Paul Craig Roberts: Bush Must Go - Only Impeachment Can Stop Him

[babylonsister]

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article16175.htm

Bush Must Go

Only Impeachment Can Stop Him

By Paul Craig Roberts

01/15/07 "Information Clearing House" -- - When are the American people and their representatives in Congress and the military going to wake up and realize that the US has an insane war criminal in the White House who is destroying all chances for peace in the world and establishing a police state in the US?

Americans don’t have much time to realize this and to act before it is too late. Bush’s “surge” speech last Wednesday night makes it completely clear that his real purpose is to start wars with Iran and Syria before failure in Iraq brings an end to the neoconservative/Israeli plan to establish hegemony over the Middle East.

The “surge” gives Congress, the media, and the foreign policy establishment something to debate and oppose, while Bush sets his plans in motion to orchestrate a war with Iran. Suddenly, we are hearing Bush regime propaganda that there are Iranian networks operating within Iraq that are working with the Iraqi insurgency and killing US troops.

This assertion is a lie and preposterous on its face. Iranian Shi’ites are not going to arm Iraqi Sunnis, who are more focused on killing Iraqi Shi’ites allied with Iran than on killing US troops. If the Iranians wanted to cause the US trouble in Iraq, they would encourage Iraqi Shi’ites to join the insurgency against US forces. An insurgency drawn from 80% of the Iraqi population would overwhelm the US forces.

CBS reports that the news organization has been told by US officials “that American forces have begun an aggressive and mostly secret ground campaign against networks of Iranians that had been operating with virtual impunity inside Iraq.” To manufacture evidence in behalf of this lie to feed to the gullible American public, US forces invaded an Iranian consulate in northern Iraq and kidnapped 5 consulate officials, claiming the Iranians were part of plans “to kill Americans.” In typical Orwellian fashion, Secretary of State Condi Rice described Bush’s aggression against Iran as designed to confront Tehran’s aggression.

Iraqi government officials in the Kurdish province and the Iraqi foreign minister have refused to go along with Bush’s propaganda ploy. Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari announced that the Iranian officials were no threat and were working in a liaison office that had Iraqi government approval and was in the process of being elevated into a consulate.

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[quiet.american]

1. If I wasn't scared before, I am now.

Entirely because I am convinced nothing in this world will move the senate and congressional leadership, of either party, to do exactly what Mr. Roberts succinctly outlines must be done.

[Parisle]

2. Stunningly succinct essay,... and from a republican

--- Roberts has nailed it again,.. and probably ranks among the top three most insightful and persuasive critics of the Bush neocon junta in the White House. I hope the democrats are actively soliciting his assistance and support. This piece should be read by every American citizen. It should be read from the podium in Congress. It should be copied and mailed as a LTTE in every city in the land. Roberts is scarily correct in saying that there is not much time.

[marmar]

3. A scream from the "Amen" corner here!

:applause: K&R

[doublethink]

4. Thanks for posting this ....

More from the article ....

"The only action that can stop Bush is for both the Democratic and Republican leadership of the House and Senate to call on the White House, tell Bush they know what he is up to and that they will not fall for it a second time. The congressional leadership must tell Bush that if he does not immediately desist, he will be impeached and convicted before the week is out." -snip-

"Nothing can stop the criminal Bush from instituting wider war in the Middle East that could become a catastrophic world war except an unequivocal statement from Congress that he will be impeached." -snip-


And that's the bottom line, it really is. Peace.

[Parisle]

7. Yeah,..... Why not?

--- Bush is is really the GOP's "responsibility." Sixty GOP Reps and seventeen GOP Senators would have to join the democrats to create the two-thirds majorities required to impeach,... It would be nice to think that there are that many republican legislators who can recognize that they would be saving both the US and their own party by joining up to head off the neocon apocalypse. If there are not, then politics as usual may have to be discarded.

[qwlauren35]

11. I agree completely.

I am convinced that the articles of impeachment have already been drawn up, but there's no point in presenting them until a Republican majority (or significant minority) is ready to vote for them.

Frankly, I am hoping that the Libby fiasco will take Cheney down. I don't think we can afford to have him as president and more than we can afford Bush.

[pberq]

5. Kick & Nominated

[bananas]

6. k&r nt

[Behind the Aegis]

8. PCR is a bigot.

Even if he espouses a POV that one agrees with, he really shouldn't be lauded and praised at a democratic site. He is just part of the growing list of conservatives disillusioned with Bush. However, it doesn't mean he should 'get a pass' here.

[Flarney]

12. How is PCR a bigot?

Just curious...I've been following his articles for over a year and haven't seen anything bigoted in his writing.

[Behind the Aegis]

13. He is a co-creator of VDARE.

It is, in their words, a "white nationalist" group. Now, not white "supremacist", as they make a distinction. :eyes: They also are very anti-immigration, including a section on how to report illegals, and a charming piece titled "Are there too many Hispanics?". He also is very anti-Israeli and often conflates Israeli issues with Jews in this country and our supposed control over the halls of Congress. He basically ranks up there with Pat Buchanan, who also writes for his site.

[Flarney]

15. Thanks for the info...

...I didn't know anything about VDARE.

[Behind the Aegis]

16. No prob!

In the interest of truth, I was incorrect to say he was a co-founder. That assertion has been made and denied, so I am not sure which is the truth. I know that all his articles are published there, though. It has some very ugly articles, but well worth the look to see how they think.

[katty]

9. Been saying this for YEARS - they must remove him

[tom_paine]

10. K & R

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

14. Flynt Leverett - Dealing with Tehran

http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PB&pubid=595

PDF document.
It becomes obvious why the executive didn't want the Times to publish the Leverett paper. Exposure in the light of day to a failure of such proportions to engage Iran diplomatically would ruin the "neoconservative/Israeli plan to establish hegemony over the Middle East."