A Reputation in Tatters - Time To Impeach Bush (by Paul Craig Roberts)

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Wednesday, May 18, 2005

A Reputation in Tatters

George W. Bush and his gang of neocon warmongers have destroyed America’s reputation. It is likely to stay destroyed, because at this point the only way to restore America’s reputation would be to impeach and convict President Bush for intentionally deceiving Congress and the American people in order to start a war of aggression against a country that posed no threat to the United States.

America can redeem itself only by holding Bush accountable.

As intent as Republicans were to impeach President Bill Clinton for lying about a sexual affair, they have a blind eye for President Bush’s far more serious lies. Bush’s lies have caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people, injured and maimed tens of thousands more, devastated a country, destroyed America’s reputation, caused 1 billion Muslims to hate America, ruined our alliances with Europe, created a police state at home, and squandered $300 billion dollars and counting.

America’s reputation is so damaged that not even our puppets can stand the heat. Anti-American riots, which have left Afghan cities and towns in flames and hospitals overflowing with casualties, have forced Bush’s Afghan puppet, “President” Hamid Karzai, to assert his independence from his U.S. overlords. In a belated act of sovereignty, Karzai asserted authority over heavy-handed U.S. troops whose brutal and stupid ways sparked the devastating riots. Karzai demanded control of U.S. military activities in Afghanistan and called for the return of the Afghan detainees who are being held at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

Abundant evidence now exists in the public domain to convict George W. Bush of the crime of the century. The secret British government memo (dated July 23, 2002, and available here), leaked to the Sunday Times (which printed it on May 1, 2005), reports that Bush wanted “to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. . . . But the case was thin. Saddam was not threatening his neighbors, and his WMD capability was less than that of Libya, North Korea or Iran. . . . The (United Kingdom) attorney general said that the desire for regime change was not a legal base for military action. There were three possible legal bases: self-defense, humanitarian intervention or UNSC (U.N. Security Council) authorization. The first and second could not be the base in this case. Relying on UNSCR 1205 of three years ago would be difficult.”

This memo is the mother of all smoking guns. Why isn’t Bush in the dock?

Has American democracy failed at home?

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[Melas]

Well, I can say with some certainty that if any Texas congress critter even mentions Bush and impeachment in the same breath, there's likely to be a hanging.

[Melas]

Townhall gave Roberts the boot last year. That's why you won't see any recent columns of his there. Roberts went off the reservation some time ago.

[iconoclast]

Who's next at Hoover,

Who's gonna be left for you Bush-bots, his press secretary?

[iconoclast]

An extremely irrational rant.

I did, however, vote for Bush JUST for the judges.

[Annie5622]

"too strong??" no, just about right.

[iconoclast]

Your screen name is HALF right on!

[iconoclast]

Answer the question smart ass.

[iconoclast]

[snort]

The most intelligent thing you've said this evening.

[iconoclast]

Are you sure he is a Conservative?

I know damn well he is.

Just who the hell are you to be questioning his credentials?

[bray]

Then, particularly since you are so verbose, 'splain to us why the Bush administration took off after a toothless, secular, despot of a ruined semi-nation instead of pursuing bin Laden or extinguishing the Wahhabi root of the terrorist plague.

Toothless?? What are you talking about?? He invaded another country and when we invaded had the strongest army in the ME. He was also thought to have WMD in large quantites and we still don't know where they went. You are insulting some very decent people on this board. Why??

Pray for W and Our Troops

[international american]

Bush has given the rabid right plenty of ammunition upon which to attack, especially his amnesty crap, and encouraging illegal immigration through his rhetoric. As far as the muslims are conserned, they can kiss my bippy : )

[iconoclast]

How terribly tragic it is that no one appreciates your genius...you're so put upon, and unappreciated....it's unjust.

I think I'll take the Bobby Knight out and be buried face down so you can kiss my ass.

[blam]

" I don't recall a campaign during WWII to try and get the Germans to like us or respect us. This war should be no different."

I agree, 100%!

[Gondring]

Oh I forgot .. if the President's reputation is in such tatters - how come about 250,000 people showed up IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY to honor him ..??

Interesting criterion. I daresay Kerry or Clinton could have drawn more than 250,000 in a foreign country. :-(

[muawiyah]

Words have meanings, of course, as well as "histories". You are familiar with the history but not the currant usage.

Your little friends over in the Democrat party and among the Liberals mean "Jewish Republicans".

[DaveTesla]

Are the LIBERTAIRANS Just pulling my leg????

Impeach Our president for offending these folks?
ROTFLMAO
No wonder most are pro-DRUGS.
Probably smoking crack while they are writing this screed.


Dont wanna offend these fellows,
(and it's not nice to fight back)
Sheik Ibrahim Mudeiris: Muslims Will Rule America and Britain, Jews Are a Virus Resembling AIDS



We have ruled the world before, and by Allah, the
day will come when we will rule the entire world again.
The day will come when we will rule America. The day will
come when we will rule Britain and the entire world –
except for the Jews. The Jews will not enjoy a life of
tranquility under our rule, because they are treacherous
by nature, as they have been throughout history. The day
will come when everything will be relived of the Jews -
even the stones and trees which were harmed by them.
Listen to the Prophet Muhammad, who tells you about the
evil end that awaits Jews. The stones and trees will want
the Muslims to finish off every Jew....

[rdb3]

Bush has given the rabid right plenty of ammunition upon which to attack, especially his amnesty crap, and encouraging illegal immigration through his rhetoric.

Very true, and I'm vehemently against this. But I'll be damned if I even appear to be a Muslim apologist, like those on the far-Right are.

[muawiyah]

And I am most certainly not bringing suspicion on myself.

[muir_redwoods]

Every human is born with an anus. This writer seems to have mistaken his for his role in life.

[international american]

Thats why I said the Muslims can kiss my A$$ : )