Impeach Bush and Cheney, Or Not?

Matthew Borcello, BSW

At first I favored impeachment of Bush and Cheney, because I felt they were acting out as a dictatorship and doing a lot of illegal activities condoned by the demised Republican congress. I really could not specify exactly how they have done this, except for the illegal wire-tapping instituted by the Bush Administration, and Cheney?s ties with Haliburton. Well, I found all the information on the subject that I could to confirm my convictions and I have described them in this article.

It seems that Iraqi construction companies are not allowed to have contracts to help to rebuild Iraq. Only other countries are allowed to obtain such contracts. This information may not be widely known, but many in the U.S. military would like the U.S. to pull out of Iraq, and although many Iraqi citizens are happy that the U.S. helped them get rid of a dictator/tyrant, they most likely would like to have control of their own country, rather than having the U.S. ?pretend? that they have given back control to them. The U.S. is actually using the introduction of democracy as a ploy to achieve U.S. support for the war on terrorism. What the Bush administration has managed to accomplish is a pseudo-Iraqi government, secretly controlled by U.S. interests.

Now, after reading this information, impeachment seems to be the most viable option, but after thinking about it maybe impeachment isn?t a great idea after all. Since Bush and Cheney both made that big mess, they should clean it up. If they are impeached, that would leave the Democrats to try and clean it up, succeed or fail. The mess is so big that if the Democrats tried, chances are they may not succeed, thus ruining their chance for a Democratic president in 2008. Maybe Bush should stay in office and with the Democratic congress guiding him, perhaps things can get better in Iraq.

This makes me wonder if impeachment is a good idea or not, so our congress will have to weigh the pro?s and con?s, then make their final decision. Part of me hopes that Congress decides to put impeachment on the table, and part of me wonders if it?s a good idea to let Bush remain in office until the end of his term. The question lies in whether Bush will continue on his path of dictatorship and slow destruction of our U.S. military, and U.S. reputation by keeping the ?puppet? government in Iraq in place, and continuing the efforts to keep the Iraqi?s from having contracts to rebuild in their own country, or not. Keeping things going in ?full-force? in Iraq is similar to the way he tried to keep Rumsfeld as the U.S. Defense Secretary. In this case, maybe Bush should be stopped by removing of his post as the U.S. president. In my opinion, either he changes paths and keeps his job, or continues in the same course and gets impeached so that our troops can be called home and the Iraqi?s are allowed to govern and repair their own country. One important thing to think about is that it is highly likely that the insurgents, militia, etc, are attacking U.S. forces (and Iraqi government officials), simply because they know what Bush is doing and are unhappy that they are not being given the opportunity to fix their own country (and it doesn?t help when the Bush Administration concocts a lot of lies about how the ?rebels? are trying to keep Iraq from being rebuilt). It is also possible that the so-called rebels are angry at the U.S. because their rights as citizens have been taken away in the name of oil corporations and greed. It is possible that once U.S. troops are gone and Iraq is allowed to rebuild and truly form their own government, things might end up better than they are now. Think of it, no more war with Iraq and no more attacks on our U.S. soldiers.

According to our Constitution, International Treaties are part of the "supreme Law of the Land". They are not something that can be ignored when they are inconvenient. Bush's violations of the UN Charter and the Nuremberg Charter are, therefore, impeachable offenses.

George Bush has committed war crimes in violation of the UN Charter and the Nuremberg Charter.

Synopsis: Bush attacked Iraq, against the decisions of the United Nations, and thus violated the UN Charter. Planning and committing a war of aggression is a violation of the Nuremberg Charter. According to the US Constitution these international treaties are part of the "supreme Law of the Land". Bush has violated the Nuremberg Charter and the UN Charter and is, therefore, subject to impeachment.

Juhasz, Antonia, (2006) The Bush Agenda: Invading The World One Economy At A Time, HarperCollins Canada, Harper Trade.