Bush's world just got smaller

This is the best news I've read in a long time.

It's really nice to know that there are those out there who refuse to take the United States position of "looking forward and not backward."

According to the article,

Bush was to be the keynote speaker at Keren Hayesod's annual dinner on Feb. 12 in Geneva. But pressure has been building on the Swiss government to arrest him and open a criminal investigation if he enters the Alpine country.

So Mr. "Heh-heh-heh" decided it might not be prudent to take a luxury trip to visit the Swiss.

Former U.S. President George W. Bush has cancelled a visit to Switzerland, where he was to address a Jewish charity gala, due to the risk of legal action against him for alleged torture, rights groups said on Saturday.

The reasoning behind the move toward legal action according to Reed Brody, counsel for Human Rights Watch,

"President Bush has admitted he ordered waterboarding which everyone considers to be a form of torture under international law. Under the Convention against Torture, authorities would have been obliged to open an investigation and either prosecute or extradite George Bush."

My favorite quote from the post is also from Mr. Brody, "He's avoiding the handcuffs." Brody goes on to say,

"I think George Bush's world is a very small place at the moment...He may enjoy some kind of impunity in the United States, but other countries will not treat him so indulgently."

I sincerely hope with the bottom of my heart that the world will continue shrinking for this person. I hope that he and his cronies will somehow, somewhere be held accountable for their actions, which among other things cost the lives of thousands of Americans and tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans.