Regicide Taboo
George W. Bush and his administration are responsible for the murders and mutilations of millions of people, yet most Americans believe he committed no crime, and certainly should not be punished, even admonished for bad judgement.
Bush and his collaborators clearly fabricated justifications for the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Several of the reasons were blatant outright lies such as the charge that Saddam Hussein kicked out the U.N. weapons inspectors. Simple research would reveal that in 1998 the Clinton and Blair Administrations warned the inspectors to leave Iraq because the U.S. and U.K. planned massive air strikes on that nation. The inspectors left. Saddam wouldn’t allow them back in, but he did not kick then out.
An example of the manipulation of facts was the charge that Saddam had total contempt for international law since he was in violation of 17 U.N. Resolutions. How common is violation of U.N. Resolutions? Turkey was in violation of twice that many at that time and Israel was in violation of four times that many. The U.S. total was more than eight times Iraq’s violations. Furthermore, most of the violations charged against Iraq were invalid. Saddam was charged with violations that were unfounded, many relating to weapons of mass destruction and nuclear ambitions which he did not have.
Judges who served at the Nuremberg Tribunals that tried and punished Nazis after World War II said aggression was the supreme charge that could be leveled against a suspect. They said the Bush Administration’s invasion of Iraq clearly met the criteria for an act of aggression. The U.S. and Great Britain hanged dozens of Nazis on the charge of aggression. George Bush will not spend a day in jail for committing the supreme crime. No wonder the U.S. is so dysfunctional.
Why was aggression a horrible capital crime when committed by Nazis and pardonable when committed by U.S. politicians? Cognitive dissonance is the psychological term. Our animal instincts tell us that our leaders can do no wrong. Most people have a double standard and tend to go into denial when their own herd leaders commit a horrendous crime, particularly when they believe the act is protecting the herd.
Regicide, murdering the king, is revulsive instinctively to those whose minds are dominated by the amygdala, or primitive sector of the the hybrid brain. It's an indication that Americans still are not ready for democracy, justice and values.
The percentage of people who oppose punishing George W. Bush for his crimes, including the murders of more than 4,350 U.S. troops, is indicative of the number of Americans whose minds remain at the atavistic first millennium stage. That number approaches 90%,
Bush and his collaborators clearly fabricated justifications for the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Several of the reasons were blatant outright lies such as the charge that Saddam Hussein kicked out the U.N. weapons inspectors. Simple research would reveal that in 1998 the Clinton and Blair Administrations warned the inspectors to leave Iraq because the U.S. and U.K. planned massive air strikes on that nation. The inspectors left. Saddam wouldn’t allow them back in, but he did not kick then out.
An example of the manipulation of facts was the charge that Saddam had total contempt for international law since he was in violation of 17 U.N. Resolutions. How common is violation of U.N. Resolutions? Turkey was in violation of twice that many at that time and Israel was in violation of four times that many. The U.S. total was more than eight times Iraq’s violations. Furthermore, most of the violations charged against Iraq were invalid. Saddam was charged with violations that were unfounded, many relating to weapons of mass destruction and nuclear ambitions which he did not have.
Judges who served at the Nuremberg Tribunals that tried and punished Nazis after World War II said aggression was the supreme charge that could be leveled against a suspect. They said the Bush Administration’s invasion of Iraq clearly met the criteria for an act of aggression. The U.S. and Great Britain hanged dozens of Nazis on the charge of aggression. George Bush will not spend a day in jail for committing the supreme crime. No wonder the U.S. is so dysfunctional.
Why was aggression a horrible capital crime when committed by Nazis and pardonable when committed by U.S. politicians? Cognitive dissonance is the psychological term. Our animal instincts tell us that our leaders can do no wrong. Most people have a double standard and tend to go into denial when their own herd leaders commit a horrendous crime, particularly when they believe the act is protecting the herd.
Regicide, murdering the king, is revulsive instinctively to those whose minds are dominated by the amygdala, or primitive sector of the the hybrid brain. It's an indication that Americans still are not ready for democracy, justice and values.
The percentage of people who oppose punishing George W. Bush for his crimes, including the murders of more than 4,350 U.S. troops, is indicative of the number of Americans whose minds remain at the atavistic first millennium stage. That number approaches 90%,
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