George Bush II is an unacceptable person

On Democracy Now! today, Amy Goodman interviewed spy author John Le Carré (real name David Cornwell) in London. She only showed part of the interview and promised that she would devote a show entirely to the interview. I am looking forward to it.

One thing Mr. Le Carré said that struck me was in reference to George Bush II,

...there are very few absolutes about human behavior. But I think a leader who does take his country to war under false pretenses is simply not an acceptable person. I don’t think that we should be weighing the rights and wrongs of that. It seems to me to be quite simply wrong.

That is so basic and so true. Yet, the Washington Courtiers in the Marble Palace refuse to vilify (or bring to justice) Bush or any of his administration who killed so many Americans and middle easterners "under false pretenses." I will say again (and I will continue to say it until the day I die), the Bushies should have been charged with War Crimes and dealt with appropriately. They are murderers in my book.

Until they are brought to justice, we are a third world country, not deserving to be standing tall with civilized countries.

Bad Posture

Glenn Greenwald had an article last Monday (Feb. 22) about the falsehoods of American war criminals.

It is a very well-written piece, but I want to particularly focus on what he says at the end of the post. Mr. Greenwald wrote what he perceives is "the current posture of the U.S. to the world..."

Yes, we implemented a worldwide torture regime that we justified with lawyers' memoranda that were false, wrong, shoddy, lawless, sloppy and extremist, but because those lawyers were such warped radicals, they probably believed what they were saying at the time, so we're going to declare that we had the right to do what we did and are shielded from all consequences, even though we've signed treaties agreeing to prosecute anyone who authorizes torture and constantly demand that other nations prosecute their own torturers. Besides, we have important things to do and so we want to Look Forward, not Backward.

This is a great statement and it couldn't be more right on! I hope this is quoted all over the Internet. I hope that it becomes a mantra that all of us can throw into the faces of those who perpetuate this warped viewpoint.

We need accountability for all those who brought this country to the nadir of its existence. I do not want our country to be thought of by civilized countries as some rogue nation torturing human beings and allowing those who authorized the torture to not be held accountable. I hope that within my lifetime, I can see those in the Bush Administration who initiated these horrible crimes be brought to justice somewhere.

Any presidential administration (current or future) who allows this behavior to get a free pass should be scrutinized as well.

These are sick, twisted people who caused over 100 fellow human beings to be killed by torture and destroyed who knows how many lives. They are murderers (or accessories to murder at least) in my book and should be held accountable for their actions.