“From his very first term, Bush shocked many by reaching who had either been convicted or pleaded guilty to crimes during the Reagan and Bush administrations’ and others who many felt should have been indicted.“ “You have a very long list of people and what emerged through the two terms was that people who seemed to be accused of violating the law had a rapid accent in this administration.“ “Now, instead of investigating that, the congress...
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The declining human rights standards on display with the Haspel and Pompeo nominations are the latest in a long line of policy failures that include the Obama administration’s lack of prosecutions of Bush-era torture, Nat Parry notes. If a person is OK with torture and assassination, that person is OK with anything. Is this an indication of psychopathology or more seriously, sociopathology? Consortium NewsTorture-Tainted CIA and State Nominees Recall Failure to Prosecute Bush-Era Abuses Nat...
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He got that right. Monumental strategic blunder, although I would argue that escalating in Vietnam was probably a worse blunder.The HillTrump hits Bush: Invading Iraq 'the single worst decision ever made'Max Greenwood
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