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August 07, 2008
Left Plans "Nuremberg-Style" Tribunals for Bush Administration Officials
The Left and Plans for "Nuremberg-Style" Tribunals for Bush Administration Officials
One thing that hasn't received much attention in conservative and Republicans circles is the ongoing conversation on the left about the possibility of Nuremberg-style war-crimes trials for members of the Bush administration should a Democratic president take office. I'm not exaggerating or introducing the Nazi analogy myself; they actually use the phrase "Nuremberg-style" when they discuss "war-crimes tribunals." And they are quite serious (although the more moderate of them prefer a "truth commission.")
At the Netroots Nation gathering in Austin, Texas last month — that is the successor to YearlyKos — Dahlia Lithwick, of the Washington-Post-owned website Slate, did an interview with the Talking Points Memo site in which she described a panel discussion she had just taken part in on what is known as the "first 100 days of accountability." Among Lithwick's observations:
"We're already falling into this trap of either positing Nuremberg-style war crimes tribunals, or nothing, immunizing everyone from John Yoo up and down…but everybody says there's a lot of gray area in between that, and that accountability doesn't necessarily mean Nuremberg, it doesn't necessarily mean nothing, it means possibly a truth commission, possibly appointing a special prosecutor to look at it…..."
Lithwick recommended a massive retrospective investigation of the Bush administration, going through every piece of paper, before moving forward:
"Certainly long before we make a decision to do what Stuart Taylor suggested this week, which was immunize everybody in advance, or alternatively make a decision to trot them out before a war crimes tribunal before the whole world, we should really find out what happened…..."
But Lithwick recognized that there are those who argue such an action might be divisive:
"We talked a lot about this notion that it's bad for America, that it will rip America apart if we have hearings or we have criminal trials or if we have war crimes tribunals. And I think it's really worse for America if we don't…..."
I think the thing to emphasize here is that this is a serious conversation going on among people who might have influential voices or play influential roles in an Obama administration. Many of them want to put John Yoo — a special favorite of theirs — on trial, whether before a Nuremberg-style tribunal, a criminal court, or a truth commission with as-yet unspecified powers. And, of course, they wouldn't stop with Yoo; if they had their way, they would likely have a long list of former Bush administration officials to put in the dock. They are serious.
Wild Thing's comment..........
This is very scary! They really dont know when to quit do they?
"But Lithwick recognized that there are those who argue such an action might be divisive: "
Oh really? Gosh do well how obvious is that statement.
Are we sure that Stalan hasn’t been reincarnated as Pelosi? The terrorist-loving left was hoping for a "civil war" in Iraq. If they keep this crap up, they'll get one here. If they think that they can get away with it, they will do it in a heartbeat. My heart feels afraid BUT my head tells me they will have a tuff time of pulling this off even with the support of what I am posting below all of this in the additional information.
I believe with all my heart that if this country ever comes to something like this, those unlike you and I on here, you know those filled with apathy willl stand up and fight back along side those of us that have been awake all this time. Some people are leaders and others are followers and those with apathy are the followers and just need a fire lit under them. Let's pray though none of this will come about.
There is an excellent book: War Crimes: The Left's Campaign to Destroy the Military and Lose the War on Terror
Bestselling author Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson (Ret.) He lays bare the Left's extensive campaign against all things military and how it severely compromises the ability to fight the war on terror.
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And here is more information if anyone might want to check it out:
From another article posted last month: This is freightening to say the least. Communisim has got such a strong hold in our awesome, wonderful, oh so special and beautiful America.
"The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Friday [July 2008] it insisted was not about removing President Bush from office. But critics of Bush's policies couldn't pass up the chance to charge the president with a long list of impeachable 'high crimes and misdemeanors.'"
Speaking of 'high crimes and misdemeanors', here are some facts put together some time ago regarding the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, John Conyers Jr...
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, John Conyers Jr of Michigan, is an endorser of the Revolutionary Communist Party call to "Drive Out the Bush Regime". So, if anyone needs to be 'investigated', it's that SOB. But since the republicans are mostly spineless cowards, I doubt it will ever happen.
