So exciting to have a library dedicating to a real genuine war criminal!!

[G_j]

and a president to pay his respects to it.

[Octafish]

1. The occasion presents an excellent opportunity to round-up and arrest a boatload of traitors...

...war criminals, mass murderers, war mongers, gangsters, banksters and just about everyone since Pruneface was a pup who used their positions to enrich themselves and their cronies at the expense of the American people.

For instance: WikiLeaks Stratfor Dump Exposes Continued Secret Government Warmongering

It's remarkable how few seem to care for this important topic these days, eh G_j? It's not surprising to see so many who consistently defend them.

[sabrina 1]

2. Well, some of us still care Octafish, but it's true, this OP would have had hundreds of recs

just a few years ago. I know I would have done so, and will always rec a reminder of the crimes we used to find so important. The victims are still dead, the tortured have still received no justice, our gulags are still up and running.

I remember how we were told to hold off on 'impeachment' until we won the WH. Then it was 'until we hold all three branches of government'. Then it was 'we don't have enough of a majority'.

There has been no more graphic demonstration of 'moving the goalposts' as the issue of the Bush War Crimes. We are now at the 'let's just move forward' stage.

I still have hopes that one day, as has happened in other countries where war criminals were protected, maybe decades from now, as in some Latin American countries, we will find our soul again and even if it is a little late for the victims and/or criminals, justice will finally be served. Until that happens, I can't see this country achieving much in the way of the potential it surely has.

[G_j]

5. it was a long excruciating endeavor

to bring attention to these crimes. I thought maybe that darkness would lift enough to face the truth in the light
of day. It now seems darker than ever.

[sabrina 1]

11. Yes, hopefully it is just another cycle before we begin to see the dawn. We read history

and I have to remind myself that before the dawn of many of the most historical events, there were long periods of darkness.

We will have to wait for some real leadership, for people to come along who realize that ignoring the law, ignoring major crimes, is BAD for America. We see an example today when this country was told by an African nation to 'clean up your own house' before we go around telling others what to do.

The celebration of a war criminal this past week did not go unnoticed around the world.

We have lost any moral authority we had to point fingers anywhere. Right wingers used to tell me we were so great we didn't have to worry what anyone else in the world thought about us.

Hopefully soon, leaders will emerge who see the threat to this nation of condoning our own war crimes, while struggling to get others to listen to our hypocritical sermons to others.

I'm still hoping!

[Octafish]

9. Bookmarking.

South Africa had the Truth and Reconciliation confessions, but I prefer the way the people of Argentina and Chile made things right: Identify, Try and Punish the Guilty. It's how to restore Justice.

[G_j]

3. and sadly ironic

that this report just came out ..

http://m.democracynow.org/stories/13588


After Obama Shuns Probe, Bipartisan Panel Finds "Indisputable" Evidence U.S. Tortured Under Bush

An independent bipartisan task force has concluded that it is "indisputable" the United States engaged in torture and the George W. Bush administration bore responsibility. The 11-member Task Force on Detainee Treatment was convened by The Constitution Project after President Obama chose not to support a national commission to investigate the counterterrorism programs. It was co-chaired by Asa Hutchinson, a former Republican congressman from Arkansas, NRA consultant and undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush. The report concludes that never before in U.S. history had there been "the kind of considered and detailed discussions that occurred after 9/11 directly involving a president and his top advisers on the wisdom, propriety and legality of inflicting pain and torment on some detainees in our custody." While the report focused largely on the Bush administration after 9/11, it also criticizes a lack of transparency under Obama. We speak with Laura Pitter, counterterrorism adviser at Human Rights Watch. [includes rush transcript]

[sabrina 1]

12. Thanks, I had not seen that and even though it will be ignored, for now, it is good to see

that there are people working on this despite the president's attempt to just 'move forward'.

We should never stop trying and sooner or later there will be justice.

[Octafish]

13. The only explanation I can come up with is the guy does not intend to upset the BFEE apple cart.

It appears that individuals also must make the choice:

"Which will it be? A carpet of gold or a carpet of bombs?"

[G_j]

8. it must be quite something

to witness all the living US presidents and the media honoring the Bush crime dynasty.

there may be not be a better symbol of the present state of things..

[Octafish]

14. Body Language can be revealing.

One is not like the rest.

[G_j]

15. wow

I love that pic. The one with integrity
stands alone.

[democrank]

4. George Bush should hang his head in shame

War criminal indeed.

[bahrbearian]

6. We need to look forward and all that.

[Solly Mack]

7. k/r

[Poll_Blind]

10. It's like when President Obama awarded Poppy Bush the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

You just have to rock back on your heels for a moment and...appreciate the Americana.

PB