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I thought they impeached him for lying? And having bad taste in women! Come on, he was the 'effing POTUS and the best he could do was Monica? JFK scored Marilyn Monroe! Clinton? Monica Lewinsky. WTF?
Don't give me a regurgitation of that loon, dennis "the menace" kucinich.
This is one for starters:
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The War Crimes Act of 1996, a federal statute set forth at 18 U.S.C. § 2441, makes it a federal crime for any U.S. national, whether military or civilian, to violate the Geneva Convention by engaging in murder, torture, or inhuman treatment.
American intolerance of torture reaches back to its foundation as a sovereign nation. Our founding fathers and their intellectual compatriots had not forgotten the excesses and barbarism of the French
Revolution. They decided that, as a country, we would never allow such practices.
Don't give me a regurgitation of that loon, dennis "the menace" kucinich.
Appears as if Bush and Cheney violated this federal statute.
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The War Crimes Act of 1996, a federal statute set forth at 18 U.S.C. § 2441, makes it a federal crime for any U.S. national, whether military or civilian, to violate the Geneva Convention by engaging in murder, torture, or inhuman treatment.
The statute applies not only to those who carry out the acts, but also to those who ORDER IT, know about it, or fail to take steps to stop it. The statute applies to everyone, no matter how high and mighty.
18 U.S.C. § 2441 has no statute of limitations, which means that a war crimes complaint can be filed at any time.
The penalty may be life imprisonment or -- if a single prisoner dies due to torture -- death. Given that there are numerous, documented cases of prisoners being tortured to death by U.S. soldiers in both Iraq and Afghanistan (see for example this report), that means that the death penalty would be appropriate for anyone found guilty of carrying out, ordering, or sanctioning such conduct.
Unfortunately, everyone in Washington is so locked into their respective parties and will tolerate almost any behavior from the members of their parties. It's dispicable.
if you truly believe that statement, then obama needs to be prosecuted for his past drug use, fdr for keeping the USA in a depression and getting the USA into WWII, lincoln for not following the Constitution, wilson for his outright socialist activities and a whole slew of other things done by each and every president.
American intolerance of torture reaches back to its foundation as a sovereign nation. Our founding fathers and their intellectual compatriots had not forgotten the excesses and barbarism of the French
Revolution. They decided that, as a country, we would never allow such practices.
Amid all the natural and political disasters it faces, the White House is certainly tireless in its effort to legalize torture.
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