September 7, 2007
by Paul Kemp

Americans need to impeach Cheney and indict Bush if we are to prove to the world we have any moral fiber left.

The moral question for all Americans is how much longer are we to put up with a government that doesn't represent the will of our people?  (Or does it?) Is "the Silent Majority" in favor of Bush' aims to steal Iraq's oil for our use, or are we just cowards and/or too lazy to demand his removal, along with all of his Neocon henchmen?

Are Americans silent because they are asleep to the danger the Bush regime is creating for us? Or are they silent because the media have confused them to the point they have given up and turned on something more entertaining?

If we don't move to impeach Cheney, we're going to have a war on Iran to go along with the failed "cakewalks" in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Many Democrats were elected in 2006 with a mandate to stop the Iraq war - or so we were led to believe. Instead, the Democrat majority in Congress seem to be content with letting the death toll mount for their political benefit in the 2008 election. Thus, they are complicit with the Bush administration in keeping the war going.

The polls say the American public is even more disgusted with the Congress, with its Democrat majority, than with the Bush/Cheney/Neocon machine. Hard to believe, but apparently true.

The truth is, most Democrats march to the same Neocon, pro-Israel orders that the most warlike Republicans do. Israel wanted the war on Iraq and they got it. Now, they want the U.S. to make war on Iran and they will get it within six months unless the people demand that Congress impeach Cheney, to slow the process of the Neocon war machine.

My question is, What are we going to do about it? Grumble and then go back to watching American Idol or some other useless fantasy dreamed up by the media to distract us from our duty as free men and women?

Or have the majority of Americans resigned themselves to not being free, as long as the luxurious American lifestyle keeps rolling along?  And the rest of us, who know better, are resigned to being dragged to our fate by the rest?  I know I'm not.

Impeachment of Cheney would be a good start. You don't want to impeach Bush and make Cheney President and you don't want to impeach both and make Nancy Pelosi President, either. Reading her gushing speech to the America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference should alert us that she would be even more willing than Bush to use U.S. power to "protect" Israel.

Ideally, most of Congress should also be impeached for tacitly going along with Bush' illegal war on Iraq and Afghanistan, but that's not practical. We have bigger fish to fry.

Impeaching Bush and Cheney, while getting someone truly trustworthy (Ron Paul?) to step into Pelosi's spot to run the country and begin a process of rooting out the Neocons in the various departments, especially at State Department, would be a good start.

Then let the war crimes trials begin. These drastic moves should convince those in our government who secretly do the bidding of unelected special interests, foreign governments, and corporations that the American people will not tolerate any more of this madness.

But will enough Americans stir themselves to do anything toward reclaiming our country?

Let me digress for a moment to remind you that revolution and asserting our God-given rights to self-government are fun. It is very empowering to see your protests bring down a smug and evil regime, such as the Nixon administration was. There was a war involved there, too - and mass protests helped end it.

Engaging the machinery to impeach Cheney will do the same now.

One key difference between Vietnam and Iraq is that now the average American 18-year-old is not very concerned about being drafted to fight the war. Having your life on the line sharpens your resolve to protest.

If you do much reading on the other plans the Neocons have for stirring up trouble with China and Russia, you already know that your life is on the line, right where you sit. Read up on Paul Craig Roberts' latest articles at LewRockwell.com to learn what's being planned for your future.

Since we now have a completely mercenary military, it's easy to put what's happening in Iraq out of one's mind. For the moment.

Perhaps if Americans were to realize that they and their children and grandchildren will soon be paying for Iraq in either higher taxes or much higher inflation or both, they would take more interest in taking action to impeach Cheney and indict Bush.

The biggest cost that most Americans face as a result of the war is in the price of gasoline, but the mainstream media has been helpful to the Bush administration in not making this a major issue. In fact, the general tone of reporting seems to blame the oil companies for not keeping their refineries running full-bore. News articles have focused on refinery breakdowns and hurricane damage as the reason for price increases, not the fact that the Iraq war has cut that nation's production and added an instability premium to the price of oil.

I recall paying 99 cents per gallon before the war and until recently gas has been above $3.

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If the war on Iraq was a war for oil, it has been a miserable failure. If the purpose was to drive up oil profits for the Bush campaign donors in the industry, then it has been a sterling success. One more reason to impeach Cheney and indict Bush, to examine their financial ties with the oil and military industries.

If Iraq was a source of no-bid billions in contracts for Halliburton, Cheney's former employer, shouldn't that be reason to impeach Cheney?

( An important side issue is the question of why no new refineries are planned for the U.S., if the old ones are insufficient to handle demand. The answer, which also is not to be found in the major media, is that it would be a waste of money to build more refineries when the world supply of oil has passed its peak and will be dropping sharply in future years. Major oil companies won't admit this, but their actions tell the story. )

But, getting back to the question at hand of "Are the American people willing to do something to end the killing in Iraq, or will history rightly judge us as co-conspirators in this bungled war of conquest?" - What are you willing to do?

A grassroots campaign to force the House to impeach Cheney would unite America against its real enemies.  It would show the world we have realized the error of our ways.

Are you willing to sign an online impeachment petition? Write your Congresspersons and Senators? (Don't bother writing the White House, we know they don't care.) Stop paying some taxes? Forbid your children/grandchildren from enlisting? Refuse deployment, if you're already in the military?

Will you talk to your neighbors and the people at work about impeaching Cheney? Will you ask your pastor, rabbi, or imam to take a stand?

Will you write letters and op-ed pieces to your local newspapers?

Will you picket federal office buildings? War materiel manufacturers? Will you divest your investment money from war profiteers?

Will you join a national stike?

How about a sit-in at your Congressperson's office until they vote to impeach Cheney?

What will you do to stop the killing that's being done in your name and arguably, for your benefit?

If you're not a co-conspirator in these war crimes, you'd better take a moral stand apart from those who are, because judgement will be passed on this nation sooner or later. It will take the form of U.S. economic devastation, more homefront terrorism, and eventually - if the Neocons get their way - a nuclear Armageddon.

Whether you believe in Judeo-Christian concepts of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you," or "as you sow, so shall you reap," or the Hindu concept of karma, or the more New Age themes of "the laws of attraction and reciprocity" or simple folk concepts like, "What goes around, comes around," we're going to have hell to pay for the suffering we have inflicted on Iraq and Afghanistan.

We have lost our moral standing in the eyes of the world. Most Americans will never venture into another country, so perhaps they don't care.

We can regain some respect in the world with a successful campaign to impeach Cheney and later indict both Bush and Cheney.

Maybe the average American will care when they are falsely accused of supporting al-Qaeda and imprisoned, their bank account frozen, and they're tortured on a daily basis, without a fair trail, without rights.

Maybe then, they'll wish they had spoken up to impeach and indict Cheney, Bush, and their Neocon braintrust.

But, of course, by that time - for that person - it will be too late to protest.

So, what are you willing to do about it? Like they say, freedom is not free.

Impeach Cheney! Indict Bush! Bring the criminals to justice!

Let's do it now, while we still have the chance.

Let's impeach and indict them now, before they stir up a real hornet's nest by attacking Iran.

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Paul Kemp awoke to the realities of American politics as a Conscientious Objector and war resister during the Vietnam era.  He is an entrepreneur and writer who lives in the Pacific Northwest. He welcomes feedback through his website, www.defending-your-retirement.com/