Click on the WCW link just below and see: "Endorsers of the Call to Drive Out the Bush Regime Include". Conyers' endorsement appears right after Ward Churchill's. Al Sharpton's, Maxine Waters and Jesse Jackson Jr's endorsements are also on the list:
http://worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2538&Itemid=2
And on Oct 5, 2006, the demonRat chair of the House Judiciary Committee, John Conyers Jr, GAVE A SPEECH to the World Can't Wait--Drive Out the Bush Regime organization. Here's full-page coverage of it from the WCW website:
http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3114&Itemid=243
Fact: World Can't Wait--Drive Out the Bush Regime is a Maoist-revolutionary movement/organization initiated and controlled by the Revolutionary Communist Party. (scroll down the list that appears (after clicking link) to find the World Can't Wait organization --rwor.org is the website of the Revolutionary Communist Party):
http://rwor.org/a/rwlink/links.htm
From David Horowitz's FrontpageMag.com /DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
Profile: World Can't Wait (WCW)
*Revolutionary communist movement that stages protests against the Bush administration
*Organizes college and high-school students
*Founded in June 2005 by Charles Clark Kissinger, a longtime leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7213
From the website of the Revolutionary Communist Party (revcom.us or rwor.org) :
"Create Public Opinion, Seize Power: We are preparing minds and organizing forces for the time when there is a major crack in the system, whenever it comes and wherever it comes from: an opening that makes it possible to bring the future Revolutionary Army of the Proletariat (R.A.P.) into the field and wage a revolutionary armed struggle that actually has a chance of winning. And we have said that building our party itself is the most important part of organizing forces for revolution. This is true now, and it is true looking forward to the creation of that future R.A.P. and the waging of that armed struggle.":
http://revcom.us/a/v20/1000-1009/1000/barw.htm
Also from the Revolutionary Communist Party website: "Tearing Up the U.S. Paper Tiger in Korea: How 300,000 Chinese Troops Snuck into Korea and Kicked the Ass of the U.S. Armed Forces" RW #1059, June 18, 2000:
http://rwor.org/a/v22/1052-059/1059/korea.htm
Here's the Revolutionary Communist Party (see link below) boasting of a FULL PAGE 'World Can't Wait--Drive Out the Bush Regime' ad of theirs which appeared in the New York Slimes.(either "rwor.org" or "revcom.us" takes you to the website of the Revolutionary Communist Party). The NY Times has since allowed several additional full-page RCP/WCW ads.
Article title: "Who Hated the Bush Step Down Ad in the New York Times? ...And what that Tells Us About Why We Must and How We Can Drive Out the Bush Regime"(actual title)
http://www.rwor.org/a/028/who-hated-bush-ad.htm
Posted by Wild Thing at August 7, 2008 02:47 AM
Comments
Aw gee, they'll stop at nothing to impeach Bush because Bubba got impeached. They want it so bad before November it's not even funny. But they forget they'll end up with Dick Cheney as President, not Nazi Peeloser. This country can ill afford a public impeachment trial!
They blame Bush for everything! While he's not completely innocent, congress has been a wee bit of a bunch of stonewalls, so they're to blame, too.
Their ratings are worse than the Presidents and for good reason, too.
Why do we keep voting these wackjobs in?
Posted by: Lynn at August 7, 2008 04:36 AM
Whoever they are and I can safely assume they are communists, they are not very good at it. From the tone of some of these articles they don't like the democrats either. And Clinton was not their favorite guy.
Then there was 'Revolutionary Worker #1059', who wrote the story about the initial stages of the Korean war. Had just about everything wrong as far as the Korean War was concerned. He failed to mention that only the first wave of chinamen were armed as they were picked off the second wave would pick up their weapons and continue on until they were taken out. He also failed to mention the the 1st Marine Division took out 10 Chinese divisions, even though the Marines were sourrounded, the Chinese could do noting but send one suicide wave after another to be slaughterd.
So much for the clever planning and know-how of the Chinese Army.
The Army refuesd to believe that the Chinese had entered the War, So much for the theory that the Chinese had snuck in, MacArthur just wouldn't believe it.
Every hour General O.P. Smith sent word to 10th Corps about the situation and never received a reply. A non answer meant hold your position. General Smith discontinued the offensive and assumed a defensive posture, not knowing if he had any flank or not and not knowing that the 8th Army had withdrawn. "every 4 hours we sent in a report" General Smith said,"But apparently they were stunned; they just couldn't believe the Chinese had attacked in force".
The word flashed out from Korea that the Marines were in trouble. In California, a Marine rushed into the office of Brigadier Genral Merrill twining and exclaimed, "General the Chinese have the First Marine Division surrounded!" Twining glanced up from his work: "All I can say is that I'm damned sorry for those Chinamen."
This is what the Communists don't understand and never will a Free people are impossible to put down. They can talk about the 'working class' and how wonderful the communist form of government is yet they have to force people to do anything, and forced they can never win. They have no will to win.
I truly believe McCain will win,
Posted by: Mark at August 7, 2008 09:33 AM
"support and defend the Constitution of the United States against ALL ENEMIES, foreign and DOMESTIC"
That is in the oath that all federal officers take. Civilian and military.
Our constitution does not provide for a 'Truth Commission' . It does provide courts operating under the guidance of the Supreme Court.
and the leftist forget that a Democrat President will not want a 'Truth Commission' that could limit the power of the Democrat President.
I want McCain to win, but I hope the election results are close enough to drag out the decision till March or April - Cause this country needs a couple of months of President Cheney.
Posted by: Marvin at August 7, 2008 10:25 AM
Lynn, yes they would have to go after both Bush and Cheney and I don't think they could do either of them.
I agree too about them blaming Bush. If we get attacked again let's say in the year 2020 they will still blame Bush I bet.
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 7, 2008 05:53 PM
Mark, thank you for telling about the 'Revolutionary Worker #1059'. OMG I LOVE it!!!!
What a great story, fantastic!!!!!!
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 7, 2008 05:58 PM
Marvin, thanks for sharing about that.
Yes we can't let Obama win that's for sure it will be so horrible.
Posted by: Wild Thing at August 7, 2008 06:02 PM
