W-w-w...w-war c...c-c-crimes...

"Good, now try again."

"W-war. C-c-crimes".

"Let's put it ALL together."

"War...Crimes."

"Excellent!"



Our country is ill. Like alcoholism, it's the embarrassing kind of illness that has the appearance of being preventable. We know the first step in treatment is admission of the problem, and the good news is: we all agree there is a problem. Now, just how bad is the problem? Is it a double martini with dinner, or half a bottle of Jack in the morning?

You don't have to dig too far into the UN charter or the articles of the Third Geneva Convention to realize that not only the atrocities at Abu Ghraib, but the invasion of Iraq itself are explicitly forbidden. They are, in fact, war crimes.

W-w-war c-c-c-rimes.

The question is: which of our elected representatives will be the first to admit that we, as Americans, are pretty much paddling up the same river as Adolf Hitler or Idi Amin? It's a tough sell. Certainly we can't expect it from the Bush administration (no fascist considers himself a fascist), and in fact most Americans believe for better or worse (certainly worse) that their country is damn near perfect.

But our electorate should know better. They are clearly in denial. And though maybe it really is necessary for 20 years of history to expire before we are able to extract this hairball from under the rug of our collective psyche, I'd like to think President Kerry might step up to the plate. That he might just say the phrase, like his now infamous 'regime change' comment that drew immediate scorn but damn it, just needed to be said. Or maybe Sen. Robert Byrd (who has seen and dealt with a few war criminals in his time) will make the identification and prosecution of American war crimes his magnum opus.

Or will Iraq be the Wounded Knee of our time, a perpetual, unexpunged blot on our national conscience?

I want to go back into the world someday, proud to be an American.

The bushgang's reckless, venal policies and these pictures make me ashamed.

ich bin ein guter Amerikaner
je suis un bon Américain
я буду хорошим американцом

That will help.

that we don't agree that there is a problem. I hear people justify this shit everyday.

Jay

I'd like Kerry to come out and say that he supports the US signing on to the ICC.

It's pretty graphic.

Rather graphic...but it should be read. It is horrifying. Hopefully karma will finally catch up with the Bush's even if the law doesn't.

http://www.deoxy.org/wc/warcrime.htm">Bush War Crimes Tribunal

Send the link on to your friends. Remind the, the rotten apple didn't fall far from the decaying tree.

We are the problem not torturing other human beings. We who believe some of Their money should be used to better America and take care of our citizens. Liberals want to use their money and there is no way they are willing to sacrifice anything for America because it has Liberals in it. We are a very sick society and not about to become well anytime soon as long as we have Rush, Hannity, Savage, Boortz, etc. etc. continue without rebuttal. We have to restore the Fairness Doctrine or it won't matter one wit.

Very well done! I'd like to see Senator Byrd make this disaster be his "magnum opus". He is a true statesman! I just wish there were more than just a few like him. Would it not be something to have all our elected officials carry the Constitution with them at all times?

If we don't own up to the inhumanity and illegality of this, the reckoning will come rather rudely, I believe.