Does the president of the United States have the right to intentionally lie us into war?

We suspected it for Iraq, but we got him red-handed with Iran. The president of the United States and Dick Cheney intentionally floated false information to push for war, or suppressed information that would have revealed they were lying about Iran's nuclear capabilities.

Now, here's what I'm thinking:

(1) Is this acceptable behavior for a president and vice president? If not, why is the Congress in a coma over impeachment proceedings?

(2) Cheney, at least, must have known he would have been found out eventually. Is it now acceptable for managers to think they can mow over people (literally, mow over people) and just get off with an, "oopsy, mea culpa," when they get found out?

This is worse than Watergate, I know it can't be Christmas shopping stopping people from mulling over the ramifications of this latest information, because nobody has money to spend. So, why is there no outrage?

And as long as Matt and Meridith blather on about cheese and crackers for the Holidays, there will be no ramparts mounted.

With no MSM the average citizen that does not spend time online will have no clue what really is going on in the US.

Harry and Nancy are all talk and no action. We, as citizens, have no power. Now Shrub is trying to put lipstick on a pig so they have at least one nice exhibit at his Little Golden Book library.

did something wrong. What happened to our noise machine? We should have pundits and other guest speakers making this an issue on every show they're on.

Because they aren't doing much to hold him accountable. Seems they also think he has the right to torture, do away with habeas corpus, lock away and imprison anyone he wants for life without trials, lie to congress, and give away our tax dollars to his minions without accounting for the money. It is like he is a king and we are all subject to his every whim.

if we ever allow the Republicans to jump on a soap box and try take the moral high ground again, we would be dumber than ear wax.

but don't expect anyone to hold him accountable.

of both parties,

Can't wait for the general election debates.

as to the right (really very wrong) to lie us into war and what they are going to do about Bush's obvious lies? He continues to lie for an attack on yet other innocent nations for Empire. If they don't impeach or punish it sets a evil and destructive path for our future as a democracy. They become part of the problem not the solution.

and that shadow government is primarily composed of an anglo-American core, and that gives legitimacy to all these Republican policies which put minorities down, whether it's the Southern strategy, whether it's purging blacks from voter rolls, whether it's the war on drugs that unfairly targets minority areas. The message is, that only people who can be trusted to support the insane Anglo-centric foreign policy we've been experiencing in the last seven to fifteen years, are insane Anglo-centrics.

This is not the first President to lie us into war. There is no excuse to allow it any longer. We die and pay for it yet they keep doing it over and over. Impeachment for lying us into war is a start to demanding accountability.

The lies weren't only coming from the President but VP, Congress, cabinet members, and RW media. The drums for war were very strong when Bush stole power. He also set out to destroy our democracy, military, economy, and wealth. A Nuremberg trail is in order. If I as a citizen could see the attack on Iraq was wrong why couldn't the government?

The media and their "history propaganda experts regarding politics and war" feed the lie also. The military industrial complex is very corrupt and evil if allowed to be by us citizens. There should be no profiteering allowed during any "conflict or war".

Look how Halliburton has manipulated and stolen our wealth only to stash it in Cayman Island banks and run their business from a foreign country (Port of War Dubai). Our VP is allowed to profit big time from his old employer (who rewarded him well before he stole office). He now has enough wealth to give his old university $13 Million dollars. There should be an investigation of this wealth. He has become wealthy on the American tax payer.

Many thugs and liars in Congress (past and present) are given huge book deals (for boring books). So it is money laundering for votes to go to war, etc. They leave office with their bag of plunder refusing to hold other members accountable. Congress and our cabinet are like a big frat club of liars and robbers profiting off the people.

The only reason for war right now is for Empire (robbery, destruction of democracy around the world, and corporate profits by the elite few) forget the democracy and freedom lies. We've lost it at home so in a way they are at war with anyone who wants to stop them or disapproves.

There is a shocking book written on the subject of lying by Eight American Presidents over the years for Empire. It's called Lying for Empire-How to Commit War Crimes With a Straight Face by David Model.

Given the history of Presidents lying us into illegal wars, it's about time we should not trust their judgement or character.

they will continue sucking in the right-wingers.

from behind our keyboards. If it's true that the pen is mightier than the sword, there is no better time than the present to find out.

If everybody marched, the problem would be quickly resolved.

above the law. Hasn't everyone gotten that yet? When the Democratic "leadership" stated that they would/could not impeach the President, that meant that the President was above the law. Period. Why is this so hard for people to grok? No Democrat who is "elected" to the Presidency will change this new state of affairs. We have, now, what amounts to an elective dictatorship. I think that anyone who thinks about this for any amount of time can see how this will evolve and where it will eventually lead...

with the American people, than a Constitutional one.

"Scandal and disease, Max. Scandal and disease."

yet a lot of Americans voted for him, as well as the 5 supreme court justices. So I guess it is okay.

that there would be casualties along the way.

without regard for the future.

unexplained and not understood reason (to me, at least) they get away with every fricking crime they ever want to commit.