# President Bush Should be Arrested **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 29, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786 "2004-10-29T02:48:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![See-ahm-bee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/see-ahm-bee/32/7282_2.png) [@See-ahm-bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/See-ahm-bee)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/1 "2004-10-29T02:48:21Z")
President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary Powell, Chairmen of Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor Rice… All these should be arrested and tried in the Hague, along with Slobodan Milosevic. The only reason the US officials are spared this fate is _Might Makes Right_. The US uses lawyers to say their officials are not criminals. Americans are pathetic to give serious consideration to re-electing GW Bush. The fact that the country would come close to re-electing a genocidal psychopathic meglamaniacal murderer meanssssssssssss… the US is not my country anymore. It has been overtaken by maniacs. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/2 "2004-10-29T02:49:34Z")
Too much caffeine. ---
**Author:** ![See-ahm-bee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/see-ahm-bee/32/7282_2.png) [@See-ahm-bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/See-ahm-bee)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/3 "2004-10-29T02:51:54Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > Too much caffeine. Let’s can the attackes on participants here. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/4 "2004-10-29T02:53:25Z")
attack? 🙂 my… ---
**Author:** ![See-ahm-bee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/see-ahm-bee/32/7282_2.png) [@See-ahm-bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/See-ahm-bee)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/5 "2004-10-29T02:57:44Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > attack? > 🙂 > my… yes. When you attempt to discredit a serious assertion by dismissing it as caffeine-babble, that is an attack. Any more questions, or can we actually discuss the statement: Bush and his close advisors should stand trial for their actions in a world court. Or just executed with giant bombs dropped into their planning headquarters, like they have done to the freedom fighters in Iraq, who are resisting an unwelcome army in their country. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/6 "2004-10-29T02:59:12Z")
And they say liberals are soft on crime. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/7 "2004-10-29T02:59:22Z")
Yep, any politicians you disagree with, lock 'em up! If only there was a way to make sure they left office without having to resort to the world courts! Alas, there’s none I can see! Don’t know if you’ll have a happy visit here without fleshing out your arguments a bit. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/8 "2004-10-29T02:59:30Z")
I say no, we should not execute any of the Bush government. Any debaters? ---
**Author:** ![See-ahm-bee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/see-ahm-bee/32/7282_2.png) [@See-ahm-bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/See-ahm-bee)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/9 "2004-10-29T02:59:59Z")
> [@vanilla](#): > > I say no, we should not execute any of the Bush government. > Any debaters? How about have them stand trial? ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/10 "2004-10-29T03:00:46Z")
well, hmmm. Not GIANT bombs. Maybe mini bombs would be more humane. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/11 "2004-10-29T03:01:57Z")
Okay. I vote no trials. Who’s with me? ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/12 "2004-10-29T03:04:48Z")
I’m just sad that there’s no way for _the people themselves_ to decide whether or not they want this crowd in office. Nope, it’s either a trip to the Hague or they’ll just stay in office forever and ever. Dang it all! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/13 "2004-10-29T03:12:19Z")
> [@See-ahm-bee](#): > > President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rumsfeld, Secretary Powell, Chairmen of Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor Rice… > > All these should be arrested and tried in the Hague, along with Slobodan Milosevic. Hey, leave Slobo out of this. He’s cool. Seriously, dude, lurk a bit before starting another thread. Another week ought to be enough. ---
**Author:** ![See-ahm-bee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/see-ahm-bee/32/7282_2.png) [@See-ahm-bee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/See-ahm-bee)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/14 "2004-10-29T03:17:20Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Hey, leave Slobo out of this. He’s cool. > > Seriously, dude, lurk a bit before starting another thread. Another week ought to be enough. how come slobo is on trial, but not our guys? And why are you people here not outraged? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/15 "2004-10-29T03:21:57Z")
Can I ask a stupid question? What would the charges be See-ahm-bee? Could you list some charges Bush et al could (realistically) charged with? Feel free to list all their ‘crimes’ so that we can actually answer your question. > [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > Seriously, dude, lurk a bit before starting another thread. Another week ought to be enough. If you get nothing else out of this thread listen to this advice…it will spare you a lot of pain in future (as well as coming to a sticky end with the mods around here). There are MANY anti-Bush people on this board, but your OP is complete tin foil. -XT ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/16 "2004-10-29T03:22:01Z")
> [@See-ahm-bee](#): > > … overtaken by maniacs. When come back, bring citations and explanations for the points of your case. Or burning your post in The Pit. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/17 "2004-10-29T03:23:46Z")
See-ahm-bee: OK, say you are the prosecutor and I’m on the jury. Tell me (a) what Bush is accused of, (b) what your evidence is against him. I mean real charges, not make-believe ones like “being a terrible president.” That’s not against the law. You can’t prosecute someone for being terrible at their job. All you can do is fire them (which we intend to do, I assure you). ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/18 "2004-10-29T03:30:28Z")
I agree with the thrust of the OP. Charges? Genocide. [**100,000 Iraqi civilians dead**](http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1338749,00.html) > [@](#): > > \*\*About 100,000 Iraqi civilians - half of them women and children - have died in Iraq since the invasion, mostly as a result of airstrikes by coalition forces, according to the first reliable study of the death toll from Iraqi and US public health experts. > > The study, which was carried out in 33 randomly-chosen neighbourhoods of Iraq representative of the entire population, shows that violence is now the leading cause of death in Iraq. Before the invasion, most people died of heart attacks, stroke and chronic illness. The risk of a violent death is now 58 times higher than it was before the invasion. > > Last night the Lancet medical journal fast-tracked the survey to publication on its website after rapid, but extensive peer review and editing because, said Lancet editor Richard Horton, “of its importance to the evolving security situation in Iraq”. But the findings raised important questions also for the governments of the United Sates and Britain who, said Dr Horton in a commentary, “must have considered the likely effects of their actions for civilians”. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/19 "2004-10-29T03:34:06Z")
> [@See-ahm-bee](#): > > Bush and his close advisors should stand trial for their actions in a world court. Or just executed with giant bombs dropped into their planning headquarters, like they have done to the freedom fighters in Iraq, who are resisting an unwelcome army in their country. Ix-nay on on the ombs-bay, **See-ahm-bee** , or you may end up like friend [Derek Kjar](http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1012-31.htm), up to his armpits in Schutzstaffel. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786/20 "2004-10-29T03:35:24Z")
> [@See-ahm-bee](#): > > how come slobo is on trial, but not our guys? For some reason it is a little different when you do it to your own people. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-bush-should-be-arrested/271786.md?page=2)