By Manila Ryce
Published Saturday, February 14th, 2009, 11:59 pm
Filed under: Videos: Political, World: Asia, War, World Issues, Videos, US Politics

10 Responses to “Barack Obama is a War Criminal”

1. Wow. So people are really going to try to hold the person elected to clean up the mess of the last eight years as accountable as
   the person that doctored intel to get us into war. Sad. If you actually think that anyone (INCLUDING RON PAUL!) would be able
   to snap their fingers and end GBW’s illegal war, you don’t know much about the American political system. You have private
   interests in the form of Blackwater, KBR, Haliburton, and the Oil and Gas Industry fighting tooth and nail against leaving, you have
   GWB signing agreements with the Iraq Government MONTHS before Obama takes office, and a nightmare emerging in
   Afghanistan because we were drug into Iraq with lies. So because Obama can’t end the war in his first THREE WEEKS in office,
   he has people like you that can apparently predict the future that he won’t make his time line for withdrawal claiming he is
   MORE??? responsible for a war started by lies. As someone that is a Journalism major in college that has been vocal in
   condemning the war on my campus that did vote cautiously for Obama and will continue to hold him to his word, being called
   a supporter of this war in any way is bullshit. What are people like you doing to help end the war except crying about the way
   the Republican party treats RON PAUL!!! Really disappointed to see intelligent people resort to crap like this.

   T. Cross
   02/16/09 at 12:37 pm
   
2. 

   @T. Cross

   Firstly T. Cross, what does Ron Paul have to do with any of this and why would you think I’m a supporter? Perhaps the same line of assumptive logic which led you to support Obama also led you to believe any anti-war voter who didn’t support Obama was a Paulbot. Not so.

   “… the person elected to clean up the mess of the last eight years as accountable as the person that doctored intel to get us into war.”

   You incorrectly assume that Obama was elected to “clean up the mess”. Obama never stated this. He was put into office by the very private interests you go on to list a sentence later.

   “Sad. If you actually think that anyone (INCLUDING RON PAUL!) would be able to snap their fingers and end GBW’s illegal war, you don’t know much about the American political system.”

   Read the US Constitution, then get back to me on the American political system. As Commander in Chief, the President’s role is to prosecute the war that Congress has authorized within the legitimate parameters they have set forth. This is not just “GWB’s illegal war”. Congress has the power to declare war, fund it, and regulate it. It is the “American government’s illegal war”. If you’re going to minimize the role of the executive branch by claiming Obama has little power in this war then you need to acknowledge the role the Democratic Congress has had in it. Even as a senator, Obama could have taken steps to end the war. Instead, he voted continuously to fund it. You’re not arguing that it’s impossible for him or congress to end the war, simply that it’s unlikely that they will end it due to the power of special interests. What kind of pro-Obama argument is that?

   ” So because Obama can’t end the war in his first THREE WEEKS in office, he has people like you that can apparently predict the future that he won’t make his time line for withdrawal claiming he is MORE??? responsible for a war started by lies.”

   I don’t need to predict the future. Obama told everyone what his plans were during his campaign. None of them included ending any of the wars we’re illegally involved in. No, quite the opposite. Here are a fraction of quotes from the messiah himself from just the first CPD debate, which you must have conveniently overlooked as you filled in that bubble on election day:

   “So I would send two to three additional brigades to Afghanistan.”
   “Secretary of Defense Gates acknowledged the central front — that the place where we have to deal with these folks is going to be in Afghanistan and in Pakistan.”
   “The other thing that we have to focus on, though, is al Qaeda. They are now operating in 60 countries. We can’t simply be focused on Iraq. We have to go to the root cause, and that is in Afghanistan and Pakistan.”

   “As someone that is a Journalism major in college that has been vocal in condemning the war on my campus that did vote cautiously for Obama and will continue to hold him to his word, being called a supporter of this war in any way is bullshit.”

