War Crimes & War Criminals
At the end of World War Two, the victorious Allies decided to try top Nazi officials as war criminals. A tribunal was convened in Nuremberg. Some of them were hanged. Others were given jail sentences. Today, Nuremberg is largely forgotten. The clear evidence of that was the March 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, an unambiguous war crime committed by war criminals, not just George W. Bush but Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rice, et al. Those responsible for the Iraq War have never answered for the chaos, massive bloodshed and dislocation that followed not just in Iraq, but in neighboring Syria as well. The rise of ISIS, the massacre of Yazidis and sectarian violence can be directly traced to what Bush and his cohorts did. Will he and the others involved be held to account? Hardly; the former president has taken up painting in his retirement.
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Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon is a political commentator and media critic. The National Council of Teachers of English honored him with the George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language. He is the executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and co-founder of RootsAction.org, an online activist group. He is the author of many books including Target Iraq, War Made Easy, Made Love, Got War and his latest is, War Made Invisible.
listener in Eugene OR –
I enjoyed your recent excellent interview with Norman Solomon which I’ve shared with others.
NM Listener –
Solomon has a lot of great info. Heard him for years. Thanks. The rest of the information system in the U.S. has a lot of room for improvement. You can see when the producers and management are messing with the stories. Not to mention the stories that never make it.
Ann in Colorado –
No one, except for Solomon, Chomsky, Benjamin and a few others, seems concerned about the danger of terminal nuclear war or climate catastrophe. The media has a strong influence on people’s minds and behavior. I’m afraid of what the future may hold.