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Movement to ban Bush from Canada (W that is)
Posted by satijournal • 3/12/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: Economy, politics, republican
As George W. Bush’s St. Patrick’s Day visit to Alberta draws near, the federal government is facing pressure from activists and human rights lawyers to bar the former U.S. president from the country or prosecute him for war crimes and crimes against humanity once he steps on Canadian soil.
Bush is scheduled to speak in Calgary March 17, but Vancouver lawyer Gail Davidson says that because Bush has been “credibly accused” of supporting torture in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Canada has a legal obligation to deny him entry under Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The law says foreign nationals who have committed war crimes or crimes against humanity, including torture, are “inadmissible” to Canada. ”The test isn’t whether the person’s been convicted, but whether there’s reasonable grounds to think that they have been involved,” says Davidson, who’s with Lawyers Against the War (LAW). “…It’s now a matter of public record that Bush was in charge of setting up a regime of torture that spanned several parts of the globe and resulted in horrendous injuries and even death. Canada has a duty.”
www.seemagazine.com/article/news/news-main/bush0312/
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Not gonna happen. Nor should it.-
No, but as soon as he crosses the border they should arrest him, throw him in jail, and try him for war crimes.
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seems like a stringent as Canada's immigration policy is, that old drunk driving charge should be enough. Some have suggested that Obama should pardon Bush, thereby acknowledging officially and historically that such crimes occurred.
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I'm amazed he's even attempting to leave U.S. soil. I don't know about Canada, but there are many in other countries who are ready, willing, and possibly able, to arrest him (and Cheney, and others) for war crimes. Something we in the U.S. should have done ourselves, IMO. -
Ouch *snickers*.
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This got me thinking about leaders and execution and I was wondering if anyone can remember how many national leaders have been executed between Louis XVI and Saddam Hussein?-
10?
No, no 200! (?) No...OK I'm just guessing like I do at county fairs
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I can't remember as it's not many. Executing world leaders is something that doesn't really happen often because of the stigma that tends to come with it. Just curious of the likelihood that if he left and Canada did take him in, which I doubt, that this issue mught be pressed in regards to Bush.
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There were quite a few revolutions where the (country's) leaders were killed. Maybe that's not an "execution" in a legal sense, but surely they count.
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They have County Fairs in New England? Who knew. As for the question, I wonder what counts as a national leader. Benito Mussolini comes to mind... theres probably a list_of_executed_world_leaders on wikipedia
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