Presidents Clinton and Bush bring sunflowers to Ukrainian church to show solidarity

[IcyPeas]

Link to tweet

[FarPoint]

1. Fortunately....

I did get to see this on MSNBC....so clicking a tweet is not necessary.

[brooklynite]

2. And why is that fortunate?

[question everything]

19. Depends on the device

When I am at my desk top computer, as is now, the twit opens.

When I am sitting at the den with my iPad, I have to click on the twit which takes me to the twit page to see it and, on occasions, locks me until I sign up.

Very annoying..

[FarPoint]

23. yeap

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. This makes me smile

[ffr]

4. This is what dignity and solidarity look like

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Despite all the presidents we've had

and 25A, we still don't have a break glass in case of fire mechanism for when the occupant of the Oval Office is batshit crazy. Guess it kind of goes with power because there have been many demented madmen in the history of the world.

[SheltieLover]

6. Kicking for visibility

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Lovely. However, Dubya's gotten a tad pudgy.

[smirkymonkey]

8. I joined DU because I thought Bush was the worst person that could happen to this country.

Little did I know. At least the man has some shred of humanity inside him. I never, ever imagined that someone like Trump would have come along. I am glad I was here when he did. I would have lost my mind without this community.

[Kablooie]

15. I never thought Bush was a terrible person.

But he was not a leader so was led by a lot of conniving creeps to make some horrendous decisions.

[efhmc]

21. Also joined to protest baby bush. I thought he was shallow and manipulated but

not to the core evil like TFG. I really despised and still do Cheney and the other creeps in that administration.

[calimary]

18. DU sure saved my sanity back then.

I found my way here through a website called "Resident Bush". DU was one of the other friendly sites listed along the left margin. Needed it after the bushies stole the White House from Al Gore.

And as you've said, "little did I know"! I thought dubya was bad - and yes, in a large part because of the scheming, duplicitous vermin (Cheney, Rove, and more) with whom he surrounded himself.

[L. Coyote]

25. I joined because the 2004 election integrity discussion here most noteworthy.

There was an obvious disinformation component to membership, and I had to comment on the level of bullshit.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. 42 and 43. Two former presidents --acting together -- show support for the people of Ukraine.

Link to tweet

[newdayneeded]

10. Did you all

notice donny with them showing the great american spirit as these two past presidents?.....ya, neither did I.

[leftstreet]

11. Bush is a war criminal n/t

[jalan48]

12. Yeah, how quickly we forget. Orwellian really.

[spike jones]

13. Isn't it still possible to indict him for war crimes? nt

[Polybius]

27. Yes, just like it's possible for me to win the lotto

Both have the same chance of happening, however.

[Skittles]

34. Obama advised us we all needed to "look forward"

and that was the end of that

[WarGamer]

17. makes Putin look like an amateur... sorry.

What was the death count in Iraq?

[xocetaceans]

22. Bush ought to consider his role in world events, go back into hiding & keep painting his victims....

Portraits of Courage: Paintings of Military Heroes by President Bush

https://www.military.com/veterans-day/portraits-of-courage-paintings-by-president-bush.html

Iraq Coalition Casualty Count

US fatalities in Iraq: 4586

US wounded in Iraq: 32455

http://icasualties.org/

Documented deaths in Iraq

"Documented civilian deaths from violence
186,143 – 209,349

Total violent deaths including combatants
288,000"

https://www.iraqbodycount.org/

Satire but accurate:

https://www.theonion.com/george-w-bush-debuts-new-paintings-of-dogs-friends-g-1819595637

[burrowowl]

29. He and Cheney should be tried for war crimes.

[leftstreet]

30. +1

[Skittles]

35. damn straight

fucking warmongering pieces of SHIT

[malaise]

38. Thank you

This is shameless

[xocetaceans]

41. Exactly. Also, where is that Senate report on torture now? The Senate GOP suppressed it years ago.

It ought to be released now that the Democrats control the Senate. It was about 5,000 pages long, wasn't it? Maybe only 2,000 pages...I don't recall exactly.

But, yeah, a trial for W, Cheney, Rice, Addington, John Yoo et al would be appropriate.

I suppose we're just too "busy" at the moment. After all, maybe we still have to "look forward", not backward.

The Torture Memos, 10 Years Later
By Andrew Cohen
February 6, 2012

"Our journey toward Abu Ghraib began in earnest with a single document -- written and signed without the knowledge of the American people"
...
https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/02/the-torture-memos-10-years-later/252439/

[Solly Mack]

44. Yes

And not just them.

[robbob]

43. That video news story from theOnion

Is brutal. “This is where he’s most at peace…”

[Skittles]

33. oh don't you know, we are supposed to forget that

because now he paints, and loves him some flowers

[Martin Eden]

36. What I would say to his face if I could

I'd tell you to go fuck yourself
But that is much too kind
If you you could perform that feat
You'd take pleasure in your behind

I'd like to say eat shit and die
But you deserve much more
You should suffer all the grief and pain
Of your misbegotten war

Though I can never make you think
Or feel, or understand
I'll take solace when you hear your name
Cursed throughout the land

From inside a lonely prison cell
Dark and bare and cold
Where every day you pay for your crimes
Until you're sick, heartbroken, and old

When you finally leave this Earth
You fucked over oh so well
If there is a God and afterlife
You're going straight to Hell

[spanone]

14. Meanwhile, previous asshole-in-chief is calling President Biden weak.

[calimary]

16. To which I'd tell him "takes one to know one, donald."

[Martin Eden]

39. The standard response to MF45 from Democrats should always be...

Let's remember that Donald Trump is a pathological liar with zero credibility.

Seriously, they should have consistently said that from the beginning.

Let's remember that Donald Trump is a pathological liar with zero credibility.

Rinse, repeat:

Let's remember that Donald Trump is a pathological liar with zero credibility.

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Makes sense that the current president of Ukraine is named after a Saint. ❤

🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻 Slava Ukraini! 🌻🇺🇦❤🇺🇦🌻

[Blue_playwright]

24. Hate Bush but...

It is good that he works with other presidents and tries to be bipartisan now. Horrific past aside, folks forget quickly, and this has some chance of unification for a few. Maybe. Or I’m still a total Pollyanna.

[Rhiannon12866]

26. Twitter replies:

Link to tweet

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[Maru Kitteh]

28. That's a wonderful gesture, and I'd wager both wish they could do more.

[Demovictory9]

31. lovely gesture

[herding cats]

32. I get the reasoning for this, but I just can't.

I know this isn't for me, I get that 100%.

All I'm going to say here is it's a good thing this wasn't marketed to me.

[malaise]

37. Is that Bush the war criminal who is responsible for the deaths of close to a million Iraqis?

This is shameless - seriously.

[xocetaceans]

42. Death, destruction, displacement, torture, ISIS, etc. You name it, and you're probably right. n/t

[Solly Mack]

45. It is. I agree.

But kind of typical for short memories and those who like to pretend crimes against humanity committed by Americans are somehow a mistake or not so bad or done with good intentions.

[malaise]

47. It's frightening sis

seriously

[samplegirl]

40. Touching

[IronLionZion]

46. They can go to an Iraqi church or mosque next