Topic: Bush / Cheney
Book Synopsis: The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder by Vincent Bugliosi Vincent Bugliosi's book is a reason for every libertarian to take heart. Perhaps Might does not make Right after all?by Jake, the Champion of the Constitution
(Libertarian)
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Traveling through O’Hare Airport in early July, I happened upon Mr. Bugliosi’s book and bought one of the twenty or so copies. I’ll admit my first thought was, "Wow, can you really publish something with that kind of title?" Several days later as I exited the country, all the other copies had vanished. Apparently free speech is not yet banned, and not yet unappreciated, and that’s a good reason as any to throw a party these days.
The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder is far more than an anti-Bush rant. Bugliosi, famed for his successful prosecution of Charles Manson for murder, clearly outlines a solid legal case and jurisdiction details for placing Bush on trial in an American court for the murder of the 4,124+ American soldiers killed so far in the Iraq war. Bugliosi puts forth a solid argument that:
Bush specifically intended to have American soldiers killed in Iraq
Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rowe led their administration to deliberately deceived Congress and the American people into believing Saddam was an imminent threat to the national security of the United States via "ties to al-Qaeda" and "WMD" while being informed by all intelligence agencies to the contrary that Hussein was not, and
Bush knowingly, even eagerly, decided to launch the preemptive invasion, all the time while knowing it was not the act of self-defense he claimed it was.
Bugliosi delivers the most damning character assassination of Bush I have ever read, though scathing, is also utterly objective - and mostly done by simply documenting his words and actions, both pre- and post-9/11. In addition, he has a great habit of prelisting and disarming possible retorts from the opposition.
I specifically like Bugliosi’s point that since murder has no statute of limitation and that an attorney general from any state could bring a murder charge against Bush at any time. Even if no one takes up Bugliosi’s charge in 2009, Bush will be served with justice like the US-backed Chilean dictator/murderer Augusto Pinochet, taken to court after a 31-year delay. Perhaps the possibility will keep him awake at night, a persistent fear in the depths of his weak mind.
Here is a long snippet on the Afghan war from pages 214-219:
"In December of 2001, just a few months after 9/11, the American military learned that Bin Laden was hiding in Tora Bora, a dense mountain range in southeastern Afghanistan… Instead of sending thousands of American soldiers to go into the mountain range to capture or kill Bin Laden, Bush did not send one single American soldier… One of the warlords, in disbelief and frustration told the assembled press who had converged on Tora Bora: "If America wants to capture Osama, why aren’t they trying?" A top aide to [the warlord fighting al-Qaeda] said: "I don’t think the United States wants to capture Osama. We know where he is, we tell them and they do nothing. So they are not as serious as they say they are."
…From the day of the invasion (commenced by air strikes) in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001, through December 7, when the Taliban regime collapsed, not one single American soldier died in combat. Why? Because the real fighting in the Afghan war was being done almost exclusively by the Northern Alliance. Our military was only there in an advisory and support capacity… and our air force, from its safe position high in the clouds beyond the range of the very limited Taliban antiaircraft artillery, dropped bombs on the almost medieval country. If you want to call this "fighting" a war, then you have a different view than I do of what this word means...
A man is seated with his wife at a restaurant table. An armed killer enters the restaurant, shoots and kills the wife, then flees. The man, who everyone would automatically assume would pursue the killer since it was his wife who was killed, and since, it turns out, he was fully armed to do so, decides not to. He tells a stranger at a nearby table that he would appreciate it if he would pursue the killer, which the third party does. That’s exactly what Bush did in the Afghanistan war. Three thousand Americans were murdered, Bush vowed to go after the perpetrators, but instead asked the Northern Alliance, which never lost one of its members during 9/11, to in effect "get even" with the 9/11 killers for us. Shocking? Unbelievable? Yes, but 100 percent true. And through all of this, Bush’s approval rating remained extremely high (84%...) and we learned… how very brave and ballsy Bush was.
With respect to Bush not wanting to use one American soldier to fight the Afghan war, it wasn’t until March 4th, 2002, five months after the war commenced, that American soldiers started fighting in a normal, military way. This, from the March 5, 2002, edition of the New York Times: "In some of the fiercest fighting of the five-month war in Afghanistan, American ground forces took the lead in a large-scale combat operation for the first time…
Bottom line: Although 3,000 American were murdered by Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda on 9/11, and we knew the Taliban was harboring Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda – and although Bush was receiving towering praise in America from Republicans as well as Democrats for his supposedly tough stance against terrorism and his vow to bring back Bin Laden "dead or alive" and to "make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbored them" – Bush’s original intent was to not send one American soldier to go after Bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban, all of whom were responsible for 9/11. But Bush was very, very eager, to the point of lying to the American public to get his way, to put over 150,000 American soldiers in harm’s way to go after Saddam Hussein, who he knew had nothing to do with 9/11."
