George W. Bush

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Person.png George W. Bush   C-SPAN IMDB NNDB Powerbase Sourcewatch Website WikiquoteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(war criminal, deep state actor, politician)
George-W-Bush.jpeg
BornGeorge Walker Bush
1946-07-06
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University, Harvard Business School
ReligionEpiscopalian
Criminal status
At large as of November 2017
Parents • George H. W. Bush
• Barbara Bush
Children • Barbara
• Jenna
SpouseLaura Welch
Criminal convictions
• Torture
• Cruel Inhumane and Degrading Treatment
Member ofAtlantic Council/Distinguished Leadership Awards, Bush family, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Skull and Bones, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
Perpetrator ofPatriot Act
Interest ofVictor Ashe, Sander Hicks
PartyRepublican
Relatives • See
• Bush family
SubpageGeorge W. Bush/Torture Indictment
The 43rd US President, a bonesman, former oil businessman, now being pursued for war crimes.

Employment.png US President

In office
January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2009
EmployerUS Government
DeputyChristine Beerli, Dick Cheney, Darren Walker
Preceded byBill Clinton
Succeeded byBarack Obama

Employment.png Governor of Texas Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
January 17, 1995 - December 21, 2000
Succeeded byRick Perry

George Walker Bush, the 43rd President of the USA, is not to be confused with his father, George H. W. Bush, CIA operative and the 41st U.S. president. He is brother of Jeb Bush, former Governor of Florida. Investigative journalist Russ Baker found it so remarkable that some so lacking could reach such high office, that he decided to write a book about how he got the job - this became the highly recommended Family of Secrets, which looks in detail at Bush the elder.

Background

George Bush chatting with "Bandar Bush"

George Bush Jr. is son of a lifelong intelligence operative, George (H. W.) Bush Sr. He was sent to Yale university where (like his father and grandfather) he became a member of the Skull and Bones society. He went to Harvard Business school, but showed little aptitude for business. This did not stop him following the pattern set by his father, of using business as a cover for other activities.[1]

September the 11th, 2001

A handler informs George Bush that a second plane had crashed into the World Trade Center and that America is under attack. He continues the reading lesson with the children.[2][3]

Although US President at the time of the attacks and although he used the event as an excuse for a lot of blustering later on, George W. Bush appears not to been deliberately sidelined during the 9-11 event, notwithstanding the suggestions (for example, by Mark Gorton) that 9/11 was planned by his father). George W. was in a primary school in Florida when the events occurred, and after being informed that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center,[4] "he does not even turns his head, it is obvious he knew what was up, if he were really surprised his first reaction would have been to look in the eyes of the person whispering to him".[5] Bush continued to read a story about a goat to the class of primary children, reportedly because he didn't want to upset them. The US Secret Service also apparently saw no problem with leaving him where he was, strongly suggesting that they did not perceive the events of that day as a threat. Bush appears therefore to have been kept out of the way and out of the loop by his handlers.

His popularity, extremely low before the 9/11, rose dramatically in its aftermath, his inaction notwithstanding - a demonstration of the effectiveness of the strategy of tension.

War Crimes Indictment

Full article: Bush Torture Indictment

Bush was found guilty of war crimes, including the authorisation of torture, which is illegal under the United Nations Convention Against Torture which the USA has ratified. Former UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak has given expert opinion that Bush has no immunity as a former head of state. US attorney Vincent Bugliosi, forcefully argued in his 2008 book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder that since Bush intentionally misled Congress and the US population about the reasons for invading Iraq, under the felony-murder rule the deaths of over 4,000 American soldiers and 100,000 Iraqi civilians amount at the very least to second-degree murder. Bugliosi has argued for Bush's impeachment and offered to work with any US State's Attorney General interested in pursuing the prosecution.

Bush was tried in absentia and convicted by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission both for crimes against peace and conspiracy to commit war crimes, specifically torture, after the Iraq War and torture carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. No sentence was pronounced, but the tribunal referred their findings to the chief prosecutor at the International Court of Justice in the Hague.[6]

2004 US Presidential Election

Skull and Bones member George W. Bush won the 2004 US Presidential Election against his fellow bonesman John Kerry. Family of Secrets details how misdirection was used to handle the difficult question of Bush's missing military service records.

Later activities

Since 2009, Bush has received a total in excess of $15 million for giving speeches, sometimes for as much as $200,000 each.[7]

 

An event carried out

EventDescription
Patriot ActA legislative coup d'état

 

Legal Case

NamePlaintiff(s)Defendant(s)StartEndDescription
Saifullah Paracha v. George W. BushSaifullah ParachaGeorge W. Bush8 December 200418 November 2008A habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of a prisoner of Guantanamo Bay.

 

Quotes by George W. Bush

PageQuoteDate
Black site“The US does not torture. I have not authorized it and I will not”2005
Non-Aligned Movement“Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.”20 September 2001
Polarising perspective“Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.”20 September 2001

 

