I have become acutely aware of the injustices perpetuated in the name of "democracy".
The preface of the document briefly mentioned: ".. a history which starts with the extermination of the Indians driving them out of this continent, killing them, which proceeds with the invasion of Mexico, and goes on to send troops into the Caribbean adn theninto the Philippines." Please do not neglect the systematic genocide of all peoples of color. The 400+ years of the African slave trade. This is an ONGOING holocaust as exemplified by the disregard of life during and after hurricane Katrina. The largely Afican-American population was conveniently "relocated" thereby opening the doors to his white comrades to possess and develop this area without a fight. No one mentions the literal thousands (yes, thousands) of yet missing children.
The president of the USA is a war criminal of the worst variety. Utilizing the media (who is compliant) to rouse fears in the masses who have been, by and large, ignorant of the truth. Through spewing words about "faith" and "God" this megalomaniacal, cupidinous and pathetic excuse for a human being seeks to manipulate the consciousness of citizens.

I agree with the general findings of the Bush Crimes Commission. Bush & Cheney started an unnecessary war in Iraq based on lies. Therefore, they are guilty of mass homicide against thousands of members of the U.S. Armed Forces, and tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians. Their actions showed a reckless disregard for the value of human life and caused thousands of deaths. This is the legal definition of manslaughter. Therefore, Bush & Cheney should be impeached, removed from office, and tried for thousands of counts of manslaughter. Justice demands it.

I wrote on, below. Feel free to use it, fold, spindle and mutilate. We can hope one of the letters is published!
George

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To: themail@newyorker.com
Subject: 9/18/6 issue: Packer article: Prisoners

Dear all,

I read the article by Packer, Prisoners, with the abiding horror that has been a feature of these past dark years of the Bush administration.

An overall excellent article, what still surprises me is that Mr. Bush's statements are perceived as some kind of strategic coup. Rather, I think, it should be perceived as a "confession" that renders Mr. Clinton's impeachable affair with an intern pale to inconsequentiality by comparison.

The Bush confessions are too numerous and despicable for words. Mr. Bush admits to secret detention centers, run by the CIA. Running such centers is a confession of a crime. Clearly, the purpose of such prisons was to commit torture, a discredited method of intelligence gathering. The very types of torture that occurred within them and elsewhere, are sanctified by the cruel and strange Alberto Gonzalez. Such torture is criminal, quixotic claims of salus populi suprema lex notwithstanding nor acting as justification.

CNN reported in November 4, 2005 that the network, the Post said, is "a central element" in the CIA's battle against terrorism, but its existence was known to only a handful of officials at home and abroad.

If true, the arrangement suggests U.S. agents are engaged in activities "that under U.S. law and in U.S. territory and by U.S. personnel would be clearly illegal," said former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr, who was once a federal prosecutor.

"There are very serious questions also that what's going on here is also contrary to documents and treaties that the U.S. is a party to," the former congressman from Georgia told CNN. http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/11/02/terror.suspects/

Given that these secret detention centers and the torture that occurred in them are criminal on US soil, the fact that they are on foreign soil adds a new and horrific international dimension to these crimes. How many treaties have been violated, shredded and spat upon? How many more such centers exist? How many more times must Bush be identified as lying and yet the lies somehow ignored?

Extraordinary renditions are criminal. Spying with warrantless wiretaps is illegal. Lying to bring us into a war of aggression was a violation of the UN charter, to begin with. And in the name of justice, these administration officials should be charged for their crimes because such criminal activity is simply nothing less than an enormous threat to our government and to the people of the United States. There is no discernable benefit, further, from these grisly activities. Only loss. Terrible, horrible loss.

It is little wonder global views of the United States--and all of us as citizens--has considerably dimmed.

Yet, somehow, in the bizarre world of doublethink in which we find ourselves, this is considered a strategic coup. That only shows the complete and abject venality of the so-called opposition, taking as it does the form of a lackluster Democratic party. And the complete insanity of the Congress and the media that these activities are not clearly, strongly and loudly being decried as the most outrageous criminal behavior on the part of the Bush administration.

What I demand as a citizen is that immediate legal action be taken against Messrs. Cheney, Bush, Rumsfeld, Gonzalez, Rice et al. That should be our call as citizens and as members of the press and from Congress.

This administration does not "support our troops." They use them to perpetuate a war of imperialism, rooted in lies and subsequently horribly botched. They have sent the men and women to be maimed, psychologically damaged and slaughtered. They have brought upon the world the horrific tragedy of Iraq that has resulted in a brutal and expanding civil war, causing the deaths and injuries of countless thousands of men, women and children, far exceeding the worst excesses of Saddam Hussein. This administration does not protect MY security. They seek only to cover their own cruel and strange posteriors.

It is time to take these individuals to task for the numerous crimes they have committed. Indeed, as much as the detainees deserve the rights of human beings everywhere, the citizens of the United States and the people of the world deserve the opportunity to see the Bush regime brought to justice for their crimes. Should they be subjected to the kinds of treatment detainees received to extract a confession? Clearly, there is no need. The truth comes out with time and persistence: no need for torture. But there MUST be consequences for these action of Bush et al. Our future depends upon it.

I hope that you will report upon the recent findings of a commission on War Crimes. See http://www.bushcommission.org/Findings/Final%20Verdict.pdf.

George M. Carter
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.fiar.us
"Our lives begin to end the day we
become silent about things that matter" -- MLK, Jr.

I'm looking forward to seeing Bush tried. I'm also looking foward to full civil liberties in the US as well. I want to legally grow a field of marijuana.

http://www.peaceunion.org

Now we can all look forward to reading about this in our local papers and watching it on the evening news, right? Oh well.
Great job folks! Better to stand tall among the courageous than cower in silence with the fools.

Best wishes,

Gordon Sturrock
VeteransAgainstTorture.com
formerly 165 Military Police Company
VeteransAgainstTorture.com, VVAW, VFP, Eugene Civil Resistor

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