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Tom Morello former Rage Against the Machine guitarist:
TOM MORELLO, the politically charged guitarist formerly of RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE and now AUDIOSLAVE, says PRESIDENT BUSH should be tried for war crimes if he launches a new attack on Iraq.
In a scathing broadside, Morello added that Bush was destroying America, allowing the economy to "go down the toilet" for the sake of his war on terrorism.
"The war on Iraq never stopped," Morello told NME.COM. "The US have been bombing and maintaining no fly zones for the last ten years. Look at the UN figures - at least one million dead because of bombing and sanctions, half a million of them children.
"If he goes into Iraq now, it'll be a war crime and Bush should be tried in an international court as a war criminal. This renewed sabre rattling is both dishonest and disingenuous. The principal causes of terrorism are US economic and military domination, or perceived domination, in the Middle East. I believe the true 'Axis Of Evil' is pandemic poverty and an arms race that is continued at great profit for a few. Does he seriously believe bombing Iraq is going to counter terrorism?
"What better way to win an election than to focus on this war on terror. The economy in America is going down the toilet and he is ignoring it completely." Morello added that he believed opposition had to rise from the streets through people power. He also challenged high profile stars such as Bono who have gone to the White House to plead for aid for developing countries, ravaged by war and disease and burdened with massive debt.
"To me change doesn't come by engaging the White House, it comes from the street. I don't think you can go with your cup up to the back door of the White House and say 'Please sir, can I have some peace and justice?' That just doesn't work."
I know the peaceful and president loving Apolytoners wouldn't want to see Dubya in an international court, (even though some might
) he is anyway a stage bloke who does what his cabinet and ministers advised him to do, still lets focus on is part:The principal causes of terrorism are US economic and military domination, or perceived domination, in the Middle East. I believe the true 'Axis Of Evil' is pandemic poverty and an arms race that is continued at great profit for a few. Does he seriously believe bombing Iraq is going to counter terrorism?
I think he is right there.
someone's got to make music for them(and sell it to them).... 
Sorry, OFITG, that's a pet peeve of mine.
Now that you mention it... why do you even ask for evidence? I never see any of the politicans or talking heads back up any of their brovado and war mongering with any evidence. Bush says something, and it's automatically assumed to be true... someone questions it, and he's assumed to be a lunatic?
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