US Rights Group Eyes George W. Bush’s Canada Visit

[sabra]

Source: the epoch times

Organizations hope to indict former president for torture


An American human rights organization says it plans to take action around former President George W. Bush’s plans to speak at an economic conference near Vancouver, Canada, in October.

The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) is claiming credit for the cancellation of Bush’s visit to Switzerland last week where he was to speak at a dinner in Geneva.

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“I think we have to strategize and think that through with colleagues up in Canada,” she told the Georgia Straight newspaper in Vancouver. “It’s the next visit that we’ve heard about and we’re going to be following up and seeing what we know about it and preparing for it.”

Both Bush and Bill Clinton are scheduled to be featured speakers at the fourth annual Surrey Regional Economic Summit on Oct. 20, outside of Vancouver.

Read more: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/51210/

[Newsjock]

1. Why do they publicize these plans in advance?

Sure, it's nice to scare Dumbya away from going anywhere in the world, but wouldn't it be better to actually let him enter another country and then send him off to The Hague?

[Proletariatprincess]

3. I have thought the same...

but maybe they are protecting themselves from the nefarious Bush Crime Family? Or maybe they are publicising to built support for a bigger movement against the war criminals.

[glinda]

4. Prtecting themselves against further inroads of conservative demolition in Ca.

[AsahinaKimi]

13. It does seem rather dumb.. doesn't it?

It be like the FBI informing criminals that they are about to do a sting operation and still expecting them to be there on time.

[Bandit]

57. Except the FBI's bosses are the criminals..

Bush* will NEVER be arrested.. The USA would not allow it.. He and all his cronies got off Scott Free and established a precedent for future Republican Criminals...With Obama's aid and abetting

[barbtries]

22. my guess is to get the word out

to get more people involved. the more people clamoring for justice the greater likelihood of it ever coming about. just a snowball in hell i know. anyway that's my guess.

[axollot]

42. +1 Thinking the same thing. n/t

[A wise Man]

44. YEAH...Its like.....

a guy coming home entering the door yelling "HONEY I'M HOME"...while she's upstairs making love to someone.

[BetsysGhost]

52. Maybe it gives Bush night sweats

thinking of the windowless cell awaiting him. Bastard Bush your time is near Pig.

[rucognizant]

54. Ditto X 10

Where is the intelligence? ( I don't mean CIA I mean IQ)
My life is straight jacketed because of what that man did to this country ( & his conservative handlers) he needs rt suffer like I do!

[grasswire]

2. I thought that W's DUI kept him out of Canada

IIRC, Canada is very particular about allowing anyone with a criminal record to enter. I remember that Chuck Colson had to get a special dispensation to enter Canada some years ago.

[alp227]

5. under that logic Lindsay Lohan can't go to Canada either

or anyone convicted of misdemeanor drunk driving.

[grasswire]

7. whole lot of info about it at link below

http://www.1800duilaws.com/article/travel_to_canada.asp

[Lasher]

28. I guess it's like US laws.

Doesn't apply if you're rich or famous.

[totodeinhere]

31. That hasn't stopped him from entering Canada on several occasions before.

n/t

[Lucky 13]

6. Never in a million years will TPTB let anyone touch bush.

Doesn't matter what the case or the charge or who levies it, he is untouchable. So say our current "democratic" leaders.

[BobTheSubgenius]

10. Yes!

PLEASE!!!

I'm embarrassed that my country would accept him, let alone listen to him.

We kept Fred Phelps out, at least.

[on point]

8. If we can't put in him in a real prison. let's at least keep him confined to the USA!

[HubertHeaver]

11. Keep him confined to Texas N/T

[chervilant]

24. Keep him confined to

that fenced-in compound in Crawford.

[A wise Man]

45. NOOOOOOOOOOO..... LET HIM GO

THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF HIM FOR US!!!

[Scottybeamer70]

9. Pretty soon

he won't be able to leave Dallas County........:rofl:

[Hissyspit]

12. K & R & VH

:D

(Have I started a new meme? Mmm, probably not.)

[SpiralHawk]

14. The want AWOL Bush to speak on economics? WTF?

Could they possibly pick a bigger FAIL freak? He & his Repuliconomic Cronies totally trashed America's economy...sheesh...

[Shining Jack]

15. K&R

[PuffedMica]

16. Canceling Bush's visit is not good enough. We need to take Bush down.

It is stupid to telegraph plans to arrest Bush. An ambush would be much more effective.

[Bragi]

21. And Clinton should be shamed for his role

Clinton is nothing more than a paid shill for this war criminal. Makes one want to look more closely at his adherence to international law during his period in office.

[peace frog]

38. A canceled visit IS a victory, however small

Not as soul-satisfying as an arrest would be, but anything that curbs Commander Codpiece's ability to move about the world freely speading his own special brand of BS is a good thing. I'll take it. Happily.

[jtrockville]

53. Yes, at least he's aware of how the rest of the world views him.

AND it's a start.

[PuffedMica]

17. K&R

[bdamomma]

18. they should stop him from entering Canada

or even better arrest him.

[Bragi]

20. Maybe also detain his PR guy, Bill Clinton /nt

[Bragi]

41. We currently have a Bushian neocon PM

Harper won't do a damn thing to stop Bush at our border.

[Bragi]

19. Shame on Bill Clinton for fronting this war criminal

When Bush first came to Canada a few years ago, Bill Clinton shamelessly shared the stage with him, thereby sparing his war criminal crony from being booed by people in the audience.

See http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Bush+Clinton+talk+Afghanistan/1644777/story.html

I regret that Clinton is once again hoping to provide cover for this war criminal, and I hope this time he gets booed off the stage along with Bush.

