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They Got Away With It. [View all] Solly Mack Mar 2013 OP
One thing I've noticed about BushCo: They were very into making portraits TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #1
I remember that photo. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #4
you mean this cover? LiberalLovinLug Mar 2013 #11
To this day I can't look at that lying, bow-legged, fake-cowboy, chickenhawk, pig-fucker without ... 11 Bravo Mar 2013 #15
summed it up nicely...nt Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #19
I'm not sure I could be as nice as you. Liberal Jesus Freak Mar 2013 #46
What can I say? I'm trying to work on my people skills. 11 Bravo Mar 2013 #70
heheh blm Mar 2013 #126
Really, you shouldn't be so nice when you refer to him AndyA Mar 2013 #56
If we said what we REALLY thought, the Secret Service guys would be coming to visit... lastlib Mar 2013 #122
'like' SaveAmerica Mar 2013 #73
Oh, come on, Bravo, tell us how you really feel! nightscanner59 Mar 2013 #108
That's it. Yeah, they're all just out for a stroll on a lonely Texas backroad... TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #17
"the media ate it up" -- They say that Operation Mockingbird was discontinued. Maybe it wasn't. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #50
Here's the portrait DuhBya will be remembered by alterfurz Mar 2013 #90
and "we" are getting away with it still n/t Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #2
We must look forward, not back. CrispyQ Mar 2013 #3
I always think "Forward to what? It happening again?" Solly Mack Mar 2013 #6
The War Machine has been beating the Iran drums for some time. Initech Mar 2013 #9
As I have said many times over the last four years . . . markpkessinger Mar 2013 #96
K&R nt Zorra Mar 2013 #5
K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2013 #7
Indeed... Scuba Mar 2013 #8
I thought to myself "boy, Bush really looks like Butthead" and then I remembered this tularetom Mar 2013 #10
They should be tried at the ICC like the war criminals before them. LittleBlue Mar 2013 #12
The United States is not a member the International Criminal Court. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #24
I know, it's a tragedy LittleBlue Mar 2013 #25
We used to be. Bush removed us from the ICC before the Iraq War. I remember sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #34
Was NAZI Germany? Just asking. JDPriestly Mar 2013 #54
Under the ICC Solly Mack Mar 2013 #60
Technically, those targets of drone killlings are no longer American citizens.. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2013 #104
I wonder who is the committee that decides this? midnight Mar 2013 #120
The Problem is, Only the Leaders of Weak or Defeated Sides are tried for War Crimes Wolf Frankula Mar 2013 #13
True. truebluegreen Mar 2013 #23
If any of the Bush gang leave this country they will be subject to arrest by the World Court. xtraxritical Mar 2013 #107
K&R. nt OnyxCollie Mar 2013 #14
That last pic is heartbreaking. reformist2 Mar 2013 #16
I agree. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #29
+1000 Many here agree with what you said. RC Mar 2013 #67
No. Literally nothing. Scootaloo Mar 2013 #113
What you say is only partly true. Profit was also a big motive AikidoSoul Mar 2013 #130
Yes, they did. Also ProSense Mar 2013 #18
The list is long. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #26
Jeez, that first picture looks like something out of a mob drama. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #20
It is and was very surreal. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #31
You guys forgot Ari the Liar.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2013 #21
Didn't forget him. Won't forget any of them. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #28
Yeah..... cactusfractal Mar 2013 #22
Seeing this just makes me hope that a Dem wins in 2016. Lobo27 Mar 2013 #27
So long as it is a Dem who did not aid and abet them. I will never support any Dem who voted sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #37
Presumably, nobody on DU would support any Republican for President cpwm17 Mar 2013 #51
Agreed dreamnightwind Mar 2013 #114
She has no foreign policy experience cpwm17 Mar 2013 #119
Thanks, interesting dreamnightwind Mar 2013 #129
better be an unrepentantly progressive dem by then, because nightscanner59 Mar 2013 #110
I doubt history will be kind to any of them.... Little Star Mar 2013 #30
Crime lords of a magnitude we havent seen since Rex Mar 2013 #32
Cheney and Rumsfeld were part of the Nixon Administration. They were present when sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #40
And with the new recent revelation of Nixon keeping S Vietnam Rex Mar 2013 #43
And here, I thought that shit about Nixon and the Paris talks was old news. Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #112
