{"id":3894,"date":"2007-10-30T11:21:21","date_gmt":"2007-10-30T17:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:03","slug":"forget-impeachment-put-bush-and-cheney-in-a-straightjacket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/forget-impeachment-put-bush-and-cheney-in-a-straightjacket\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Impeachment, Put Bush and Cheney in a Straightjacket"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>By <\/strong>Rosa Brooks<\/strong>, <\/strong>Los Angeles Times<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Forget impeachment.<\/p>\n

Liberals, put it behind you. George W. Bush and Dick Cheney shouldn’t be treated like criminals who deserve punishment. They should be treated like psychotics who need treatment.<\/p>\n

Because they’ve clearly gone mad. Exhibit A: We’re in the middle of a disastrous war in Iraq, the military and political situation in Afghanistan is steadily worsening, and the administration’s interrogation and detention tactics have inflamed anti-Americanism and fueled extremist movements around the globe. Sane people, confronting such a situation, do their best to tamp down tensions, rebuild shattered alliances, find common ground with hostile parties and give our military a little breathing space. But crazy people? They look around and decide it’s a great time to start another war.<\/p>\n

That would be with Iran, and you’d have to be deaf not to hear the war drums. Last week, Bush remarked that “if you’re interested in avoiding World War III … you ought to be interested in preventing [Iran] from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon.” On Sunday, Cheney warned of “the Iranian regime’s efforts to destabilize the Middle East and to gain hegemonic power … [we] cannot stand by as a terror-supporting state fulfills its most aggressive ambitions.” On Tuesday, Bush insisted on the need “to defend Europe against the emerging Iranian threat.”<\/p>\n

Huh? Iran is now a major threat to Europe? The Iranians are going to launch a nuclear missile (that they don’t yet possess) against Europe (for reasons unknown because, as far as we know, they’re not mad at anyone in Europe)? This is lunacy in action.<\/p>\n

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