When one of the surviving prosecutors at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials speaks, it’s important to listen. Here is a man who not only saw but made history in those trials of the Nazi regime and it’s lackeys. More than once defendants there argued they were only following orders as their defense. It didn’t work then and it won’t work now.
Nuremberg prosecutor Henry King Jr. told Reuters in a interview that the U.S. war crimes tribunals at Guantanamo violate both the spirit and law of the Geneva Convention. In a quote he says, “Robert Jackson, who's the architect of Nuremberg, would turn over in his grave if he knew what was going on at Guantanamo."
I for one take his comments very seriously. For anyone who claims to just be following orders of our President there is no defense. Crimes are crimes, and eventually I have to hope the people instigating them will be brought to justice. The Bushies and their lackeys are not Nazis, but they certainly have taken the dictatorial playbook to heart. Rights are being stripped away daily and for a detainee at Guantanamo, it’s a living hell. No fair trial, no charges and in many cases no shred of evidence of any kind.
As a nation we must stop this and get our elected leaders to do their duty and bring down this regim through impeachment. Enough is enough.
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