International law and human rights expert Francis A. Boyle has a statement on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War that's more than worth listening to:
Since this is the tenth anniversary of the
Bush war against Iraq, concerning Democratic Party support for it: On March 13,
2003 Congressman John Conyers convened an emergency meeting in Washington DC
at a law firm right down the street from the White House on the Eve of War to
consider, discuss and debate my draft Bill to impeach Bush and Cheney to try
to stop that war. He invited Ramsey Clark and me to come in and debate the case
for impeachment. The debate was 2 hours long. He also invited in about 40 top
NGO honchos affiliated with the Democratic Party, including John Podesta, for
the debate. I will not name the rest of them here, but I will never forget these
pro-war cowards and hypocrites for the rest of my life-- not including
Congressman Conyers. At the end of 2 hours of vigorous debating, we adjourned
with my draft Bill of Impeachment sitting on the table. As Ramsey and I walked
out of the building to take our separate cabs, I turned to him and said : “
Ramsey, I don’t understand it. Why didn’t those people take me up on my offer to
stay here, polish up my Bill of Impeachment immediately, and put it in right
away to try to stop this war?” And Ramsey replied: “I think most of the people
there want a war.” The Democrats supported that war from the get-go. And this
includes the Democratic National Committee. Podesta was there on their behalf
and in the name of the DNC put the kybosh on my Bill of Impeachment designed to
stop Bush’s war against Iraq.
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francis a. boyle