More proof of U.S. War Crimes authorized by Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld

From the headlines today, "For the most extensive medical study of former U.S. detainees published so far, Physicians for Human Rights had doctors and mental health professionals examine 11 former prisoners. The group alleges finding evidence of U.S. torture and war crimes and accuses U.S. military health professionals of allowing the abuse of detainees, denying them medical care and providing confidential medical information to interrogators that they then exploited.

"Some of these men really are, several years later, very severely scarred," said Barry Rosenfeld, a psychology professor at Fordham University who conducted psychological tests on six of the 11 detainees covered by the study. "It's a testimony to how bad those conditions were and how personal the abuse was."

One Iraqi prisoner, identified only as Yasser, reported being subjected to electric shocks three times and being sodomized with a stick. His thumbs bore round scars consistent with shocking, according to the report obtained by The Associated Press. He would not allow a full rectal exam." To read the complete story click here.

The World is building a case against Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld for War Crimes while the Congress finally took the first steps to impeach the President & Vice President when Rep. Dennis Kucinich read the Articles of Impeachment on the floor of Congress last week. We have been a little late to this party as a nation of free people, but the world has been moving forward steadily.

The day will come in the next few years under a Barack Obama or John McCain Presidency, when we will be asked to hand these individuals over to the World Court to be held on War Crimes charges. Under a McCain Presidency, we would never even consider this as it would be declared not to have jurisdiction over any U.S. citizen. An Obama Presidency would also be pressed to turn over at least Rumsfeld to the World Court. My hope would be that we would have a different kind of politic and Presidency under Obama and that he would give this request serious consideration and would consider this to heal the rift of the World community with the U.S. But remember this, the time is coming and as a nation we must consider this option, especially if we ask every other country in the world to hand over their suspected War Criminals to the World Court.