| akuma587 said: Megaman is being a little extreme, but he is correct that some of the things that Bush has done could potentially be considered criminal, if not as a war crime but at least as a domestic crime. |
Megaman quoted a bunch of UN resolutions and a few Supreme Court decisions, which mean little or have no bearing on Bush's legality.
The Supreme Court's rulings have no punitive effect on Bush because they, by and large, were also approved by Congress. The Supreme Court is not a court that dictates punishment; they generally deal with the Constitution and the legality of laws passed. If a President was to make a "law" (which he doesn't) that is later run down by the Supreme Court, there is no basis for which that President should be prosecuted by law. It's the very nature of the United States system. Congress passes a law, a President might approve or initiate that law, but the Supreme Court simply deems it legal or not. Of course, their influence also goes to the state level but that's another subject entirely and is not relevant to this because no state can prosecute on a federal matter.
As for the UN, they're a toothless entity that has no real power to enact or do anything. Looking for them to "put Bush in his place" is comical. If you really gave a shit, you would have been calling for Putin's head nearly a decade ago and you would have been arguing about the French and German involvement in the "Oil for Food" program before the Iraq War even started.
I have a hard time respecting anyone who wants Bush to be prosecuted for "X" while they let the rest of the world get away with murder. Yeah, Bush was a prick. One of my three best friends on all of Earth died from a suicide bomber outside Baghdad. I had to watch a father bury his son and a wife of a year bury her mate. It was terrible. I have a million reasons to deride and despise Bush but I won't let myself stoop to the level of many of you so called "progressive thinkers".
PS. Akuma, that last paragraph wasn't aimed at you. Just wanted to make that clear.
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