I think we are going to find, with the passage of time, that George
Bush and his cronies are some of the biggest criminals in history.
First, they disrupted the flow of oil to create record-breaking
profits for their corporate bedfellows. Then Bush and Co. invaded a
sovereign nation under false pretenses of their having Weapons Of
Mass Destruction when WE have weapons of mass destruction; then, when
that didn’t hold up and we found that they didn’t have the weapons,
Bush Inc. hopped to the other foot saying what they really wanted to
do was bring “democracy” to the people of Iraq. Democracy is a
government based upon the will of the people. We the people didn’t
vote about whether or not we should invade Iraq, but the entire
process was a lie from start to finish anyway. I think that the
flouting of the Geneva Conventions (Guantanamo) and
“liberating” (read: invading, or pillaging oil from) other countries
without the consent of the UN Security Council are both actions which
are illegal. There were laws agreed upon and Bush chose to ignore
them, or claim that they didn’t apply.
I just hope that when history catches up with these kleptocrats they
get a long trip to the prison system that has flourished under their
regime.
Not just Kenneth Lay (who will be pardoned at the last minute of
Bush’s term anyway), or some other Bush underling. I want them all
to go to jail, it would set a good precedent for other leaders who
want to exploit power for their own gain. Bush is just a mouthpiece
anyway, the real brains behind the operation need to be caught as well.