A good thing: Bushites still unable to travel abroad

[Bragi]

Anyone know of any Bushites that are traveling abroad these days?

I ask because, while it's often hard to see anything positive out there, one thing I get satisfaction from is that it appears that war criminal George W Bush and his cronies seem to be unable to travel abroad due to fears that they will be served with war crimes subpoenas if they do.

When you think about it, most former heads of state and senior officials these days get to travel abroad once they are out of office, and can make big bucks booking speaking engagements abroad.

Happily, unless I've missed something, none of the senior Bushites have been able to do this. Bush himself did appear at an event in Canada, but he could only do it because of Canada's current hyper-conservative minority government, and because Bill Clinton fronted for Bush to make the event somewhat respectable, and to keep people from booing Bush.

See http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Bush+Clinton+talk+Afghanistan/1644777/story.html

That's something anyway. I wonder if the U.S media will ever notice that the former President and everyone associated with his administration are international pariahs?

[lonestarnot]

1. Yeah but they're still here polluting Amerika.

:puke:

[Bragi]

5. True

The irony is that it is Obama refusal to prosecute the Bushites under U.S. war crimes legislation that makes them eligible targets for prosecution abroad.

[47of74]

2. Rummy almost got his ass arrested in France

So no wonder they don't want to take chances again.

[Bragi]

3. I enjoyed that incident

Rumsfeld being whisked out of France by the CIA to avoid being served with the legal documents was the incident that triggered my own interest in this.

Far as I can tell, very few Bushites can travel abroad or are even trying to do so. Happily, I think their banishment from the rest of the world is likely a life sentence.

[ixion]

4. If there is any justice, it will haunt them for the rest of their lives

they ARE war criminals, and should be treated as such.

[Motown_Johnny]

6. I remember da Shrub himself giving a speech in Canada

[Bragi]

7. Sad but true, but Clinton was there to legitimize him

Far as I can tell, Bush's Clinton-fronted forays into Canada are the only time he has been able to travel abroad.

See http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Bush+Clinton+talk+Afghanistan/1644777/story.html

Also see "Bush and Clinton in it for the money"

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/641490

As a Canadian, I am embarrassed by this, and are most of us. It only happened because our Prime Minister (elected by 37 per cent of the population) is himself a neoconservative fossil.

But shame on us anyway.

Since then, Bush has not traveled abroad.

[Scuba]

8. They're not welcome in my neighborhood either...

War criminals are frowned upon.

[lutefisk]

9. If only they could be banished to Iraq

I'm sure they would be very welcome.

They could continue the good work they started.

[Bragi]

10. +++"They could continue the good work they started."

[Bragi]

12. Like house detention, except a whole country to languish in /nt

[raccoon]

11. K&R nt

[HopeHoops]

13. How is that a GOOD thing? It means WE'RE stuck with the shrub and company.