Bush is responsible for the lawbreaking in Iraq

Salt Lake Tribune by Chuck Tripp | Jan. 4, 2009 (Opinion)

Iraq is a caldron of broken laws.
Recent noise surrounding the indictment of Blackwater guards for war crimes they allegedly committed in Iraq during September 2007 serves as a reminder that the Bush administration's entire misadventure in that country has involved lawbreaking on a scale that may be unparalleled by any other U.S. presidency in recent memory, perhaps even exceeding that of Richard Nixon's reign.
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by James Canning - Jan. 9, 2009

The author makes a good legal case for the bringing of criminal indictments for war crimes against Bush administration officials (including Bush). He does not mention the deception of France and Germany, by the Bush administration, who were told Bush would seek a further UN resolution before launching any invasion of Iraq, if they supported Un Resolution No. 1441. The author states that the Bush administration's criminality may exceed that of the Nixon administration.

I think Tripp is right, that the Bush administration has managed to exceed the criminality of the Nixon administration; both promoted unnedcessary wars, squandered staggering amounts of taxpayer money, caused hundreds of thousands of people to die violent deaths needlessly, etc. I favor the compilation of a complete record of the abuse of intelligence, manipulation of the press, bribery, blackmail and other schemes that helped to set up the invasion of Iraq.