Vermont Group Wants Cheney, Bush Charged With War Crimes

Posted by GottaLaff , Cliff Schecter's Blog at 5:54 AM on December 28, 2007.

Once upon a time, things were as they should be, and everyone saw BushCo for the criminals they are.

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Once upon a time, things were as they should be, and everyone saw BushCo for the criminals they are:

President Bush and Vice President Cheney may soon have a new reason to avoid left-leaning Vermont: In one town, activists want them subject to arrest for war crimes.

No, no, don't pinch me. Five more minutes, just five more minutes.

A group in Brattleboro is petitioning to put an item on the Town Meeting agenda in March that would make Bush - who's been to every state except Vermont as president - and Vice President Cheney subject to arrest and indictment if they visit the southeastern Vermont town.

Oh please visit Montpelier, Vermont, oh please visit Montpelier, Vermont, oh pleaseohpleaseohplease.

Fifty-4-year-old Kurt Daims, a retired machinist leading the charge, says the petition is as radical as the Declaration of Independence and draws on that tradition.

Yes, draw on tradition. Yes, yes, yes YES, YES!!!. And remember, don't pinch me or wake me up. Just five...more...min--POP!

But it's unclear whether the group can get the one thousand signatures necessary to get the measure on the Town Meeting Day agenda.

State Attorney General William Sorrell says that even if passed, the measure would be of dubious legal value.

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Sadly, They ARE War Criminals [Report this comment] Posted by: rgoalierob on Dec 29, 2007 7:12 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] 1 million dead, 4.5 million refugees, a country destroyed and polluted. My only hope is that we have more courageous people come forward to expose these crimes and criminals. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » VOTE KUCINICH... Posted by: undrgrndgirl Vermont geography [Report this comment] Posted by: Linda in VT on Dec 29, 2007 7:13 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Well, sure, but -- Brattleboro isn't Montpelier and vice versa. OTOH, if he was in western Mass. and missed an exit on the Interstate, he could wind up in Brattleboro. Great town. Too bad I live at the other end of the state, or I'd sign the petition for sure! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] gathaiga [Report this comment] Posted by: gathaiga on Dec 29, 2007 7:51 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] If wishes were fishes..... [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Sigh! [Report this comment] Posted by: judithkrain on Dec 29, 2007 8:24 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Sounds like every bill that fails to pass in a Democratically controlled Congress. I want my country back! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Chase them down until they are indicted and held accountable [Report this comment] Posted by: javafilm on Dec 29, 2007 8:15 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] By all reasonable measure of jurisprudence, the Bush/Cheney syndicate are most certainly war criminals. But don't be fooled to think they are not aware of this in their sociopathic actions against humanity. They are totally aware what they have done, and continue to do, might subject them to prosecution after they are out of office - assuming they will indeed leave in 2009. Kissinger will not visit Chile. Rumsfeld will not visit Germany. Pinochet thought he could visit Spain, et al. Human Rights advocates are planning to pursue charges against Bush, et al, and then the American people may have to face up to the reality of the horror they have committed "in our name", justifying it all because of "terrorists", in a "war" that is neverending - because they do not want it ended and will keep it going at all costs...Lastly, check out the story reported in the South American press about Bush family buying up hundreds of thousands of acres in Uruguay/Paraguay border....where there is no extradition policy. The neo-con flight to avoid indictment scenario is more than a conspiracy theory. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » added info on above post Posted by: javafilm » RE: added info on above post Posted by: rinthy Wishes [Report this comment] Posted by: rinthy on Dec 29, 2007 8:37 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Yes, and too bad wishes aren't horses, for then beggars would ride. But wouldn't it be nice if the movement spread to larger areas; say Los Angeles and San Francisco, Omaha and Kansas City and on and on...creating a net so wide that Bush and Cheney would be forced to be very careful about which stones they stepped on when hopping over what would become for either of them a newly treacherous America. It's already so in parts of Europe. Rumsfield won't be seen in Paris again, and it could be that the Bush tour to' patch up our image abroad' is already a travel agent's nightmare. I suspect that both of them will die of old age or heart attack, nestled snug and self righteous in their beds. But wouldn't it be nice to know that they'd die run to ground under a constantly tightening net, their mobility restricted by fear of arrest and trial, welcome nowhere but Oslo, with the specter of Saddam Hussein's rat hole capture ever in their minds? Hell, for sheer national satisfaction, that might even trump assassination or a war crimes trial. Rinthy [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] One can dream, can't one? [Report this comment] Posted by: monkeywrench on Dec 29, 2007 9:38 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] One can dream that the cataracts will be lifted from the eyes and the wax removed from the ears of americans who still do not believe that Bush and Cheney are criminals, even after all the damage they have done; One can dream that Republicans – and turn-coat Democrats – will recover at least some of the courage that their predecessors had in the Nixon era, when BOTH parties agreed that impeaching Nixon would be in the interest of America; One can dream that America will return to the Rule of Law, and reject the Cult of Personality that has infected politics; One can dream that the World Court will indict Bush and Cheney (and Rumsfeld and Rice as co-conspiritors) for Crimes Against Humanity, and that they will spend the rest of their miserable lives in prison; One can dream that another F.D.R. will arise, and that we will once again have a government that cares about its people more than it cares about its member's bank accounts; One can dream that America will, one day, finally become that shining light of freedom envisioned by our Founding Fathers; One can dream that americans will rise up, en masse, by the millions, and DEMAND these things from their leadership; One can dream, all right – but, right now, apparently, all we CAN do is dream. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: One can dream, can't one?you forgot one Posted by: pnut » RE: One can dream, can't one?you forgot one Posted by: monkeywrench » stop dreaming...VOTE KUCINICH... Posted by: undrgrndgirl » RE: stop dreaming...VOTE KUCINICH... Posted by: monkeywrench Does Vermont have capitol punishment? [Report this comment] Posted by: Ellie1 on Dec 29, 2007 9:44 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I am not normally in favor of it, but in the case of mass murderers I make an exception. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » Set them down in Baghdad. Posted by: garry minor » RE: Set them down in Baghdad. Posted by: undrgrndgirl Democratic Party: Soft on the Criminals Bush and Cheney [Report this comment] Posted by: left_libertarian on Dec 29, 2007 12:53 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] They care more about winning the White House than putting these thugs behind bars. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] DK v BushCo [Report this comment] Posted by: rogus on Dec 29, 2007 12:54 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] In a recent speech in Charlottiville VA Dennis Kucinich stated that (paraphrase) as far as he knows war crimes have no statute of limitations and that if elected Bush and Cheney won't be free from prosecution after they leave office! (see it here) http://davidswanson.org/node/1017 [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Show some Backbone, Democrats! [Report this comment] Posted by: AlohaTerry on Dec 29, 2007 5:54 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] So far, only Kuchnik and Edwards are showing any balls! Impeach the Bastards before they do even more harm! The Pakistan situation is dire, all the troops and money sucked into a big sinkhole in Iraq and Afghanistan...Dollar falling fast...Pelosi knows it (impeachment) won't get the vote % because of the Repukes, but do it anyway! Edwards/ Obama in 2008! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » kucinich/edwards Posted by: undrgrndgirl

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