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Khadr VS Bush - Who's the real war criminal?
Ottawa Sun April 20 2012

According to current U.S. law, Omar Khadr is a war criminal worthy of 40 years imprisonment for killing a Special Forces medic while George W. Bush gets $200, 000 per speaking engagement. This medic was a volunteer commando, cross-trained in all their deadly skills. According to International Law, Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeldt are also war criminals, but they are protected by U.S. power and exceptionalism. This is like comparing a mouse to a pack of hyenas.

Conspiring to invade Iraq, operating secret prisons and authorizing the systematic abuse and torture of prisoners are war crimes by any objective definition. Yes, simulated drowning is torture. Ask former SEAL Jessie Ventura. There is a body of evidence indicating that Bush and his inner circle conspired and committed these crimes secure in the knowledge that they would be protected by their power and also by public fear, confusion and apathy.

Were the Nuremberg standards applied to Bush, Cheney and Rumsfelt they would likely be on trial for their lives because they all participated in planning and waging an insidious campaign of aggressive war, illegal detainment, prisoner abuse and torture. Many low-ranking U.S. military personnel have been prosecuted for their roles in the Abu Graib atrocities while their political leadership remains unpunished. What message does this send to the world?