Yes. With recent document releases making it official now. Rex Mar 2013 #128
And Cheney and Iran Contra (while in Congress) Solly Mack Mar 2013 #47
I love how American Dad puts it. Rex Mar 2013 #58
I remember that. Sad how truths are easier told through comedy. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #61
It is a sad commentary on our society. Rex Mar 2013 #62
These dickheads are unintentionally the greatest gift we ever got. HughBeaumont Mar 2013 #33
Yes they did ismnotwasm Mar 2013 #35
MISSING A HUGE PART jerfro Mar 2013 #36
I don't excuse them either. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #39
His last letter Milliesmom Mar 2013 #38
Thank You! jerfro Mar 2013 #42
Made me think of this Fumesucker Mar 2013 #41
Yes They Did SamKnause Mar 2013 #44
First pic is dripping with hubris Shankapotomus Mar 2013 #45
They'll die thinking themselves heroes. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #69
Two things that stand out to me from the portrait picture. Cleita Mar 2013 #48
She probably sees herself as loyal and steadfast. I see her as complicit in war crimes. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #49
It looks like a publicity shot for a show about rich, evil assholes, like a Dallas or something. Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #57
Exactly! treestar Mar 2013 #78
Not as long as there are people who remember. Octafish Mar 2013 #52
Of all the things that anger people over the invasion/this "anniversary",that they got away with it Solly Mack Mar 2013 #64
Never forget!! brer cat Mar 2013 #53
They would call it freedom blood anyway. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #63
... madamesilverspurs Mar 2013 #55
:( Solly Mack Mar 2013 #65
"They" always get away with it... First Speaker Mar 2013 #59
Oh, I'm pessimistic as well. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #68
I can't look at these pictures cbrer Mar 2013 #66
I'm so sorry. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #86
Sociopaths and idiots are us. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #71
Paul Wolfowitz is missing from this line-up KauaiK Mar 2013 #72
Feith, Addington, Yoo, Bybee, Hadley,Gonzales, Mukasey, Myers, Miller Solly Mack Mar 2013 #93
I've been surprised that Ilsa Mar 2013 #74
INDEED...THEY DID...and IT CONTINUES............. KoKo Mar 2013 #75
I came to DU for this not TV shows Ichingcarpenter Mar 2013 #76
I hear you. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #83
That's what they think malaise Mar 2013 #77
Spain and the UK used universal jurisdiction to detain Pinochet. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #82
More Spain than the UK malaise Mar 2013 #85
Yes, Judge Garzon. But that the UK actually held him was a victory for universal jurisdiction. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #87
100% correct malaise Mar 2013 #88
Course, they let him go too. So... Solly Mack Mar 2013 #89
The sad part is that he died without being convicted malaise Mar 2013 #91
And Judge Garzon worked to get him indicted. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #94
Pinochet was scum - he should have died in prison malaise Mar 2013 #97
The picture of the young woman at the grave is so powerful! redstatebluegirl Mar 2013 #79
K&R at least there is a chance that Poodle (Blair) is in trouble. And just might get his arse idwiyo Mar 2013 #80
That would be something! Solly Mack Mar 2013 #81
Have a look at the link to the tread I saw today on DU. There IS going to be at least one lawsuit idwiyo Mar 2013 #84
Sooo repulsive!! Such a terrible nightmare--except it was/is real! hue Mar 2013 #92
At least, for the formal portrait of disgrace, colorado_ufo Mar 2013 #95
Dear God, look at that poor little girl in the third picture. colorado_ufo Mar 2013 #98
Her name is Samar Hassan. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #99
That first photo: Brigid Mar 2013 #100
Message auto-removed april rain Mar 2013 #101
SCAMMERS! Just like the WALL STREET CROWD OF BANKERS! KoKo Mar 2013 #102
Change You Can BeLIEve In! blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #103
may they be haunted beyond eternity. spanone Mar 2013 #105
K&R ReRe Mar 2013 #106
Team Obama will get 'em upi402 Mar 2013 #109
And They Lived Happily Ever After. jsr Mar 2013 #111
Victory of the Loud Little Handful Gabby Hayes Mar 2013 #115
That is a sadly truthful statement. Solly Mack Mar 2013 #121
And we helped them. Yes, us. nt Bonobo Mar 2013 #116
Seven war Madmiddle Mar 2013 #117
Excellent reminder Solly Mack samplegirl Mar 2013 #118
yes they did and Obama escalated Afghanistan as well as the use of drones xiamiam Mar 2013 #123
Posing for history books? lolly Mar 2013 #124
I can't believe how angry I still am about it ellie Mar 2013 #125
For now. Berlum Mar 2013 #127
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