Talk of impeachment has been in the news a lot recently, and this discussion is not only limited to the current President. Dennis Kucinich is currently sponsoring a bill to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney. Many people say that this is a futile gesture this close to another election. Ironically, many who say this fought to impeach Bill Clinton in the late twentieth century. Though the power in this country is about to change hands it’s not too late to hold Cheney accountable.

Cheney has done many things to get him to this point. The greatest crime he has committed is the lies he spread to the American people. He gave inconclusive evidence to justify the war in Iraq, and when he found out how faulty it was pressured the CIA to change their findings. He lied to us about WMD’s, and he lied about a strong connection between Iraq and al Qaeda. This has become a self-fulfilling prophecy as our continued occupation of Iraq has allowed al Qaeda to take hold in the land. In a war the Downing Street memo has proved was pre-meditated Cheney found a way to sell the American people on a senseless war.

Cheney was also involved in the outing of CIA officer Valerie Plame. They exposed her to the press because her husband, a former ambassador, had negative things to say about the Bush White House. This retaliatory action solidifies the arguments for impeachment. Outing a CIA operative is a treasonous offence, punishable by death. Why then is somebody who has actively taken part in treason continuing to serve in one of our highest public offices? The law says this Benedict Arnold should be executed, yet he advises the president of matters of high security. He actively endangers our way of life by leading us down a warmonger’s path.

Now, Cheney looks to start a new war. Iran has shown no signs of aggression towards the United States. The lies start again. They have not threatened our unconstitutional occupation of Iraq. They do not harbor terrorists. They have given America no reason to back-handedly suggests nuclear options. Their leader has not claimed Iran has no homosexuals, only that they are not as open about it over there. And now a significant amount of Americans actually believe that the Iranians have directly threatened our country because of the lies of our vice-president.

Kucinich’s movement to impeach the vice-President is active in congress right now. This is a non-partisan issue. If we as a country can attempt to impeach a man for lying about an affair we are honor-bound to impeach a man for lying about a war that has killed thousands of people and taken the reigns of revolution out of Iraqi people’s hands.

54% of Americans want Cheney impeached. Remember, it’s never too late to see justice served…

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