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Richard Behan's avatar

Bush, Cheney, et al. may not be held accountable, but not for lack of evidence. The literature documenting their crimes is massive, in dozens of books--and in many of Thom's tightly focused essays such the one today.

My own modest effor is a book I'm just now completing, "Defeated Democracy and Criminal War: the Backstories of America's Interlocked Tragedies." The book documents with 587 footnotes the deceit, dishonesty, and criminal behavior of the Bush Administration. Just one example: awaiting his signature when Bush took office was a standing offer from the Taliban to assassinate Osama bin Laden or surrender him into U.S. custody. The offer was formally rejected by Bush first in early February, again in March, once more in June, again in August--just days before 9/11--and then once more four days after that. The Bush Administration also rejected Saddam Hussein's offer to enter into voluntary exile in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, or Egypt--just weeks before Iraq was invaded. To justify a "war on terrorism" Bush needed iconic terrorists alive, at large, and in residence in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Etc. etc.

My book calls explicitly for the Bush Administration to be held accountable. If we can indict Donald Trump for comparatively trivial crimes, why can't we bring George Bush to justice for slaughtering nearly a million people and squandering $8 trillion?

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Ginger's avatar

Great 'one and done' on Afghanistan and Iraq! And 1,000,000 Iraqi/Afghan people are dead and as Thom said yesterday, thousands of our people, then and now. Tricking sincere, patriotic young men and women into being cannon fodder is alive and well. "Blow sh!t up, we'll make more!" A side note; Afghanistan supplies 90+% of the world's heroin. The country also has a native plant that produces meth - that trade runs at about $1 billion a year, alone. Big money in drug running.... I knew an ex-special forces guy who said the US military used to ship it out by the truckload. One of his friends made a lot of money doing it. Nothing like the cash liquidity of the drug trade to fund military ops and get yourself one of those $500 million Yachts. The supply chain runs through Iraq, too. Hmmm.

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