George W Bush is not funny

[MissMillie]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/george-w-bush-is-not-funny/ar-AAXAfuJ?ocid=U483DHP&li=BBnb7Kz

But the effective annihilation of a nation is hardly a laughing matter. Ditto for the reduction to a split-second “Iraq, too, anyway” of hundreds of thousands of deaths, countless massacres of Iraqi civilians, the forcible displacement of millions of people, and the saturation of the country with toxic and radioactive munitions that continue to cause congenital birth defects, cancer, and all manner of other maladies nearly two decades after the launch of the “wholly unjustified and brutal invasion”.

One can imagine the horror that would ensue were a nonwhite non-Westerner to crack a joke about, say, the September 11 attacks, or some other event paling in comparison – in terms of human and material destruction – to the war on Iraq. Bush and his audience, on the other hand, are by virtue of imperial entitlement permitted to snicker at a reference to the mass slaughter of nonwhite non-Westerners as though it were merely an instance of self-deprecating humour on the part of the former imperial commander-in-chief.

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It's a good read, and he doesn't only aim his criticism at W.

It's true: some things aren't funny.

[CrispyQ]

1. There was a similar article regarding Giuliani's recent appearance on some reality TV show.

A major instigator of lies about the 2020 election. Possibly involved in the January 6, 2021 insurrection. But he gets to go on a major network & laugh & dance or whatthefuckever he did, & people applauded. We have no standards anymore.

[walkingman]

2. Nothing funny about "W" at all. The fact that he is not in prison for war crimes say a lot about us.

[Martin Eden]

8. Absolutely.

Every time I see him treated like an honored elder statesman I feel the urge to

[cbabe]

3. Not funny. Ask a veteran.

Repost

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=736993

PTSD, depression, gulf war syndrome, DU and children’s birth defects, infectious diseases, TBIs, physical injuries, amputations… suicides of buddies…

Not funny.

[Submariner]

4. I have to sympathize with the first snipers we put in Iraq

During the first year before Al Qaeda arrived in Iraq, our snipers were actually murdering Iraqi freedom fighters, not knowing the Iraqis were innocents defending their country from a foreign invader attacking based on the WMD lie.

Those guys must have some serious PTSD issues about their killing of Iraqi patriots, and the blame lies on the Cheney lie machine.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

5. "No great civilization was conquered from without

Until it destroyed from within”

Thanks a lot, shrub.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. The big lie of WMD greased the skids for the Big Lie .nt

[KS Toronado]

7. Nice insight, you are dead-on

reQublicOns found out they could lie to the American electorate and get away with it,
now everything coming from them is lies, misinformation, & disinformation.

[Skittles]

9. that warmongering POS just needs to STFU

[RobertoRoberti]

10. Belen Fernandez is a woman...

...and the author of four brilliant books along with all of her brilliant articles. I just thought that should be noted. Otherwise, I agree with the OP and all the replies.