Better still, maybe the group investigating war crimes can investigate Clinton's actions in office and maybe prepare something "special" for him.

I presume from his pandering to Bush that Clinton is a paid PR shill for W. What some people won't do for money.

[MasonJar]

32. I am confused. How does Bill Clinton speaking as a guest at the same

conference render him a cover for Bush?

[Bragi]

35. They sit on the same stage "in conversation"

Look at the picture with the article I linked to. It's a definite ploy. You can't boo one without booing the other. It gives cover to Bush, and to conservatives who really don't mind paying to hear from a war criminal. It was the same setup later in Toronto.

I don't know why Bill Clinton is so dedicated to trying to make Bush the war criminal respectable. He even managed to get him named c-chair for the Haiti relief fund, which no doubt resulted in reduced donations to that cause.

I presume Clinton is providing this reputation recovery PR service for money.

[totodeinhere]

37. It might be that Clinton does not consider Bush to be a war criminal.

After all, Clinton did some questionable things too such as bombing that aspirin factory. So perhaps Clinton is afraid that if Bush gets taken down he will too.

[Bragi]

40. Yeah, he has a similar but less serious problem

Clinton could be indicted, but the case is pretty weak, at least compared to Bush (who has admitted to authorizing torture) and I doubt he is seriously concerned about it.

Sadly, I think Clinton is fronting for Bush simply for money. He probably gets paid directly for his PR "reputational restoration" services on behalf of W, and also indirectly gets lucrative contracts from other right-wing business people at least in part because they take comfort in seeing him visibly working to support Bush.

[lonestarnot]

59. Same way Hillary Clinton supports and oversees richie warmonger contractors. Same diff.

[axollot]

43. The Clinton's and The Bush's have the international aide thing that they

do together. Being on the board of these aide programs seems to line their pockets some what nicely (i.e. via leaked cables - Aide given to Central America due to unrest was provided by one of Mrs Clinton's organisations that she sits on the board; at the same time she sat back as SOS regarding BS in Central America we supported. Then they sent their guys in.)
These aide programs are set up so those on the board are paid, even though they are "not for profit" people make money.
cheers
Sandy

[fasttense]

23. We have officially arrived at 3rd world status, congratulations USA.

When you have a former national leader publicly known for their authorization and promotion of torture, who has to travel very carefully (due to nations actually enforcing the treaties they sign) then you know you are officially a 3rd world nation. Especially if this former head of state is NOT prosecuted even when their own laws claim torture is a crime.

Nope Kissinger wasn't enough (though it was a good try), he only promoted war crimes. To qualify it has to be the head of state and include torture to be officially considered a 3rd world nation. See, now the USA is on par with Pinochet's Chile.

Milton Friedman and Stalin would be so proud.

[chervilant]

25. hmph!

That certifiably sociopathic Friedman and ALL his sycophants are the reasons why our global economy is in the crapper.

[democracy _ idyllic]

26. Quite talking about it and just do it

Already, enough. Get the man in custody and let the trial commence.

[CLANG]

30. Quit true!!

[BenzoDia]

27. Man, soon Bush won't be able to leave the country.

Even vacations in Cancun will be off-limits.

[lonestarnot]

60. Sis boom bah. We're stuck with that fucker.

[tavalon]

29. Why the fuck do they keep telling?

Just fucking shut up and let the idiot step out of the country and nab him. Jeez, this isn't rocket science.

[Solly Mack]

33. K&R

[classysassy]

34. The travels of a criminal.

should be curtailed,keep him here in America until the corrupt government that protects it's criminals have the guts to try him for crimes against humanity.(It's been a long times coming),but justice will prevail.

[KansDem]

36. I hope they arrest the SOB

I don't know how the Secret Service would respond...perhaps we'll find out soon?

[crim son]

39. If I weren't a citizen, I couldn't cross the border because of a

a DUI I got years ago. It's unbelievable that there is any debate whatsoever about whether or not a mass-murderer should be allowed into the country.

[cascadiance]

46. Canadian government should give Bush the treatment he arranged for Canadian Maher Arar!

And send HIM off to be tortured for information some place! Isn't what's good for the Canadian Goose good for this bad Gander?

[Uncle Joe]

47. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, sabra.

[orbitalman]

48. Keep Bush totally pinned down. n/t

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

49. Arrest him and throw away the key

He did so much damage to our country the no prison sentence would be long enough. The worst thing he and Uncle Dick did was endorse torture.

[KamaAina]

50. The Epoch Times is the house organ of the Falun Gong movement

Kind of odd to see something like this there. Then again, the Moonie Times was known to stray from the Bush* party line from time to time.

[butterfly77]

51. Kick,kick,kick &recommended!

:kick:

[LiberalLovinLug]

55. He showed up two years ago in Calgary

There was talk of arresting him then. But the only ones arrested were 4 protesters.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/03/17/cgy-bush-speech-calgary.html

It looks like we Canadians have the laws on our side, but its futile to think the powers that be will ever act on calls to arrest the little twerp.

http://daviditron.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/bush-to-visit-calgarylegal-authority-to-arrest-him/

I'm sure our neo-con wannabe Prime Minister will have given his idol all the reassurances that that's not going to happen. I don't know how they get away with not enforcing their own laws, but that's whats going to happen once again. It helps with a corporate media helping out with the move-along-nothing-to-see-here attitude.

[Blue Owl]

56. The Klink, eh?

Bring it!

[Kurovski]

58. PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE...

God, I will definitely stop trashing you if you just do this one thing...