Sheehan on Hardball: Impeach Bush and Chenye

Cindy Sheehan calls to impeach Bush/Cheney for 'war crimes'

David Edwards and Adam Doster Published: Tuesday July 17, 2007

The mother of a soldier killed in Iraq who camped out at President Bush's Crawford ranch to protest the war called for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney on MSNBC's Hardball Tuesday.

"Well, I would say the lies and deceptions that lead to an illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq that has lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people," she said when asked for a reason. "I would say breaking the FISA laws by spying on Americans without warrants that George Bush admitted to."

She also pointed to the "inadequate and tragic response" to Hurricane Katrina, the authorization of torture and the consolidation of power in the executive branch.

When asked why she thought the war was waged, Sheehan was quick to point to financial motives.

"I think it's for profit. It's for Halliburton. It's for Blackwater. It's for Standard Oil. It's for the war profiteers and that's why wars are usually waged."

Matthews asked Sheehan if she thought the President was guilty of war crimes.

"Absolutely," she said. "For authorizing torture, which is against the Geneva Conventions and against our own Eighth Amendment, and for spying on Americans without due process and for detaining human beings without due process, which is against the Geneva Conventions and our Fourth Amendment to the Constitution."

The following video is from MSNBC's Hardball, broadcast on July 17.