The rest of the commentary on Bush’s pre- and post-9/11 lies and actions, especially the section on his criminal intent, are just as worthwhile. Bugliosi complains of a "virtual blackout" from the mainstream media, just like the media blackout of the Bush impeachment hearing last week, where Bugliosi also spoke. (Sound familiar? For a great set of articles exploring and damning the US’s propaganda ministry please try the latest from Dan Alba’s column "Detain This.") After a lengthy search for a publisher, Vanguard Press, a division of Perseus Books, courageously agreed to publish the book in May, and it now looks like they will profit. Since May, the book has sold 130,000 copies and shot up from #16 to #9 on the New York Times Bestseller list on July 27.
Well, the fact remains that where other authors stopped short in condemning Bush using legal tactics, Bugliosi empathically ended their sentence. Bush’s alleged acts and state of mind meet the legal definition of murder. The same case exists for the murder of 100,000+ Iraqis, although American jurisdiction does not apply. Whether you are cackling with glee or staring in disbelief, Bugliosi’s book is to be saluted. First Amendment believers can rejoice!
Combined with Sherry Baker’s article that outlines the case (pdf link) to prosecute Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and others as war criminals for Torture, if We the People can pull this off, we just might – just might – be one big step closer to getting our country back.
And a big question arises – whomever becomes POTUS, whether it’s the Barackcuda or Jonny McCain, will they pardon Bush for murder? for torture? Both of these crimes are far more serious than Nixon’s wiretapping. A pardon might be the only way to escape justice for this son of privilege, the infamous Crawford slacker (Bush spent 908 out of his first 2,535 days in office on vacation) and the bane of all free peoples on this planet.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
As always, unlike the NFL, the author grants full permission to allow any accounts of, rebroadcasts, retransmissions, repostings in part or full of this article to your blog or anywhere else in order to promote the Restoration of our Republic.Veritas numquam perit. Veritas odit moras. Veritas vincit. Truth never perishes. Truth hates delay. Truth conquers.
The Money Matrix - Prelude (PART 1/15) Published: August 1, 2008 Prelude and Source List to a Series on Global Monetary Policy of Control and Explaining Big Government's Finances
The views expressed in this
article are those of Jake, the Champion of the Constitution only and do not represent
the views of Nolan Chart, LLC or its affiliates. Jake, the Champion of the Constitution is
solely responsible for the contents of this article and is not an
employee or otherwise affiliated with Nolan Chart, LLC in his/her role as a columnist.
Good one, Jake. People who are in positions to actually do something substantial are starting to stand up lately. Quite encouraging. Hat-tip back at ya...
Canada have lost so far 88 soldiers in Afghanistan not to mention the economic cost. After six years no end in sight, politicians talks about twenty years possibly.
I've been reading the book for a few days, and on page 108 I noticed a boo boo. He says no Republican in the House voted against the Iraq war resolution. Well, we all know that's wrong. Ron Paul and five other Republicans voted against it. Makes me wonder how good he is at fact checking.
Posted By: Jake, the champion of the constitution
Date: 2008-08-08 00:41:26
Dear Mr. C -
I noticed the same error when I read the book as well. You are right only 6 out of 223 Republican Representatives voted against the resolution: Reps. Duncan (TN), Hostettler (IN), Houghton (NY), Leach (IA), Morella (MD) and Paul were the only Reps with a brain and backbone that day.
Keep in mind Bugliosi is basically focused on smearing Bush's character as badly as possible in the book, and the 5-word error I don't hold against him since most of the other details back up my readings from government, media, etc sources as well.
Its interesting that when the folks with larger star power (Ventura did the same thing when he came out with his book "Don't Start the Revolution Without Me!") come forward, they won't mention Paul at all, although you KNOW they are aware of the guy. However, we just have to keep the revolution rolling. Ventura did recently announce he would join the Campaign for Liberty.
Want to comment on this
article? Leave your comment here. Your email address is
required to track your comment. However, we will neither
publish your email address nor distribute it to other
organizations or persons. The only reason we might use
it would be if we needed to contact you regarding your
comment. All comments are subject to our
terms of use policy.
