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18. What PO needs to do right now is...

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 11:12 PM

Dec 2014

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... sign the United States up to the ICC (International Criminal Court) and let International Law take it's course. Period. If our elected officials can't do what needs to be done, then let the ICC handle it. The only reason we aren't signed up to it is so we, the United States of America, can get away with murder, domestically and globally. Period.

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Calls Grow For Dick Cheney and George W. Bush To Be Prosecuted For Torture [View all] babylonsister Dec 2014 OP

Will BHO be an accessory to these vile crimes against humanity, "after the fact"??? blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #1

A very appropriate question. 99Forever Dec 2014 #3

You asking about the BHO who's got that Nobel Peace Prize hanging on his wall ? Nah n/t CincyDem Dec 2014 #6

You mean the BHO who cancelled the torture program his 2nd day in office? Hekate Dec 2014 #24

+10000000000000 nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #30

But continued rendition. grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #47

ACTUAL thread winner. hifiguy Dec 2014 #100

Truth is short. Propaganda takes paragraphs. grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #102

Thread win malaise Dec 2014 #51

all he did was outsource it to other countries. nt m-lekktor Dec 2014 #61

But is rethinking that decision. The same BHO that included indefinite detention in the NDAA. rhett o rick Dec 2014 #85

Thank you. Bobbie Jo Dec 2014 #86

Best effing comeback I've seen in a good long while.... nt LaydeeBug Dec 2014 #108

I get it; you don't like him. President Obama is not what babylonsister Dec 2014 #8

^^^^^^^^^ blm Dec 2014 #60

Actually, I don't know what else the thread could be about. beerandjesus Dec 2014 #62

I believe it's about torture during the bush43 era. MynameisBlarney Dec 2014 #104

PROSECUTE!!!! calimary Dec 2014 #109

Whew, babylonsister I needed that duhneece Dec 2014 #105

why yes! wildbilln864 Dec 2014 #12

Nonsense. The man who ended the illegality should be part of the trial?.....good sarcasm. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #14

The UN considers the Obama administration's treatment OnyxCollie Dec 2014 #44

Strawman logic? Really? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #79

No straw man. OnyxCollie Dec 2014 #81

Followed up by an ad hiominem attack, you are on a roll. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #83

Well, you make it so easy. OnyxCollie Dec 2014 #87

Should be. bigwillq Dec 2014 #21

Too late. Enthusiast Dec 2014 #52

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #2

U.N. Official Says Gitmo Force-Feeding Violates International Law Sopkoviak Dec 2014 #4

They don't even say for sure it is torture. Also, what is Obama supposed to do? The prisoners there okaawhatever Dec 2014 #5

do you actually have a CLUE what the hell is involved in forced feeding? clearly not, niyad Dec 2014 #16

Ya think!? Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #34

anal force feeding is not torture? BobbyBoring Dec 2014 #57

No... daleanime Dec 2014 #99

"I hardly think force feeding is torture"??? tblue Dec 2014 #63

^^^^^Classic Strawman Logical Fallacy Example^^^^^ Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #80

Hmmm, force feeding someone to save their life is 'torture'? louis-t Dec 2014 #92

Well, since the OP seems to give some credence to the UN Sopkoviak Dec 2014 #121

K&R. Yes please! Overseas Dec 2014 #7

Our sole chance Old Codger Dec 2014 #9

We can crush the Republican Party for a generation with this. grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #48

Sadly many Democratic politicians humbled_opinion Dec 2014 #66

They should be more afraid of us, and the rule of law. grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #91

nice thought but i have my doubts 0rganism Dec 2014 #88

K & R !!! WillyT Dec 2014 #10

Citizen's arrest at their next engagement. n/t SylviaD Dec 2014 #11

Happy to REC and dream it could be so aint_no_life_nowhere Dec 2014 #13

"No man is above the law" rurallib Dec 2014 #15

Except the ones who are tblue Dec 2014 #64

as capt. picard says, "make it so". niyad Dec 2014 #17

What PO needs to do right now is... ReRe Dec 2014 #18

+1 Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #35

The President alone cannot simply "sign" the US up to the ICC. BlueMTexpat Dec 2014 #101

So what's the alternative? ReRe Dec 2014 #112

If you re-read my post, you will see that BlueMTexpat Dec 2014 #119

I apologize... ReRe Dec 2014 #123

No problem ... you are BlueMTexpat Dec 2014 #124

If they were the real men they present themselves to be... retired rooster Dec 2014 #19

I halfway expect that to happen as more of them are identified. jwirr Dec 2014 #40

