Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Should Bush be tried for war crimes?

Background
From the Sun; Lawrence Velvel, the dean of the Massachusetts School of Law, will host a conference in September aimed at preparing war crimes prosecutions against the president and members of his administration. Mr. Velvel hopes that the meeting will lay the groundwork "to pursue the guilty as long as necessary".
Once upon a time, on a sunny evening with a distant rainbow in the east, sitting on the wet green lawn near the roses, Albert and Trebla went into an argument AGAIN...

Albert: Should Bush be tried for war crimes?

Trebla: Absolutely

Albert: Would Bush be tried for war crimes?

Trebla: Never.

Albert: Should Bush be tried for torture, extraordinary rendition and other grotesque constitutional abuses?

Trebla: Absolutely

Albert: Would Bush be tried for torture, extraordinary rendition and other grotesque constitutional abuses?

Trebla: Unlikely.

Albert: Should Bush be tried for murdering American citizens by sending them to Iraq?

Trebla: Absolutely

Albert: Would Bush be tried for for murdering American citizens by sending them to Iraq?

Trebla: Depends on whether the Democrats have any backbone.

Albert: Let me ask these questions in a different order by assuming that the Democrats do have the gut to do something right for the American people.

Trebla: That's a big assumption! But I'll go along with you.

Albert: After Bush has been tried for for murdering American citizens by sending them to Iraq, would Bush be tried for torture, extraordinary rendition and other grotesque constitutional abuses?

Trebla: Likely

Albert: After Bush has been tried for torture, extraordinary rendition and other grotesque constitutional abuses, would Bush be tried for war crimes?

Trebla: Depends on whether the American citizens have the courage and moral stance to right the wrong.

Albert: Let's hope American can get this right.

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