Indictment

This has occured to me quite a few times since 2002, when the Bushies shifted attention from Afghanistan to Iraq so quickly that I nearly got whiplash. The actions of the present Administration fit quite nicely into 3 of the 4 counts of the 1945 Nuremberg indictment (the remaining count, that of Conspiring to Seize Power, is rendered moot by the reelection).

I'm sending this to Rep. Putnam from my district, as well as to Senators Nelson and Martinez.

INDICTMENT

PLAINTIFF: Walter Reimer, a Citizen of the United States of America

VS.

DEFENDANTS:

GEORGE WALKER BUSH, President of the United States of America

RICHARD CHENEY, Vice-President of the United States of America

DONALD RUMSFELD, Secretary of Defense, United States of America

Et.alii.


Charges:

1. Conspiring to Wage a War of Aggression

TO WIT, that the Defendants did, beginning in 2001, conspire and combine in such a manner to build a pretextual case for a war of aggression against another sovereign nation, i.e. The Republic of Iraq, and in so doing did conspire to falsify or rely upon unreliable and uncorroborated foreign intelligence. This conspiracy resulted in, to date, the deaths of 1,657 American military personnel and approximately 100,000 Iraqis.
Such a conspiracy is a violation of the Defendant’s oaths of office, in which they swear to “support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” and is also a violation of international law, treaties, and the Charter of the United Nations.

2. Waging a War of Aggression

TO WIT, that the Defendants did plan and execute a plan for the invasion of another sovereign nation, i.e. The Republic of Iraq. The justification for said invasion was a preventive war under Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. The Republic of Iraq, its military and its national leadership did not pose an imminent threat to the sovereignty, security, or citizenry of the United States of America. Therefore, the waging of an aggressive war against The Republic of Iraq is in violation of the United Nations Charter, and by extension (due its ratification by the United States Senate in 1945) a violation of United States Federal law.

3. Crimes against Humanity

TO WIT, that the Defendants, under color of their authority, did allow persons to be held in confinement without charge, trial, representation or due process, in violation of the Geneva and Hague Conventions; that the Defendants, under color of their authority, did allow persons detained by the United States to be transferred to other nations to be tortured, in violation of the Geneva and Hague Conventions; and that the Defendants ignored or evaded the obligations placed on them under United States Federal and international law regarding the treatment of prisoners of war and persons interned during time of war.

THEREFORE, the Plaintiff respectfully requests that a criminal investigation proceed against the Defendants, as well as against those others not named who, delegated by the Defendants, perpetrated these offenses; and the Plaintiff further respectfully submits that the charge in Count One above constitutes a High Crime or Misdemeanor under the United States Constitution, warranting impeachment of the Defendants.


Naturally, I don't expect anything to come out of this, but hey, it's good exercise.