Commentary By Ron Beasley
The admitted and unapologetic war criminals of the Bush administration my be safe in the United States but they had better not try to use their passports anytime soon.
London�s Tory mayor, Boris Johnson, has some strong words of caution for former president George W. Bush: if you come to Europe to promote your book, pack heavily and be prepared for a long stay. In fact, you may �never see Texas again.� As he sees it, Bush�s book and statements he has made in efforts to market it constitute admissions of serious crimes.
Initial reports about Bush�s autobiography did not go over well in Europe, and Britain�s new Conservative government was particularly eager to push back against suggestions that their conservatism had any resemblance to the Bush variety. Bush insisted this his decision to use waterboarding and other torture techniques kept Britain safe. But British Conservatives are having none of it:
In the case of the three men waterboarded on Bush�s orders, British ministers are not aware of any valuable information they gave about plots against Heathrow, Canary Wharf or anywhere else. All the policy has achieved is to degrade America in the eyes of the world, and to allow America�s enemies to utter great whoops of vindication. It is not good enough for Dubya now to claim that what he did was OK, because �the lawyers said it was legal�.
The Bush administration destroyed the credibility of the United States and this country is no longer in a position to criticize any other country for human rights violations. The Obama Justice Department could have repaired some of the damage but they didn't and so they are now part of the problem.
Is it just part of the problem or has the Obama gang's refusal to investigate potential war crimes committed its own war crime. Ah to be a lawyer but I suspect Mr. Obama has joined the ranks of those famous few hung or imprisoned after WWII. I suspect no one will try the SOB - apologize to his mum who seems from what I know not at all like Mr. Obama.
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