You're All Dreaming billhicks76 Dec 2014 #20

he told us to LOOK FORWARD Skittles Dec 2014 #22

Just Like Bill Clinton Did billhicks76 Dec 2014 #26

that's CHANGE for ya Skittles Dec 2014 #28

Oh please. All Jeb has to say is "I'm not my brother, you'll have to ask him." Volaris Dec 2014 #45

Jeb Wins If Hillary His Opponent billhicks76 Dec 2014 #49

Jeb is very electable. tblue Dec 2014 #67

The right-wing despises Jeb. Common Core, Immigration ... those are poison pills to the right. Zen Democrat Dec 2014 #106

KnR. How I wish Hekate Dec 2014 #23

What irked me about the report was that the whole tone of it was dflprincess Dec 2014 #25

Let's get on it Miigwech Dec 2014 #27

Wasn't that declared off the table by Nancy Polosi 6 years ago? Same doc03 Dec 2014 #29

Kick! MoreGOPoop Dec 2014 #31

Leave plenty of room on the indictment for extra names . . . MrModerate Dec 2014 #32

The two idiots who developed this program. jwirr Dec 2014 #39

Ok, here's what I'd like to see happen... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2014 #33

lol. great image. hope it comes true. SummerSnow Dec 2014 #77

id love to see anonymous out the cia agents who tortured rdking647 Dec 2014 #36

That would be epic... Jamastiene Dec 2014 #69

Anonymous just getting the actual report would be epic, we are only getting a brief summary. harun Dec 2014 #93

One can only dream. SoapBox Dec 2014 #37

I would love to see W and his vp end up at The Hague but watching Rachel tonight and her guest jwirr Dec 2014 #38

Never gonna happen.. Volaris Dec 2014 #46

What sickens me to have been an American my entire life .... DrBulldog Dec 2014 #41

Same here. Jamastiene Dec 2014 #71

Yeah, I no longer celebrate July 4th. 47of74 Dec 2014 #95

C'mon, guys. Get Real. America doesn't punish its elites. radhika Dec 2014 #42

Bingo! RufusTFirefly Dec 2014 #43

Mahalo babylonsistah~ Cha Dec 2014 #50

It's official now BelgianMadCow Dec 2014 #53

At the very least, this should make international travel for them a bit more difficult deutsey Dec 2014 #54

K&R. nt DLevine Dec 2014 #55

Jail them in cells next to Milosovic. marble falls Dec 2014 #56

Take your choice rock Dec 2014 #58

Bush and Cheney flushed The Constitution when they flushed the Bill of Rights, didn't they? Jamastiene Dec 2014 #72

PoliticusUSA titles are easy to spot Capt. Obvious Dec 2014 #59

Don't forget to toss in... Hubert Flottz Dec 2014 #65

And don't forget Howard, the Australian PM. His security services have some KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #75

Since we know Cheney went to CIA, I'd be ok if he was the only one tried duhneece Dec 2014 #68

Let one of them get burned Tsiyu Dec 2014 #70

And we know Cheney would squeal on his 'croney-friends' quickly duhneece Dec 2014 #82

Oh, yeah Tsiyu Dec 2014 #84

With all that's going on albino65 Dec 2014 #73

The Democrats are weak when it comes to charging any GOP member for crimes. But this report will sammy750 Dec 2014 #74

, the Obama girls turkey pardon crisis is more important to rethugs than this. SummerSnow Dec 2014 #76

Even GWB knows the saying, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. ffr Dec 2014 #78

Travel turbinetree Dec 2014 #89

Bush/Cheney will likely never be able to leave the country Gman Dec 2014 #90

My ideal scenario, which I hope happened in a better parallel universe: tclambert Dec 2014 #94

Yes. Just yes. eom BlueMTexpat Dec 2014 #96

Torture G W Bush & Cheney in the same way they tortured others. hue Dec 2014 #97

people are demanding this be done samsingh Dec 2014 #98

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Dec 2014 #103

Every third-rate bottom-of-the-barrel nation in the world feels this way: DrBulldog Dec 2014 #107

Only a big show trial moondust Dec 2014 #110

Throw in Porter Goss and George Tenet, too AnnieBW Dec 2014 #111

What makes these crimes so egregious nilesobek Dec 2014 #113

Good for you! There was a better way; we can try to make babylonsister Dec 2014 #116

While the Justice Dept says they will not prosecute anyone assocated with torture, they did round up sammy750 Dec 2014 #114

Absolutely they should be prosecuted but there's no way it will ever happen. Kablooie Dec 2014 #115

Prosecute! JEB Dec 2014 #117

Dick Cheney should be fed into a blender Blue Idaho Dec 2014 #118

Republicans: Bengazi BAD - Torture GOOD! Joey Liberal Dec 2014 #120

kick napkinz Dec 2014 #122