Every American should be forced to watch this video

(10 am. – promoted by ek hornbeck)

Crossposted at Dkos under the title “Make the bad man stop” (alternate version)

Thanks for the bump up, Ek!

    During WWII American soldiers went into the German towns and forced the towns folk to look upon the horror and suffering that had taken place in their midst. They were not permitted to look away. They were forced to see what had been done by others such as they.

    Today in America we need to do the same thing. Please watch this video and then e-mail it to someone else. We can not allow crimes such as these to go unpunished.

    If we do not investigate the Bush/Cheney Administration, we cease to be America.

Article 120

Wills of prisoners of war shall be drawn up so as to satisfy the conditions of validity required by the legislation of their country of origin, which will take steps to inform the Detaining Power of its requirements in this respect. At the request of the prisoner of war and, in all cases, after death, the will shall be transmitted without delay to the Protecting Power; a certified copy shall be sent to the Central Agency.

Death certificates in the form annexed to the present Convention, or lists certified by a responsible officer, of all persons who die as prisoners of war shall be forwarded as rapidly as possible to the Prisoner of War Information Bureau established in accordance with Article 122. The death certificates or certified lists shall show particulars of identity as set out in the third paragraph of Article 17, and also the date and place of death, the cause of death, the date and place of burial and all particulars necessary to identify the graves.

The burial or cremation of a prisoner of war shall be preceded by a medical examination of the body with a view to confirming death and enabling a report to be made and, where necessary, establishing identity.

Deceased prisoners of war shall be buried in individual graves unless unavoidable circumstances require the use of collective graves. Bodies may be cremated only for imperative reasons of hygiene, on account of the religion of the deceased or in accordance with his express wish to this effect. In case of cremation, the fact shall be stated and the reasons given in the death certificate of the deceased.

In order that graves may always be found, all particulars of burials and graves shall be recorded with a Graves Registration Service established by the Detaining Power. Lists of graves and particulars of the prisoners of war interred in cemeteries and elsewhere shall be transmitted to the Power on which such prisoners of war depended. Responsibility for the care of these graves and for records of any subsequent moves of the bodies shall rest on the Power controlling the territory, if a Party to the present Convention. These provisions shall also apply to the ashes, which shall be kept by the Graves Registration Service until proper disposal thereof in accordance with the wishes of the home country.

Article 121

Every death or serious injury of a prisoner of war caused or suspected to have been caused by a sentry, another prisoner of war, or any other person, as well as any death the cause of which is unknown, shall be immediately followed by an official enquiry by the Detaining Power.

A communication on this subject shall be sent immediately to the Protecting Power. Statements shall be taken from witnesses, especially from those who are prisoners of war, and a report including such statements shall be forwarded to the Protecting Power.

If the enquiry indicates the guilt of one or more persons, the Detaining Power shall take all measures for the prosecution of the person or persons responsible.

Geneva Convention

   If we do not investigate with the intent to prosecute High Level members of the Bush/Cheney administration we will have thrown aside our Democracy. We will have abandoned the rule of law and civilization. We will be a tyranny.

   Class war. If you are rich and powerful, it doesn’t matter how many people die. If you are poor, you go to jail.

   The concept of the rule of law can not exist except as an absolute. One hole pops the balloon. Just as a balloon, the rule of law is permeable, things pass in and out, it breathes new life to adapt to the culture it exists in, but always there are boundaries, the place where thin air stops and a wall comes up that you can not break. The rule of law is elastic, but it can only be stretched so far.

   Much like a balloon, the rule of law can break down. It can go POP! We see the hatred in our society being drummed up by the Oligarchs who would fleece us with no empathy. We see the racism, the sexism, the divide and conquer tactic of fear thine enemy.

   What we must always remember, is that there is nothing to fear but fear itself.

   I say we should have full investigations into the War Crimes of Bush/Cheney. Has our nation fallen so far that we stood up to Adolf Hitler during WWII but we fear to stand up to Dick Cheney? I refuse to believe so.

   What Dick Cheney has done is pumped the balloon up with a lot of hot air. This is dangerous. If Dick Cheney is allowed to do as he has done and be excused for the hot air he calls justice and security, well, when that balloon pops, the explosion could take our Democracy with it.

Link and go to the bottom of the diary for Contact information on where to demand a Special Prosecutor and Congress to investigate Bush/Cheney.