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» The Problem With George W. Bush Is Not His Beliefs (which Suck)
This section is off-topic for this page, but I feel compelled nonetheless to comment here on the subject of Ellen's friendship with George W Bush.
I agree with Mehdi Hasan, who says that the problem with George W. Bush is not his beliefs (.. which do indeed suck by themselves). Rather, the problem is with his war crimes .. which include torture.
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Like Michael Brooks says » "Wearing fur is not the same thing as killing millions of people."
Not hardly.
It is entirely understandable why Ellen might be ignorant of Dubya's war crimes, which have stained America's reputation and brought disgrace upon us.
This plays in with Ellen's earlier disposition to ignore and bury and suppress the abuse she suffered.
» Wearing Fur Isnt the Same Thing as Killing Millions of People and Instituting a Global Torture Regime
Well, there are others who have suffered much worse abuse at the hands (literally) of the Bush administration .. over which W had ultimate responsibility.
He should be in prison right now for his many war crimes that have brought so much pain and suffering to so many innocent civilians
» I Wonder What Ana Thinks
I wonder what Ana Kasparian thinks of this. She always has thoughtful and well-informed insights into such things.
What did I tell you? Notice how she said it twice .. just in case you missed it the first time.
You dont have a "difference of opinion" with a war criminal whose administration committed countless atrocities in the name of the American people because he didnt want to seem weak like his daddy.
No. Rather you call out that shit every day until he dies and then you etch it deep into his gravestone as a permanent record so that future generations will know that here lies a war criminal that brought disgrace upon America.
Torture is wrong. It is morally wrong. It is ethically wrong. It has been proven ineffective, as subjects will simply tell you whatever you want to hear .. so that the torture stops. They will make up whatever stories they think you want to hear.
I will say it again » torture is wrong. If you happen to disagree, then you can go over there and stand with George come Judgment day .. and we will see how things turn out for you, my friend.
It's not going to be pretty. I can almost hear the weeping and gnashing of teeth now.
» Ellen Needs to Educate Herself About the Legacy of Atrocities Committed by the Bush Administration
Here are some brief, informative features that I would like Ellen to familiarize herself with.
- The Torture Question (Oct 2005) by PBS / Frontline, which does nothing but outstanding work.
- Secrets, Politics and Torture by PBS / Frontline (May, 2015)
- Taxi to the Dark Side, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary
For sure, there are many other things that George has done that are deserving of our contempt ..
.. but these videos should get you started on why you probably dont want to be seen publicly with him any more.
You can still be buddy-buddy with him. But meet him in private. Hang out with him and Laura in private. Be nice to him in private.
Because public appearances together seem to bestow upon him your Good Housekeeping seal-of-approval .. which he does not deserve.
» Establishing a National Truth and Reconciliation Commission to Really Deal with the Global Torture Regime that Formed Under the Bush Administration
Perhaps you could talk to George about helping to establish a national Truth and Reconciliation Commission ..
.. in order to help the nation really move beyond the global torture regime that formed under the Bush administration.
Let's put your friendship with Dubya to good use, Ellen. Such a commission will not only help the nation heal by taking responsibility for the war crimes it committed .. but it will also help prevent a recurrence of such an immoral thing in the future.
Trump has already voiced his love of torture. The reason why he feels so comfortable declaring such things is because the nation has never formally condemned the practice and held responsible those who were responsible for it.
If George and Cheney and Numbsfeld were all sitting in prison right now for their roles in the development of their global torture regime ..
.. then Trump would not feel so at liberty to declare how wonderful he feels that torture is.
This is why we should have a Truth-n-Reconciliation Commission .. instead of trying to bury the facts of the war crimes that were committed by the Bush adminsitration.
One of the reasons, anyway. There are more. Silence is the thing that allows such nastiness to continue for so long. The light-of-day serves as an antiseptic to such moral and ethical rot.
» George W Bush is a War Criminal Responsible for the Deaths of Millions of Innocents
We as a nation dont want to normalize the torture practiced by his administration by burying our heads in the sand and pretending like it never happened. We dont want to make that seem okay.
We dont want to overlook his war crimes .. which have brought so much unnecessary suffering and misery to so many innocent civilians.
Because this is the kind of shit that leaves lasting psychic scars.
Dubya was an incompetent and irresponsible president, who actually lost the 2000 election. (« see Cenk at t=2:20).
I wouldnt write this here if I didnt feel strongly about it. People who see no problem with you publicly giving your seal-of-approval to him obviously dont know what atrocities he has committed in the name of America.
Being a sentient being myself, I feel the need to speak out against such things.
» George W Bush was a Terrible Terrible President
Next time you happen to see him, tell him I said "Go fuck yourself, George .. you incompetent piece-of-shit war criminal who brought disgrace upon America."
I can see why Colonel Wilkerson said that George didnt know his ass from a hole in the ground.
I disagree with the Colonel there. I bet that George does indeed know the difference.
I will leave the final word here for Ana.
She says that George was a "terrible, terrible president."
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