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markpkessinger

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9. No, he shouldn't be on trial now. He should h ave been put on trial in 2009!

Reply to peppertree (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2023, 02:48 PM

Mar 2023

But he wasn't. Why? Because President Obama wanted to "look forwards, not backward," and because Nancy Pelosi refused to start an investigation of the prior administration's war crimes.

Look, primary responsibility for what happened in Iraq rests with Bush. But there were a number of powerful Democrats who were willing to look the other way at the time. We forget that at our peril.

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20 years on, should George W. Bush be on trial for Iraq? [View all] peppertree Mar 2023 OP

Definitely. Remember that fraud vial of prop powder he made Colin hold up at the UN? Blues Heron Mar 2023 #1

YUP no_hypocrisy Mar 2023 #2

YES!! 2naSalit Mar 2023 #3

To late now... He should be finishing his sentence not... yourout Mar 2023 #4

He should be locked up for life no parole Blues Heron Mar 2023 #5

We can't get trump frickin in jail. LakeArenal Mar 2023 #6

"I'm a member of a secret society, a society so secret, I can't even talk about it"? czarjak Mar 2023 #7

Only if Cheney and Curveball are hauled in, as well Warpy Mar 2023 #8

No, he shouldn't be on trial now. He should h ave been put on trial in 2009! markpkessinger Mar 2023 #9

The failure to hold anyone accocuntable for war crimes in Iraq was a bipartisan one . . . markpkessinger Mar 2023 #10

Watch Bush's body language at about the 27:28 mark Uncle Joe Mar 2023 #11