09-14-2018, 09:18 PM
George W did some fucked up shit, no doubt about it.
He let Cheney and Rumsfeld convince him and our allies that Hussein had WMDs and that Iraq was behind the Al-qaeda 9⁄11 attacks.
That bullshit narrative conveniently ignored that fact that it was our lucrative Saudi allies who created the terrorists behind the attacks.
As a result, the U.S. invaded countries who were not directly responsible, causing thousands of deaths in Iraq, Afghanistan, and among the allied forces from U.S., Europe, and Australia. Sadly, the resultant profitable war machine continues to this day. Unforgivable.
Those are facts which I'll never excuse or minimize. The United States was a lying war monger.
However, I do not think that idiocy and corruption is as risky to the foundations of our democracy as the President promoting policies which pit U.S. citizens against each other for political gain, along with allowing/excusing adversarial governments to penetrate and influence our elections and policies for personal gain.
He let Cheney and Rumsfeld convince him and our allies that Hussein had WMDs and that Iraq was behind the Al-qaeda 9⁄11 attacks.
That bullshit narrative conveniently ignored that fact that it was our lucrative Saudi allies who created the terrorists behind the attacks.
As a result, the U.S. invaded countries who were not directly responsible, causing thousands of deaths in Iraq, Afghanistan, and among the allied forces from U.S., Europe, and Australia. Sadly, the resultant profitable war machine continues to this day. Unforgivable.
Those are facts which I'll never excuse or minimize. The United States was a lying war monger.
However, I do not think that idiocy and corruption is as risky to the foundations of our democracy as the President promoting policies which pit U.S. citizens against each other for political gain, along with allowing/excusing adversarial governments to penetrate and influence our elections and policies for personal gain.