Paul Craig Roberts: One War Criminal Down, A Fistful to Go

[seafan]

One War Criminal Down, A Fistful to Go

By Paul Craig Roberts
May 11, 2007

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Many wonder why Blair destroyed his reputation and that of his country, put himself at risk of being hauled before the International Criminal Court, and squandered his time as prime minister providing cover for George Bush’s war of aggression. The answer must be money. We will see which US corporate boards take Blair as a director and which groups pay him six-figure honorariums for speeches.


Bush will have an even worse place in history. There is no longer any doubt that Bush deceived Congress and the American people. At great financial and human cost, Bush took America to war and destroyed Iraq for a hidden agenda. After years of swallowing Bush’s lies, the American people finally caught on. Bush’s approval rating is at 28 percent, but the TV and print media are still sycophantic.

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People damn Bill Clinton for many reasons. Perhaps his greatest failure was in permitting the media concentration that destroyed the independence of the “mainstream media.” The American media is no longer in the hands of journalists. It is controlled by advertising executives and corporate bosses who will never put their empires at risk by offending government and advertisers. They believe readers and viewers want to be entertained, not challenged by truthful news. .....
Democracy is handicapped without the press. When news is spun, falsely reported, and not reported, the people are deprived both of information and of voice. The American people disapprove of Bush, but the American corporate press supports him.


Because of Blair’s support for the European Union, Blair could find himself hauled before the International Criminal Court. The US government has been careful to keep itself outside international law. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, and a number of others are regarded as outlaws, but there is no marshall with the authority to arrest them and hold them accountable. Only Congress can do that.


Leaving Bush in office is extremely dangerous. He has proven himself to be a deceitful and hair-brained leader. Bush has one and one-half years remaining in which to attack Iran, start a nuclear war, stage a
9/11 type event and declare a national emergency.
It is extreme folly to keep fanatics in office who have no respect for the US Constitution, civil liberties, and the separation of powers. The Bush Regime values nothing but power. Every day that Bush remains in office diminishes America and erodes its founding principles.

[williesgirl]

1. My thoughts exactly. Recommended

[Old and In the Way]

2. This ain't no dirty hippie talking here.

Can't be much more blunt about the facts.

[seemslikeadream]

3. Leaving Bush in office is extremely dangerous

Leaving Bush in office is extremely dangerous. He has proven himself to be a deceitful and hair-brained leader. Bush has one and one-half years remaining in which to attack Iran, start a nuclear war, stage a 9/11 type event and declare a national emergency.



Atomic Marathon

http://www.glumbert.com/media/atomic

[truedelphi]

4. He's missing the mark quite a bit

The media is the government and the government is the media

THere has been a long standing alliance between the CIA and the FBI in top advertising circles.

Those who have their hands on the press, in allits varied forms, are allied with the CIA. Some of those persons may not be aware of their alliance.

Others, be they talking heads, corporate presidents, etc are actually part of the actual CIA network (such as Wolf Blitzer)

[Canuckistanian]

5. Very sparse, yet elegant writing

K&R.

[Octafish]

6. Poodle's place in History...

[emald]

7. extreme folly??????

It's fu**ing madness. this country is full bore insane, up is down, black is white, it's fucking batshit crazy and getting worse. It is what happens when greed goes insane.

[FloridaJudy]

8. "hair-brained"?

Er, shouldn't that be "hare-brained"?

I don't want to be a grammar Nazi, but that phrase ruins what would otherwise be a splendid essay. I get the image of Bush with hair growing where his frontal lobes should be.

Wait...maybe that explains it.

[Martin Eden]

9. LOL

"Hair" was grammatically incorrect but anatomically explanatory!

[bbgrunt]

10. Roberts gets it. Great article. k and r

[indepat]

11. And all those who continue to support/enable are shitting on America

by the bucket-full each day and pissing on us in the process.

[calimary]

12. Kicking this.

Thanks for posting - I like this one a lot!