Does George Bush owe America an apology?

[cestpaspossible]

"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." - 5/1/2003

[Vincardog]

1. He should go on Arab TV and apologies to them for his

illegal immoral illegitimate war of aggression.

[Parche]

2. GW Bush

He owes the world an apology

[Warpy]

3. He owes us the rest of his life in prison

His family and cronies owe us all the money they've looted from us.

He owes us an appearance before the Hague, charged with crimes against humanity.

He owes us silence for his crimes against the English language.

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[Yellow_Dog]

4. And about

120 years at hard labor, and repayment of billions if not trillions of dollars.

[pbartch]

5. So DOES HIS MOTHER.........FOR LETTING HIM BE BORN !!! !!!!

[bigwillq]

6. Yes (nt)

[Chicago Democrat]

7. Mega-understatement of the Century

Folks its called WAR CRIMES.


Trying this man for the War Crimes is the only thing that will ever get the US back into the community of civilized nations, and only after a full accounting and recompense and justice for the crimes that caused the killing so many tens of thousands of dead and destruction of an entire country.

[cestpaspossible]

8. It just amazes me that the 2 year anniversary of "Mission Accomplished"

passed with barely a mention...

[kmla]

9. I voted no because he owes us a resignation...

Too fuckin' late for an apology. Two years and 1,600+ lives too late.

[oasis]

10. Barbara Bush owes the world an apology for giving birth to Hitler #2.

[ryan_cats]

11. He owes us a resignation

You should put resignation as one of the choices.
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[DanCa]

12. Lets see

He just condemed me to live in a broken body, blasphamies the teachings of my god, and is trying to steal my flag I leave it up to you wheather monkey boy owes me an apology or not.

[Selatius]

13. I dare say most US presidents owe the American people an apology

[orpupilofnature57]

17. What should F.D.R apologize for?

[Selatius]

23. Signing off on the interning of Japanese-American US CITIZENS

Of course, he's dead, but that doesn't detract from recognizing a wrong a president has done or continues to do.

[cestpaspossible]

19. The "all-politicians-are-bad" frame is false and it works against us

because it encourages the media culture of false equivalency. Just mho.

[Selatius]

22. The aim was at US presidents, not all politicians.

I also never said ALL presidents, just MOST.

[cestpaspossible]

27. Still, you are buying into the false frame the RW wants you to.

That encourages the culture of false equivalency. Just mho.

[Selatius]

32. Sorry, but if I dealt in absolutes, I would've said "all," not "most"

I purposely chose that word because it could mean anything from 51% upwards to 99%. Given that it would take me a great while to research every US president for every instance of corruption or injustice, I settled on that word, but even if I did quantify my response, there would still be disagreement over the details because some of it is quite subjective. I hope I am demonstrating to you that I am not dealing in black/white absolutes but shades of gray. However, if you've read enough, you'd realize we have had our fair share of pitiful excuses for leaders, but that's an issue of the structure of power in this country, which is another topic entirely.

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. He owes a big sorry and massive reparations to the entire world

[leesa]

15. And a trial for high treason and war crimes.

[orpupilofnature57]

16. He owes us his resignation!!

[Just Me]

18. What should be the penalty for what he and the neoCONfascist have done?

They should each and everyone be squarely seated on death row in Texas.

Sow what they reap.

Of course, I'd advocate that they be subjected to living on the edge of death everyday as lawyers fight against the imposition of death on their lives.

Still, they deserve the penalty of having that life/death experience.

[michael_1166]

21. Simply one day...

without bodyguards in the streets of Baghdad. Any guesses how long it'd take until he'd wet himself there?

[DireStrike]

20. Well, he does owe a debt to society...

I think he should wear orange for a little while to make it up. 25-life ought to do it.

[hippiegranny]

24. an apology AND

his letter of resignation. Let him go be a golfer/cowboy/mountain biker.

[riverwalker]

25. He owes us a tribunal n/t

[Protagoras]

26. Missing option = Resignation and Guilty Plea

nt

[cestpaspossible]

29. Still, I would argue

that Nixon owed us an apology. Resigning wasn't enough.

[rndmprsn]

28. after his impeachment and criminal trials are over and he is convicted...

he can apologize after all that, that will help some...but the justice he meets will necessarily have to be harsh in order to save any shred of our honor and rep in the world.

even impeaching bush and convicting him for treason, crimes against humanity etc...will only partially undo the damage.

[PowerToThePeople]

30. No - he deserves jail.

[seabeyond]

31. he owes us JAIL TIME n/t

[IndianaGreen]

33. No apology will do! Bush is nothing more than a common war criminal

who deserves punishment at the hands of an international war crimes court.

Asking whether Bush owes America an apology is like asking Hitler to apologize for the Holocaust, or Emperor Hirohito to apologize for Japan's crimes.

Bush can apologize after he is convicted of war crimes, during the victims's impact statement phase of his trial.

[earth mom]

34. Where's the "HELL YES!" option? eom

[1956]

35. APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED!!!!!!!

The jackass in prison for ALL his crimes, might, might...just might
make amends. No, I take it back, NOTHING could undo the kind of damage he has done to America's good name, countless lives, the economy,decency!To say that he made a mess is just an understatement! Kerry would have had to do triple time to just try to undo SOME of the damage! APOLOGY REJECTED!

[Fridays Child]

36. He owes the world a shackled appearance before the ICC.

nt

[whosinpower]

38. Well it would be a start but

We all know it will never happen. George NEVER admits he ever ever makes a mistake - he utterly refused to admit such during the presidential debates.

And worse - it isn't good enough. The gravity of his foreign policy worldwide is so obscene, so rife with error that resignation, impeachment and trial for crimes against humanity will be the only thing that will satisfy.

A soldier recently admitted he made a mistake when he murdered a muslim in Afghanistan. He committed murder - admitted such, KNEW it was wrong....he was given three months prison time. Let us put this into perspective - Martha Stewart was charged with insider trading and was given two years (?) prison. Did her actions directly cause the death of someone? Or how about those nuns that broke into a nuclear silo and were banging on the exterior with a hammer in protest.....how long did she have to serve in prison time? I guarentee you it was allot longer than three months.

[undeterred]

39. Fuck the apology, I want his resignation.

That's all.