It’s worth remembering the bush era’s invade the hague act, committing the US to a military attack on the ICC if they prosecute any US personnel for the many war crimes we committed in full view of the world.
Sanctioning judges for acting on an allies’ war crimes is new, sure. But the US is an old hand at spitting in the face of international law to protect mass murderers from justice.
Recency bias doesn’t help, especially with how fucking nuts headlines are every day, but holy shit it’s wild how many people have forgotten how wretched the bush administration was
A lot of people do seem to think “bush looks good in comparison to trump”, ignoring the fact that the open corruption and rejection of reality under bush was an earlier iteration of our current fascist coup, an important stage in that same process.
Obama openly refusing to enforce the law against those bush era criminals (“I’m looking forward not backward”) was another important step towards fascism.
Obama openly refusing to enforce the law against those bush era criminals (“I’m looking forward not backward”) was another important step towards fascism.
This x1000. I used to be proud of South Korea’s rich history of prosecuting their former Presidents, but recently they stopped doing this too. Shameful. We must bring back punishments for those who abuse power.
We talking George W or just George? I seem to remember the former got into office by a hair’s breadth, with the help of some seriously dangerous nazis in Florida (2000). A blueprint for Jan6 and everything that went on during that election.
It’s worth remembering the bush era’s invade the hague act, committing the US to a military attack on the ICC if they prosecute any US personnel for the many war crimes we committed in full view of the world.
Sanctioning judges for acting on an allies’ war crimes is new, sure. But the US is an old hand at spitting in the face of international law to protect mass murderers from justice.
Recency bias doesn’t help, especially with how fucking nuts headlines are every day, but holy shit it’s wild how many people have forgotten how wretched the bush administration was
A lot of people do seem to think “bush looks good in comparison to trump”, ignoring the fact that the open corruption and rejection of reality under bush was an earlier iteration of our current fascist coup, an important stage in that same process.
Obama openly refusing to enforce the law against those bush era criminals (“I’m looking forward not backward”) was another important step towards fascism.
Obama and Biden not rolling back Bush era things like the Invade the Hague act (Servicemans Protection Act) also.
It’s no accident that the US already has a huge amount of the infrastructure required for it to start to fascist out the way it has under Trump.
This x1000. I used to be proud of South Korea’s rich history of prosecuting their former Presidents, but recently they stopped doing this too. Shameful. We must bring back punishments for those who abuse power.
We talking George W or just George? I seem to remember the former got into office by a hair’s breadth, with the help of some seriously dangerous nazis in Florida (2000). A blueprint for Jan6 and everything that went on during that election.
It’s not that we’ve forgotten, it’s that it’s so much worse now that those were the “good ol’ days”
It’s definitely both.
Thanks for the reminder. I had read about this, but the continuous US25 shitshow made me forget.