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Ο Πρόεδρος Bush πρέπει να κατηγορηθεί για τα πολεμικά εγκλήματα
Πέμπτη, 15η Μαΐου 2008
Στις 9 Απριλίου 2008, οι ειδήσεις ABC ανέφεραν ότι η Επιτροπή προι4σταμένων του Συμβουλίου Ασφαλείας εθνική του Μπους διοργάνωσε τις δωδεκάδες των άκρως απόρρητων συζητήσεων και των συνεδριάσεων στο λευκό οίκο για να αναθεωρήσει τις διαδικασίες ερώτησης που χρησιμοποιούνται από τη CIA στους υπόπτους Al-Qaida. Το Condoleezza Rice προήδρευσε της επιτροπής, η οποία περιέλαβε Dick Cheney, το Donald Rumsfeld, Collin Powell, George Tenet και John Aschroft. Σύμφωνα με ABC, οι προι4στάμενοι συζήτησαν και ενέκριναν τις συγκεκριμένες λεπτομέρειες των «ενισχυμένων τεχνικών ερώτησης» - «CIA-μιλήστε» και «Pentagonese» για τα βασανιστήρια, συμπεριλαμβανομένου προσώπου, την ώθηση, τη στέρηση ύπνου και τη μιμούμενη τεχνική πνιξίματος γνωστή όπως «waterboarding.» Σύμφωνα με ένα πρόσφατο άρθρο από Dan Eggen Washington Post, ο Μπους υπεράσπισε δημόσια πολιτικές βασανιστηρίων των προι4σταμένων» και αποφάσεις που λένε, «καλά, αρχίσαμε να συνδέουμε τα σημεία προκειμένου να προστατευθούν οι αμερικανικοί άνθρωποι. Και, ναι, γνωρίζω η ομάδα εθνικής ασφάλειάς ότι μας συναντήθηκε σε αυτό το ζήτημα, και ενέκρινα.» Όπως προηγουμένως σημειώνεται, το Condoleezza Rice προήδρευσε της Επιτροπής προι4σταμένων και διαδραμάτισε έναν βασικό ρόλο στην ανάπτυξη των πολιτικών που επέτρεψε τις ΗΠΑ. πρακτικές βασανιστηρίων. Το 2004, η επιδιωκόμενη CIA πρόσθετη διαβεβαίωση από τη διοίκηση για τη χρήση των βασανιστηρίων στη «μεγάλης αξίας» CIA συνέλαβε τους υπόπτους. Στην εξέταση αυτού του επεισοδίου, ειδήσεις ABC που αναφέρονται για το ρύζι: «Παρά την ανάπτυξη πολιτικών ανησυχία - κοινών Powell - ότι το πρόγραμμα έβλαπτε την εικόνα των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών στο εξωτερικό,… (αυτή) δεν υποστήριξε κάτω, λέγοντας στη CIA: ‘This is your baby; Go do it.’” When stories regarding detainees at the Abu Grahib prison in Iraq became public, blame for the illegal crimes was placed on “a few rotten apples in the barrel,” low-ranking U.S. soldiers, some of whom are now serving jail sentences. It is now very clear that there were also “bad apples” in barrels at the White House, the Pentagon and in Langley, Va., at CIA headquarters. Much of the torture that has occured is the result of orders fully approved by the White House. Thus, the neo-conservative Bush administration, which purportedly invaded and occupied Iraq to free its people of Saddam’s heinous atrocities, is now guilty of its own, including the killing of innumerable Iraqi citizens via aerial bombardment and house-to-house invasions. In addressing the torture policies of the National Security Council Principals Committee, University of Illinois Professor Francis A. Boyle, one of the world’s foremost authorities on international humanitarian law, said, “Clearly this was criminal activity at the time they committed it. At the very least, it violated the Geneva Conventions, the Convention Against Torture, The War Crimes Act, and the federal anti-torture statutes. Clearly these are impeachable offenses.” Given the “high crimes” committed by top administration officials in violation of the U.S. Constitution, what is to be done? >From the first revelations of the Bush/Cheney war crimes, many writers, including Professor Boyle and I, have strongly called for impeachment of the president. Thus far, Nancy Pelosi and other key members of Congress have failed to live up to their oath of office by failing to defend the Supreme Law of the Land. On June 10, 2008, Missourian writer David Rosman wrote a very informative piece citing many reasons to avoid the impeachment process. However, I continue to disagree with Rosman’s position that somehow health care, deficit spending, education, trade, the war and so on take precedence over concern for criminal violations of the basic provisions of the U.S. Constitution, including Article VI section 2 of that revered document. In terms of war, there would have been no war had Bush fulfilled his obligation to defend the Constitution. And the impeachment process, even without conviction of the president and vice-president, would offer a warning to future U.S. leaders that they must obey the laws of war. Having said this, I certainly do agree with Rosman’s view that “when Bush and Cheney are once again civilians, then file criminal charges against the former holders of the executive office for treason and high crimes against the people. Jail time sounds so much better.” I favor impeachment and jail time for Bush and Cheney and the filing of criminal charges against all of the top officials involved in the planning and approval of prisoner interrogation crimes. Bill Wickersham is an Adjunct Professor of Peace Studies at MU, a member of Veterans for Peace and a member of the national steering committee of Global Action to Prevent War. Columbia Missourian, MO See More:Bush USA NewsHave Your Say: President Bush should be impeached for war crimes Please note, only selected comments will be published. Or discuss this report in our our new forums This entry was posted on Thursday, May 15th, 2008 at 2:41 pm and is filed under Political News, General . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. |
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