It's frightening how easily we accept brutality.

[FDRman]

22. "Killed millions of Arabs"?

As someone who was and still am totally opposed to the Iraq and Afghan wars, I have to take issue with some of your points. Over 200,000 Iraqis may have died, the majority of whom were killed in the civil war that we clumsily and inadvertently started with the invasion. Not millions. Facts matter. I agree with many of your points. The wave of refugees created flowed into Europe and laid the groundwork for anti immigrant, extreme right wing authoritarians like Orban to rise to power. Also, the nature of the war was very different from the Russian actions in Ukraine (and Syria and Chechnya). American actions were wrong and ultimately destructive, but a far cry from the genocidal actions of Putin. I believe that Bush and many in his administration are war criminals and should be dealt with accordingly. The things that Putin has done and continues to do are far worse , far more cruel,and a much greater danger to the world. I was interested to find, by the way, that you have no other posts listed. Welcome to DU.