This is wonderfully put.
Sure if the basis for this assertion is only coming from an American perspective. Most other places aren't going to white wash American president's war crimes.
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Michelle Obama on her bond with George W. Bush: "Our values are the same"
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Only brown lives? They don't give a shit about any POC, it's all a facade to show themselves like they really care but they don't give a shit. Hell some of them are even saying that a fucking war criminal said sorry so we all should forgive him because if not then we are inmature.
Like wtf is with these people, and then when something happens in America we need to give a shit, fuck them.
He's going to answer for his crimes in a People Magazine interview hosted by his daughter? If Michelle's answer in this interview had the weight of leading to GWB being held accountable, tried for his crimes and being brought to justice, I will take back every post in this thread. If not, then it's not 'justice' you are in search of from Michelle, it's you want her to be petty.
Ah well that's ok then.
I guess any murderer can now just apologize and walk home free.
Crime solved.
By we do you mean groups of people who don't give a shit about millions of brown people getting killed and suffering?
So you're one of them, huh?
Maybe you should grow a conscience and imagine how millions of people who suffered and still suffering because of Iraq war would feel if they hear the person responsible for it are being called loving and compassionate. Grow a fucking conscience please.
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Is it really considered petty of someone to admit in a public interview that they don't agree with a war criminal who destabilized the Middle East for generations to come?
Considering the traction this article has gotten, if she had said something even remotely negative about Bush and his administration, then the "weight" of her words might bear down on those who deserve it as opposed to sugar-coating cruelty. She has influence and is a known public figure. Her words do have meaning, and right now, her words are forgiving of someone who deserves zero forgiveness.
So would i.
But nothing will happen because centrism is the religion of the craven.
Bush should be tried at the Hague. Apologising means jack shit when he will die peacefully in his sleep.
Calling out Bush for what he and his administration did isn't petty, it's arguably a moral imperative.
Go look up the figures for the Iraq War. Trillions spent, thousands dead, countless more lives ruined in the wake, and all predicated on a lie sold to the American people in regards to WoMD.
To be clear I'm not calling Michelle some horrific human because of this but she missed a golden opportunity to shine a light on one of our greatest national atrocities and instead opted to keep it fluffy.
This shit right here. This is what's wrong. America is literally killing people in dozens of countries for nothing more than money and power. Using drones. But it's ok because it's just brown people you don't know or care about.
But calling out Michelle Obama is the real racism amirite?
Try him at the Hague then. I said multiple times that I don't have any qualms about punishing Bush.
if she did that she might have to acknowledge her husband's own contributions to the subject matter
You should probably stop taking your talking points ftom Dave Rubin.
We can't talk bad about the Obama's to progressive Americans, according to them they are perfect and the only evil come from the republicans. Even tho democratsand republicans are pretty much the same evil if you are from a different country.
You're right, she says "we don't disagree" on humanity, love, and compassion - something Bush showed zero of towards literally anyone who suffered due to his actions. Hundreds of thousands of people are dead. The Middle East unstable. The war was built on falsehoods, and both Republicans and Democrats knew it. Saying "we disagree on policy" means jack shit and handwaves everything, given that disagreeing on this particular policy should come from basic morality and ethics, not some systematic political decision.
She not only agrees with Bush, she is normalizing his actions.
Yupppp. Which is why it will never happen.
Michelle's not a victim here. She claimed a demonstrable war criminal shares her value system. It was an incredibly bad moment for her.
As for you moving on, kudos. That said, there are many, many people on both sides of this conflict who lost mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, children, and grandchildren to this war.
For those people, they don't have the luxury of moving on. They just have to get on with it in a world that is largely indifferent to their respective tragedies.
The Michelle Obama controversy really highlights how much politics is just a game of cult of personality. People are willing to defend and excuse Obama due to his charisma and historical importance as the first black president without being actually critical of his actions. This extends to the first black First Lady due to association.
I don't agree with his continuation of the foreign policies Bush laid out in the middle east, nor was I a fan of his unwillingness to throw Republicans the middle finger when Dems had majority. I do appreciate the fact that he at least attempted to follow through on his promise to reinvent the wheel with our healthcare industry and could hold a coherent conversation with foreign leaders and look the part of American President.
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