So honestly, Bush could decide to bomb an Iraqi orphanage, which he knows to be an orphanage and nothing more, and his simple declaration that it was a threat is enough?
re: Blalron’s quote of the legal definition of murder: Even if it could be proven that Bush used fraud to start the war, and that this fact negates the authorization by Congress, doesn’t it still require an intent to kill? In theory (though admittedly never in practice), one starts a war in the hopes that his enemies surrender without bloodshed (at least without extra-legal bloodshed; Saddam’s subsequent execution by the new Iraqi authorities wasn’t a war killing) and without the loss of any of your own troops? At worst, wouldn’t the crime be manslaughter?
Yes.
How’s your giant squid? Healthy?
Commander-in-Chief! Commander-in-Chief! Commander-in-Chief!
Goddamn…if I see one more person murder that phrase…