I've never thought W had malice in his heart. The man was simply not as willful as the demon occupying the vice president seat while he was president. W honestly thought he was doing the right thing for others. That said, the man had his moments where I seriously questioned his intelligence. He made the ultimate pawn for Cheney.
Such a naive perspective, as if malice can be gauged by appearances. He committed a warcrime by invading a sovereign nation because - at least in part - "[Saddam] tried to kill [his] dad". Even if you don't subscribe to this presupposition Dubya committed the USA to an unprovoked war and is unquestionably a war criminal. The relative and all-too-apparent maliciousness of his veep does not mitigate that damning fact.
I’m not saying Iraq was justified or in any way a good idea, but is a country ruled by an oppressive dictator really a “sovereign nation” in the full sense of the word?
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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '19
You forgot Nixon, W. Bush. This isn’t a recent thing with the Republican party. They’ve been mining hatred and ignorance for decades.