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On Friday, President George W. Bush admitted that he knew about torture techniques being used by American agents well before the existence of torture in Abu Ghraib was revealed. Bush admitted that he knew that Vice President Dick Cheney, then National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice, and other top White House aides had a meeting to agree to what kinds of torture would be done.
More than that, George W. Bush has now admitted that he approved those torture techniques for use by agents of the American government.
By approving torture, George W. Bush was in violation of domestic federal law, and in violation of the Geneva Conventions, a treaty approved by Congress with the force of law within the United States. That makes President Bush a criminal - but more than that, a war criminal.
There is no question now - George W. Bush has acknowledged that he participated in activities that are obviously high crimes.
Don’t let anyone ever say that it’s a mystery what happened at Abu Ghraib. George W. Bush knew that torture tactics had been approved, because he approved them. Remember when George W. Bush said that the torture by Americans at Abu Ghraib had been due to just a “few bad apples”? Well, there were bad apples, that’s for sure, but what President Bush never said is that he knew very well that the most rotten apples of all were right in the White House.
The policies that led to the Abu Ghraib torture came right from the top - from George W. Bush himself. That fact is beyond dispute now.
Impeachment by Congress is not enough. George W. Bush should be handed over to an International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague, put on trial, and sent to prison for the rest of his life.
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April 14th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Perhaps I’m naive, but what particular law does this violate?
April 14th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
The Geneva Conventions, for sure. They’re a treaty, passed by Congress, with the force of law over the American government. A high crime.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Don’t Geneva conventions apply to war? What country are we at war with? These guys weren’t soldiers either, probably not even “enemy combatants”. I bet they were civilians specifically picked up to try to get information.