennedy's conspiracy speech & Ike's military industrial complex speech?). In the end this is who we wanted to be. We took the easy way, chose to live fast and die young rather than build a solid & sustainable system infused with the values we gave so much lip service to.

YOLO, dude.

To grant immunity our leaders when they are under scrutiny for war crimes is itself a crime, and also an admission that crimes were likely committed.

What's the point in all of this then? The only thing separating us from the 'banana republics' we constantly 'bring democracy' to is the fact that we still have more than one export.

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I was speaking of cases where, for example, the Left joined with unions to enact legislation that helped to build the middle class by integrating issues such as work reforms concerning worker safety, minimum wage and overtime standards, sick time and issues along those lines.

[Cherry Kelly]

The unions - creating safer work places, etc. goes back several decades. Today's unions - greed. High union dues.

[kbot]

The unions - creating safer work places, etc. goes back several decades. Today's unions - greed. High union dues.

Right. But I was speaking of the societal changes brought about from the late 1800s to pre-1960 period. I think that since the mid-70s ondownto today, we've been on s steep downward decline due to pensions, etc...

[Fan]

Originally posted by SquidInk
What's the point in all of this then? The only thing separating us from the 'banana republics' we constantly 'bring democracy' to is the fact that we still have more than one export.

Exactly, it is such a joke. We are the most powerful banana republic, that is why no one dares point this out on the international scene.