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"war crimes"
5 April 2022 22:14I'm not in favor of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but it seems our US media are going bonkers in lowering the bar for "war crimes" right now. I think if you pile the bodies up side by side, our President George W. Bush is way ahead of Putin.
A fair estimate would be half a million deaths from Bush's Iraq War. The death toll in Ukraine is still far below that number.
It's not too late to put Bush on trial for those deaths in Iraq. Let's set an example for the world by putting our own war criminals on trial.
Except, oops, President Biden voted to authorize the Iraq War in 2002. I guess we'd have to put him on trial also. Oh, oops, Hillary Clinton also voted to authorize the Iraq War, we'd have to put her on trial also. And Chuck Schumer, and John Kerry.
What happens when your war crimes are bipartisan and all the powerful people protect each other from prosecution?
Oh, nothing. Nothing at all.
Then wait 20 years until some other country does what your own country did, and let your hypocrisy bloom.
A fair estimate would be half a million deaths from Bush's Iraq War. The death toll in Ukraine is still far below that number.
It's not too late to put Bush on trial for those deaths in Iraq. Let's set an example for the world by putting our own war criminals on trial.
Except, oops, President Biden voted to authorize the Iraq War in 2002. I guess we'd have to put him on trial also. Oh, oops, Hillary Clinton also voted to authorize the Iraq War, we'd have to put her on trial also. And Chuck Schumer, and John Kerry.
What happens when your war crimes are bipartisan and all the powerful people protect each other from prosecution?
Oh, nothing. Nothing at all.
Then wait 20 years until some other country does what your own country did, and let your hypocrisy bloom.