IMPEACHMENT

"Numerous religious organizations and interfaith groups have opposed the Bush administration's invasion and occupation of Iraq. The next prophetic step of these people of faith should also be to initiate their own movements to censure President Bush and Vice President Cheney and call for impeachment proceedings. For the sake of Iraq and Iran and North Korea-and America, it is time to stop President Bush from "praying for peace."

"Resolving disputes peacefully was the first thing out of President Bush's mouth and apparently the last thing on his mind. His pre-war public posture was that of a man of faith and peace. At his March 6, 2003 news conference, he said, "I pray daily. I pray for wisdom and guidance and strength. . . . I pray for peace. I pray for peace." (The New York Times, Mar. 7, 2003) Two weeks later he ordered the bombing of the Iraqi people and the invasion of their country."

"A growing body of evidence reveals that it is not about spreading freedom but falsehoods to deceive the American people and justify the war crimes being committed against the Iraqi people. The latest revelation was aired April 23, 2006 by CBS News television program "60 Minutes," in an interview with Tyler Drumheller, a top CIA officer. Drumheller headed an operation that established a covert relationship with a paid informant, Foreign Minister Naji Sabir, a member of Saddam Hussein's inner circle. "He told us that they have no active weapons of mass destruction program," Drumheller said.

"Some six months before America invaded Iraq, C.I.A. Director George Tenet delivered Foreign Minister Sabir's critical intelligence news at a meeting attended by President Bush, Vice President Cheney and Condoleezza Rice, then National Security Advisor. But they were only interested in intelligence that would justify their decision to invade Iraq. Drumheller stated, "The group that was dealing with preparation for the Iraq war came back and said, 'They're no longer interested.' And we said, 'Well, what about the intel?,' And they said. 'Well, this isn't isn't about intel anymore. This is about regime change.'"

Time for People of Faith to Censure Bush:
Praying for Peace or Preying on Peace?
By Rev. WILLIAM A. ALBERTS, Ph.D.
Weekend Edition/CounterPunch.com
April 29 / 30, 2006

"Well, so much for "fly-paper" or "fighting them over there" or attacking Iraq to end terror. The US government is now admitting that the Bush war in Iraq is generating anti-Western Terrorism. So far Madrid and London have been hit over it, and that is only the beginning. The jihadis getting training fighting Marines in Iraq will be a threat for decades, all over the world."
Informed Comment.com/Juan Cole, Professor of History University of Michigan


President Bush's Speech
6 October 2005:

[Words between brackets are by Mad Plato.]

The terrorists regard Iraq as the central front in their war against humanity, and we must recognize Iraq as the central front in our war on terror.
[Of course, this was not true before I bombed Iraq!]

Evil men who want to use horrendous weapons against us are working in deadly earnest to gain them. And we're working urgently to keep weapons of mass destruction out of their hands.
[You may ask "What about North Korea and India?” They don’t have petroleum.]

With every random bombing and with every funeral of a child it becomes more clear that the extremists are not patriots or resistance fighters. They are murderers at war with the Iraqi people themselves.
[ But America is your liberator! America is your Freedom-Spreader! I am your Decider!]

In Iraq, there is no peace without victory. We will keep our nerve and we will win that victory.
[And there is no victory without war!]

Throughout history, tyrants and would-be tyrants have always claimed that murder is justified to serve their grand vision. And they end up alienating decent people across the globe.
[I've alienated decent people across the globe.]

Tyrants and would-be tyrants have always claimed that regimented societies are strong and pure until those societies collapse in corruption and decay.
[The U.S. is not far behind.]

We don't know the course of our own struggle, the course our own struggle will take, or the sacrifices that might lie ahead.
[But many lies lie behind us in my own struggle!]

We do know, however, that the defense of freedom is worth our sacrifice. We do know the love of freedom is the mightiest force of history. And we do know the cause of freedom will once again prevail.
[Do you hear me Iran?]