   Sarah Palin was a journalism major in college too. Your point? Obama was a financial supporter of these wars and now Commander in Chief of them. By failing to take steps to end them and make reparations, he is culpable in perpetuating the crimes especially since he’s smart enough to know they are crimes. He does have the authority to end the airstrikes, such as the one in the video above. Instead, these crimes against humanity are growing in number and range. You supported Obama’s rise to power and defend his criminality in the face of legitimate charges based on international humanitarian law. Yes, you are responsible.

   ” What are people like you doing to help end the war except crying about the way the Republican party treats RON PAUL!!!”

   Again, I never supported Paul. What are you talking about? I cringe at the thought of the catatonic articles you must write for your school paper. Do some research. As for what I actually did do: I did travel the country for several months with a rival political campaign, pointing out the lies of both Senator Obama and McCain on campuses, radio and tv stations, newspapers, and internet. I was responsible for producing the most viewed video of that campaign. Before that I was involved in the Kucinich campaign during the primaries. And for several months before the war in Iraq was waged up to the present, I’ve been an activist organizing anti-war events and rallies, putting my time and money where my mouth is rather than conceding to the corporate elite like the rest of the powerless and hypocritical anti-war movement. You must have mistaken me for someone else.

   Manila Ryce
   02/16/09 at 3:43 pm
   

3. It still amazes me that the Iraq War is referred to as “Bush’s War”. I ended up going from a deployment in Afghanistan to immediately to Iraq. At the time, we (referring to the small number fellow military members I worked with) thought this entire thing was a sick joke. Bush didn’t do anything without the explicit support of not only the congress, but the American people. To label the entire war on the Bush Administration makes as much sense as putting the blame of Gitmo on the people in charge there or the personnel working as guards. You want to know who I blame for my six years over there and the friends I lost? Look in a fucking mirror people, us collectively.

   Diablo
   02/16/09 at 5:27 pm
   

4. Its is idiots like you that run off at the mouth with absolutey no real knowledge that make it so unpeasant to read anything on the net.

   James
   02/17/09 at 4:51 pm
   
5. 

   Thanks for disabusing my ignorance James. Like all Obama heads, you’ve successfully shown just how little I actually know through your demonization of my criticisms.

   Manila Ryce
   02/17/09 at 5:08 pm
   

6. With the latest attacks on Yemen and past attacks on Pakistan, Thier is no doubt that Barak H Obama is a War Criminal. Thier is no other name for the killing of civilians, It’s a War Crime!! They can try to passify the public by claiming colateral damage, Or what ever bullshit they want, When children are blown to peices by U.S bombs, You are now a War Criminal. People may be reluctant to say Barak Obama is a War Criminal because their expectations of him where so high or they feel like fools for being tricked into voting for him. The reality is that U.S drone attacks have killed alot of woman and children, That is common knowledge. Time to prosecute for War Crimes!!!!!

   fred
   12/30/09 at 3:57 pm
   

7. Wow…Like angry chickens in a cage arguing about where they were and where they’re going…either argument ends in all of their demise…

   c.
   12/30/09 at 11:43 pm
   

8. Manila Ryce, I wrote an article (somewhat later than yours) on my blog with the same title and sentiments. In searching for references to it I found this article of yours. Spot on. In fact I have written other articles pointing out the fallacy of belief in a Democrat in a system where the President is really the commander in chief of terror ruling the globe (or trying to) in the interests of US capital.

   Obama’s war of terror is expanding - Pakistan and Yemen are the next instalments. I can only hope that those who had illusions in Obama and the political process which allows of a choice only between two parties of profit don’t sink into political despair but move to the left and join the fight against the system Obama represents.

   John Passant
   01/2/10 at 3:24 pm
   

9. i believe that Barack Obama is the president that the US needs in these hard times. I do not like the local and foreign policy of any Rebublican.

   Depressiongirl
   01/13/10 at 2:54 am
   

10. Depressiongirl how are Obama’s policies different from Bush’s in regards to foreign policy?

    lyford
    03/3/10 at 9:27 am
    

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