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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever actually hated a sitting US President before? [View all]Martin Eden
(12,803 posts)In the wake of 9-11 GW had 90% support, and I was among them. Then he and Cheney and the PNAC neocons launched their fraudulent war of choice in Iraq.
Bush manipulated the fear, grief, anger, and patriotism of the American people with a deliberate campaign of lies to lead our nation into a war that cost more than twice as many American lives as 9-11, $trillions of dollars, and up to a million lives in a region that has been engulfed in war ever since.
It was the most egregious betrayal of public trust by a US president in our nation's history.
The so-called "war on terror" recruited the next generation of hardened terrorists, perpetuating and worsening this threat.
It absolutely sickens me every time I see this war criminal treated with honor and privilege instead of brought before The Hague and imprisoned, which is what he deserves.
Trump is a much more loathsome creature who is dividing the American people and doing real damage, but he has yet to match GW Bush for sheer volume of death and destruction.