Any American leader who fails to acknowledge that the refugee crisis in the ME and North Africa is

[malaise]

direct consequence of the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq cannot expect to be taken seriously.

Fuck the Con

[dalton99a]

1. Well, it was Obama Obama Obama - who simultaneously founded ISIS to make people move away

[malaise]

4. Here he is selling billions of weapons of death to one of the most undemocratic countries on our

planet. Fuck this shit.
I'm off to watch tennis.

[luvMIdog]

2. I don't know if you are old enough to remember this but...

Many years ago when there was a nightmare going on in Rwanda it was barely mentioned on the news. I saw one very short news clip and it was of a RED waterfall with human bodies falling over the edge of it. I cried when I saw that. Know what the news was full of then? Donald Trumps affair with Marla Maples and his upcoming divorce. & Yes , that is how long I have detested that man.

[malaise]

3. Good reminder

and yes I'm old enough for most things from a few years after WW2

He makes me cringe. He's detestable.

[dalton99a]

5. Yep. A Washington Post photographer was there, but coverage in the U.S. was cursory

(Warning: Some images in this collection may be disturbing)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/04/02/11-powerful-photos-from-the-aftermath-of-the-rwandan-genocide/

[luvMIdog]

6. yes that was it so damn heartbreaking

[gademocrat7]

7. The Rwanda murders were horrific.