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In reply to the discussion: When we took control in 2006, many wanted to impeach Bush [View all]summer_in_TX
(2,788 posts)He and Cheney and his entire administration should have been subjected to a Nuremberg-type trial, not just impeachment.
Yes we were attacked during 9-11, but violating the Geneva Convention was a violation of international norms that an earlier generation of Americans had a major part in enacting. Unlike a bad actor committing atrocities, this was government policy. In a country based on government of, by, and for the people, his actions tainted everyone of us with his debased policies.
Even Trump can't rehabilitate him in my eyes. But Bush set the stage for Trump. If Americans could go along with a president whose policy included torture, and who was never held accountable, it's not so great a descent to choosing a malignant paranoid narcissist.