Guardian Columnist Plans Citizens Arrest of John Bolton to "Deter Future War Crimes"....

The author, George Monbiot(as in moonbat) said he plans to do this Wednesday after Bolton speaks at the Hay Festival. He will ultimately be unsuccessful as John Bolton's aura of complete and utter awesomeness acts as a force field of which he can't penetrate.....

We have all but forgotten the war with Iraq. We tend to see it now as little more than a “political mistake”, like the 10p tax fiasco or Labour’s mishandling of the byelection campaign in Crewe. The press and public attention have moved on and focused on more pressing matters, like the price of property.

......John Bolton first made the demand for a war against Iraq as a signatory of an open letter sent to President Clinton by the Project for a New American Century in 1998. In 2001 he joined the Bush administration as the hilariously-titled Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control in the State Department. He appears to have been imposed on the department by Dick Cheney, to play the role of Colin Powell’s minder.

He immediately started destroying international law, successfully waging war against the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the biological weapons protocol, a treaty on small arms and light weapons and, perhaps presciently, America’s participation in the International Criminal Court.

In April 2002, Bolton orchestrated the sacking of the head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Jose Bustani. Bustani’s offence was to have offered to resolve the dispute over Saddam Hussein’s alleged weapons of mass destruction, by sending weapons inspectors to Iraq. Only when those who help to launch illegal wars fear punishment will future governments desist from launching them. As citizens I believe we have a duty to try to deter future war crimes. So I propose that we allow John Bolton to speak here, and then carry out a citizen’s arrest.

Section 24A of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 permits any citizen to “arrest without a warrant … anyone whom he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty” of an offence.

I do not want to advocate something I am not prepared to do myself. I was planning to stay at home on Wednesday, but I now intend to come back, listen to Mr Bolton speak, and then carry out this arrest. I hope that others at Hay might join me.

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Comments

[Strul Zigelboim]

The same George Monbiot has also written an open letter to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, likewise published in The Guardian, in which he respectfully begs his majesty to restrict oil supplies, thereby preventing global warming and "saving us from ourselves". For a terrifying glimpse into the abysmal outer darkness of woolly-minded, hand-wringing, culturally suicidal left-wing stupidity, on a range of the usual topics (Guantanamo, climate change, blah, blah), visit monbiot.com

[Geronimo]

I am recommending a "Citizens Ass-Whipping", which is a form of non-governmental political statement.

[Richard Romano]

Let him try -- he himself will get arrested for violating the security of a US official. Go ahead Monbiot, you fool.

[Richard R]

Let him try -- he himself will be arrested for trying to interrupt and violate the free speech rights of another...Monbiot, you're a fool.

[Bill M]

I'd like to be Bolton's bodyguard at that time.

[Saltine]

I would perform my own 'citizens arrest' of Moonbat for being a danger to society, long before he got within range of Bolton.

[Danny Thomas]

What a complete moron. The law he quotes has a requirement of "anyone whom he has reasonable grounds for suspecting to be guilty". Guilty of what and on what grounds? Maybe there is a law to effect a citizen's arrest for people who are suspected of being ignorant. Since we know Monbiot is in fact ignorant we can have him arrested.

[Bosch Fawstin]

President John Bolton!

[Nancy Gee]

Can we assume that Bolton's force-field radiates from his mustache, so that when we see the mustache, we know "all shields are up"!

[Skul]

The intertainment value of the attempt would be priceless.
I wonder if I can get the ticket concession?

[Elric66]

These same moonbats dont do this when Hamas stops by.

[Twox]

Let the loser try - 'Regis' could beat up the Moonbat, I am certain.

Let's not forget the vast difference in physical appearance between Moonbats and normal people (funny picture).

http://futurist.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/12/a-picture-is-wo.html