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In reply to the discussion: IF USA Cares About Int'l War Crimes Law-We Would Do Better By Delivering Cheney To The Hague-Instead [View all]PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)10. War Tribunal Finds Bush, Cheney Guilty of War Crimes
Old but pertinent.
https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/05/13
Former US President George W Bush, his Vice-President Dick Cheney and six other members of his administration have been found guilty of war crimes by a tribunal in Malaysia.
Bush, Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and five of their legal advisers were tried in their absence and convicted on Saturday.
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The eight accused are Bush; former US Vice President Richard Cheney; former US Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld; former Counsel to Bush, Alberto Gonzales; former General Counsel to the Vice President, David Addington; former General Counsel to the Defense Secretary, William Haynes II; former Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo.
Former US President George W Bush, his Vice-President Dick Cheney and six other members of his administration have been found guilty of war crimes by a tribunal in Malaysia.
Bush, Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and five of their legal advisers were tried in their absence and convicted on Saturday.
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The eight accused are Bush; former US Vice President Richard Cheney; former US Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld; former Counsel to Bush, Alberto Gonzales; former General Counsel to the Vice President, David Addington; former General Counsel to the Defense Secretary, William Haynes II; former Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee and former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo.
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IF USA Cares About Int'l War Crimes Law-We Would Do Better By Delivering Cheney To The Hague-Instead [View all]
kpete
Aug 2013
OP
It would have far more meaning, IMHO, if our own DoJ prosecuted Cheney and other
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#48
And yet, the entire world (except for Russia and China) expect us to doing something
FSogol
Aug 2013
#31
For using Chemical Weapons in Fallujah alone. The number of babies being born
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#23
One can use the same arguments vis-a-vis Bush/Cheney war crimes and Assad's alleged use of CW
Maedhros
Aug 2013
#27