IRAQ: On war and war crimes
On Jun. 24th, 2008
The war's breach of both domestic and international law is obvious. It isn't iffy or obscure. Lying in order to launch a war of aggression against a sovereign nation that doesn't have the means to cause us harm is more than merely "bad."
If we do not believe there can be any redress for war crimes, all law has broken down. If the worst imaginable crimes are not illegal, what leg do laws against murder and the rest have to stand on?
Our lawmakers in Congress, starting with Nancy Pelosi, destroy the legitimacy of the laws they enact by not acknowledging their most important Constitutional duty: to protect our highest laws from gross transgression.
What is it that keeps us from recognizing the seriousness of the war crime of launching an illegal war, and what can awaken us to that? The emperor has no clothes. Why do war opponents not recognize and act on that?
MICHAEL D. CONNELLY, ROCHESTER
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Jim Delaney on June 24th, 2008
Well-stated, but your premises, re "lying in order to launch an illegal war," and "illegal war" itself are not only glaringly and horribly erroneous, but symptomatic of a incredibly illogical and gut-wrenching loathing of George Bush which is, of course, borne of a very successful and relentless Democratic propaganda campaign to which you've so easily succumbed. Read something other than Move-On.org, et. al. screeds and return to the liberating reality inhabited by us lowly earth-bound types. Despite the looney left doomsayers, it's actually quite nice down here. I know you'll love it. Honest.