Appointments by George W. Bush

AppointeeJobAppointedEndDescription
Luis A. AguilarSecurities and Exchange Commissioner31 July 2008June 2015
Victor AsheUS/Ambassador/Poland200426 September 2009
Stephen CamboneUnder Secretary of Defense for Intelligence20032007
Lester CrawfordFDA/Commissioner18 July 200523 September 2005Resigned after his lies emerged regarding a conflict of interest.
Jack Dyer CrouchUS/Ambassador/Romania20042005
Eugene DodaroComptroller General of the United States13 March 2008
Clark ErvinInspector General of the United States Department of Homeland Security26 December 2003December 2004
Jeffrey FeltmanUS/Ambassador to Lebanon20052008
Henrietta ForeUnder Secretary of State for Management2 August 200517 November 2007
Henrietta ForeUSAID/Administrator17 November 200720 January 2009
Henrietta ForeDirector of the United States MintAugust 20012 August 2005
William S. Farish IIIUnited States Ambassador/United Kingdom12 July 200110 July 2004
Alexander KarsnerUS/Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy23 March 20062008
Frank LavinUS/Ambassador/Singapore10 September 200111 October 2005
Mark McClellanFDA/Commissioner14 November 200225 March 2004"Streamlined" regulatory requirements for new drugs.
Mark McClellanAdministrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services25 March 200414 October 2006
Kenneth MehlmanDirector of the Office of Political Affairs20 January 200123 May 2003
Andrew NatsiosUSAID/AdministratorMay 200114 January 2006
Dina PowellDirector of the White House Presidential Personnel Office20032005
Kristen SilverbergUS/Ambassador/EU22 July 200818 January 2009
Francis X. TaylorUS/Coordinator for Counterterrorism13 July 200115 November 2002

 

Related Quotations

PageQuoteAuthorDate
Black site“The US does not torture. I have not authorized it and I will not”George W. Bush2005
Jimmy Carter“Nowadays, because of the unwarranted invasion of Iraq by Bush and Blair, which was a completely unjust adventure based on misleading statements, and the lack of any effort to resolve the Palestinian issue, [there is] massive Islamic condemnation of the United States. (...) (American media organisations), have been cowed, because they didn't want to be unpatriotic. There has been a lack of inquisitive journalism. In fact, it's hard to think of a major medium in the United States that has been objective and fair and balanced, and critical when criticism was deserved”Jimmy Carter2004
Contadora Island“Surely you've heard the rumors about why Noriega was taken down and today rots in a U.S. prison."

"I've heard that he had cameras on Contadora Island." It was an infamous resort off Panama's coast, a "safe haven" where U.S. businessmen could treat politicians to every conceivable vice. I had visited—and used—Contadora several times during my EHM days.

"You heard who got caught by those cameras?"

"Rumors that George W. was photographed doing coke and having kinky sex during the time his father was president." There was a theory in Latin America that Noriega had used incriminating photos of the younger Bush and his cronies to convince the older Bush, the president, to side with the Panamanian administration on key issues. In retaliation, H. W. invaded Panama and hustled Noriega off to a Miami prison. The building housing Noriega's confidential files had been incinerated by bombs; as a side effect, more than two thousand innocent civilians were burned to death in Panama City that day in December 1989. Many people claimed that this theory offered the only logical explanation for violently attacking a nation without an army and that posed no threat to the United States.
Jose nodded. "From where I sit, those rumors ring awfully true. I've experienced things that take them out of the realm of fantasy." He cocked his head. "So have you." He paused, looking around. "And it terrifies me."
John Perkins2007
Jörg Haider“Asked about the impression that Saddam is better for him than Bush, Haider said: "The choice is really hard for me. Both have been at war with international law and committed human rights violations. The one is lucky enough to command a world power, hence the power to write the laws, while the other has been a weak dictator"”Jörg Haider
US/2000 Presidential Election“There was one exact moment, in fact, when I knew for sure that Al Gore would Never be President of the United States, no matter what the experts were saying — and that was when the whole Bush family suddenly appeared on TV and openly scoffed at the idea of Gore winning Florida. It was Nonsense, said the Candidate, Utter nonsense. . .Anybody who believed Bush had lost Florida was a Fool. The Media, all of them, were Liars & Dunces or treacherous whores trying to sabotage his victory. . . Here was the whole bloody Family laughing & hooting & sneering at the dumbness of the whole world on National TV. The old man was the real tip-off. The leer on his face was almost frightening. It was like looking into the eyes of a tall hyena with a living sheep in its mouth. The sheep's fate was sealed, and so was Al Gore's.”Hunter S. Thompson

 

Related Documents

TitleTypePublication dateAuthor(s)Description
Document:Bush Cheney Rumsfeld and 9/11webpage1 December 2005Matt Everett
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Document:The Trump Administration’s Syria Gas Attack Narrative Continues to UnravelArticle18 April 2017Michael KriegerUnited States Government: "They Lied About Iraq; They Lied About Libya; They're Lying About Syria."
Document:Twenty Years On, We’ve Learned Nothing From 9/11Speech17 September 2021Ron Paul20 years on from 9/11, Ron Paul says that The Establishment in the United States has learned nothing since the attacks.
Document:We are the war criminals nowArticle29 November 2001Robert FiskGeorge W. Bush says that "you are either for us or against us" in the war for civilisation against evil. Well, I'm sure not for bin Laden. But I'm not for Bush. I'm actively against the brutal, cynical, lying "war of civilisation" that he has begun so mendaciously in our name and which has now cost as many lives as the World Trade Center mass murder.
Document:Why Isn’t Everyone In Favour of Taxing Financial Speculation?report19 April 2016Robert ReichBernie Sanders wants to tax stock trades at a rate of 0.5 percent (a trade of $1,000 would cost $5), and bond trades at 0.1 percent. The tax would reduce incentives for high-speed trading, insider deal-making, and short-term financial betting. Sanders’ 0.5 percent tax could thereby finance public investments that enlarge the economic pie rather than merely rearrange its slices – like tuition-free public education.
Document:Why Tony is right to entertain AssadArticle17 December 2002Rod LiddleBashar al Assad became the first Syrian leader to visit the United Kingdom in 2002.
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