{"id":3046,"date":"2007-08-08T10:46:39","date_gmt":"2007-08-08T16:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2018-05-21T14:07:29","modified_gmt":"2018-05-21T20:07:29","slug":"failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure to Stop Bush Is Not a Victimless Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"imagelink\"  href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/ba_protest045.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/ba_protest045.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>By David Swanson, Afterdowningstreet.org<\/p>\n<p>If you support the ongoing occupation of Iraq, I&#8217;m sure you have your reasons and that they&#8217;re based in hard scientific calculations. But please indulge me for a moment and help me do this little math problem:<\/p>\n<p>All the benefits we&#8217;ve gotten out of invading and occupying Iraq (whatever they may be)&#8221;\u00a6<\/p>\n<p>Actually, let me stop right there. The benefits you have in mind for this calculation should not include the increased price of gas, the killed and wounded U.S. servicemen and women, or the creation of a breeding ground for terrorists in Iraq (that the invasion and occupation of Iraq have made us less safe is the consensus opinion of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/2006\/09\/read_it_here.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">U.S. intelligence agencies<\/a>, supported as well by a conservative British think tank). Oh, and please don&#8217;t factor in the Iraqis&#8217; gratitude, since the majority of them believe the invasion and occupation have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterdowningstreet.org\/?q=node\/20190\" rel=\"nofollow\">made them worse off<\/a>, and they want the U.S. to leave.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.afterdowningstreet.org\/?q=node\/25532\">(Original Article)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By David Swanson, Afterdowningstreet.org If you support the ongoing occupation of Iraq, I&#8217;m sure you have your reasons and that they&#8217;re based in hard scientific calculations. But please indulge me for a moment and help me do this little math problem: All the benefits we&#8217;ve gotten out of invading and occupying Iraq (whatever they may&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-impeachment-related-oped"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Failure to Stop Bush Is Not a Victimless Crime &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Impeach for Peace\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a\"},\"headline\":\"Failure to Stop Bush Is Not a Victimless Crime\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-08-08T16:46:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-21T20:07:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":177,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/ba_protest045.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Bush Era\",\"Related Oped\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\\\/\",\"name\":\"Failure to Stop Bush Is Not a Victimless Crime &#8226; Impeach for Peace\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/ba_protest045.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-08-08T16:46:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-21T20:07:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a\"},\"description\":\"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/ba_protest045.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2007\\\/08\\\/ba_protest045.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":396},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Impeach for Peace\",\"description\":\"Citizen Impeachment Tool\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a\",\"name\":\"Impeach for Peace\",\"description\":\"The citizen's Trump impeachment strategy. The rules of Congress stipulate citizens can initiate the process. A Missouri citizen (Luke) used this to impeach a federal judge. Spread the word. https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/cgi-bin\\\/diy.cgi?Trump\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/WeImpeach.org\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/WeImpeach\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/weimpeach\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pinterest.com\\\/weimpeach\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/@WeImpeach\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCnyJ_OG9sOXbbMFLJTBs_yA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/weimpeach.tumblr.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ifp\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Failure to Stop Bush Is Not a Victimless Crime &#8226; Impeach for Peace","description":"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/"},"author":{"name":"Impeach for Peace","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a"},"headline":"Failure to Stop Bush Is Not a Victimless Crime","datePublished":"2007-08-08T16:46:39+00:00","dateModified":"2018-05-21T20:07:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/"},"wordCount":177,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/ba_protest045.jpg","articleSection":["Bush Era","Related Oped"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/","name":"Failure to Stop Bush Is Not a Victimless Crime &#8226; Impeach for Peace","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/ba_protest045.jpg","datePublished":"2007-08-08T16:46:39+00:00","dateModified":"2018-05-21T20:07:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a"},"description":"Citizen's impeach strategy. Rules of Congress say citizens can initiate. Once it was used 2 impeach a federal judge.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/failure-to-stop-bush-is-not-a-victimless-crime\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/ba_protest045.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/ba_protest045.jpg","width":580,"height":396},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/","name":"Impeach for Peace","description":"Citizen Impeachment Tool","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/89b599c78169426d15bf2783101edc4a","name":"Impeach for Peace","description":"The citizen's Trump impeachment strategy. The rules of Congress stipulate citizens can initiate the process. A Missouri citizen (Luke) used this to impeach a federal judge. Spread the word. https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/cgi-bin\/diy.cgi?Trump","sameAs":["http:\/\/WeImpeach.org","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WeImpeach\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/weimpeach\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/weimpeach\/","https:\/\/x.com\/@WeImpeach","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCnyJ_OG9sOXbbMFLJTBs_yA","https:\/\/weimpeach.tumblr.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/author\/ifp\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23506,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3046\/revisions\/23506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}