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The United States Department of Justice has requested that former President George W. Bush and the highest figures in his administration receive full exemption from being tried for the Iraq War, which the DOJ says was in line with international law.
Apart from Bush, the names listed in the paper the DOJ filed on Tuesday are former Vice President Richard Cheney, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, retired four-star General Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice and former Deputy Secretary of Defense and President of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz.
Sundus Saleh, an Iraqi single mother of three who became a refugee, filed a complaint in March in the San Francisco federal court, claiming that the war in her country can be judged as a 'crime of aggression', according to the same legal standards that the Nuremberg Tribunal used for convicting Nazi war criminals of World War II. Saleh is the lead plaintiff in this class action lawsuit.
The reason for the decision is connected with the Westfall Act certification. The 1988 law gives the Attorney General the power to personally decide whether the United States is actually a defendant in the case. This in turn allows the granting of absolute immunity to politicians for actions carried out while in the governments employ...
Source - RT - http://rt.com/usa/bush-amnesty-iraq-war-847
Indi Guy
(3,992 posts)"The lawsuit filed by Saleh says that Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz orchestrated the Iraq War in 1998 as part of their involvement with the Project for the New American Century, a Washington DC-based non-profit organization that pushed for the overthrow of Iraqs former leader, Saddam Hussein."
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)conspiring to go to war with Iraq before they even had an argument for going. Just disgusting. There is no justice.
Indi Guy
(3,992 posts)...where it comes to the previous admin. At this point, I would settle for just a modicum of accountability for these reckless and lawless yahoos.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)If Obama chooses to attack Syria without UN approval, it would be the exact same thing */Cheney did in Iraq.
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jollyreaper2112
(1,941 posts)Someone alerted your post. I voted to keep it. Hopefully the rest of the jury is as civil.
This fan club shit really gets old. He's not my president right or wrong, he's only my president when he's righting wrongs. If he's not doing that, lets find someone who will.
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BainsBane
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jollyreaper2112
(1,941 posts)Haters not directed at you but the person who alerted on you for not liking what you had to say.
I voted for Nader in 2000 and deeply regret it. Kerry in 04 and Obama twice. Obama is making me feel the only difference between him and McCain is we'd have a Palin yeehaw to go along with the NSA spying. We would still get Wall Street vampires appointed to top spots in the government. There would still be no prosecution of business criminals. Probably a few more gaffes at foreign dinners.
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Indi Guy
(3,992 posts)...corruption transcends short term politics. Institutions outlive mere personalities on the stage.
burnodo
(2,017 posts)winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Indi Guy
(3,992 posts)...but there hasn't been any real accountability in DC for many years. As long as graft & bribery rule the day -- we will be governed by corruption & hypocrisy.
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)Some justice?