Put president on trial
Chico Enterprise-Record
Article Launched: 01/05/2007 12:00:00 AM PST


George W. Bush's sacrifice of 3,000 troops killed and 25,000 wounded together with 650,000 Iraqis killed has clearly earned him the title of "War Criminal of the Century," and he should be tried as such. He rationalizes that this slaughter is a reasonable reaction to 9/11, which of course it was not, since Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 and had no weapons of mass destruction.

In fact there is convincing evidence that Bush and his neo-conservative associates were complicit in the attack on the Twin Towers, the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. A recent book, "9/11 and American Empire — Intellectuals Speak Out" (Olive Branch Press, 2007) written by a number of well respected experts, adduces very persuasive evidence of such complicity hidden by the administration under the bogus assertion that it is top secret. Let's hope that the new Democratic Congress ferrets out this information by investigative hearings and subpoenas. This should provide the necessary evidence to impeach Bush and Cheney, which appears to be the only way to stop the insanity and prevent another pre-emptory quagmire, i.e., the bombing or invasion of Iran.

— Victor M. Corbett, Chico