George Bush Jnr invades Iraq with fabricated evidence. Lies to allies about proof, drags many allies into shitty desert conflict. Gets halo as in post presidency isn't an asshole.
95You believe the conspiracy theory that the evidence was fabricated? Do you also believe that 911 was an inside job? /s
21the us claimed that Iraq had wmds, but it was later revealed Iraq has no usable wmds (they had some sarin that expired in the 70s) and the us had a congressional hearing where the armed services confirmed that they considered the unusable wmds as active wmds, even though they could not be used. it was not a conspiracy later proven true like the Tonkin incident, but just using the vague definition of WMD (there is no offical one delcared by the UN) to the army's advantage
38The justification for invading Iraq was a claim that they were developing nuclear weapons. It was well known at the time that the evidence was flimsy, and that even if true it was a flimsy excuse for an invasion. The main piece of evidence was an intercepted shipment of aluminum tubes that were soon shown to have nothing to do with a nuclear program. (See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_aluminum_tubes). That one is not a conspiracy theory.
23Honestly, it's much easier to come up with a reasonable conspiracy theory around 9/11 than most people think. There's proof that the FBI and DHS knew that the attacks were being planned (iirc they were warned multiple times by Mossad), so it isn't that much of a stretch to believe that the US intentionally ignored the warnings with the knowledge that such an attack would justify another war in the Middle East.
Ignoring the warnings would be a win-win. You get to go to war for oil if they're real, and if they're fake, then nothing happens and life goes on like it always has.
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Ah yes the war monger and torture proponent Angel. I remember him from the Bible.
55This has to be bait. Nobody who actually knows anything about JRs presidency would present him like this unless they were apologists or trolls.
44I don't think it's bait (though I don't think OP believes this opinion, we're on lemmy's 196), I think it's a political shitpost.
32What is a shitpost but bait that you admit is bait?
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Why are you people so mean to him :( He killed so many Iraqis and this is how you honour him?
27Sorry, but who is JR? Contextually, it seems like it's supposed to be George W. Bush, but there's no J or R there, so I'm lost.
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35Name a good US president
31George Bush it says so in the post
22He has W in his name for a reason
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FDR, LBJ, Carter
15FDR threw 200,000 Americans into concentration camps. He's one of the worst.
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With the premise thqt being a good president =/= being a good person: Washington Adams Jefferson Lincoln FDR Wilson Carter Sorta LBJ as long as you don't think he was involved in JFK death And phucket Obom'ner, you have to admit he was nationally gridlocked but it was a much better time for America plus Obamacare saved and improved lives
13Obombercare
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uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that guy that submitted an ad to become the american president in a YouTube video?
2The Roosevelts
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Glory to the Bush. He emancipated corporations from consequence.
20but... obamna is so funny :_<
8You mean he has a good PR team
7Obama piramid
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I'll agree with that. W seems like an all together great guy, but a bit simple. Most of the bs that came from his presidency was Cheney pulling his strings.
I loved his 'Bushisms' where he'd just make up words.
7He is actually incredibly intelligent and a war criminal. Graduated in the top 2% of the Harvard Business School, he's not simple. He's just recorded often enough that it became easy to paint him as simple, bringing forward his little stupid slip ups we all make. He's a cunning, evil man.
23wasn't he a C student? not too mention the cocaine & drunk driving
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Fool me twice - can't get fooled again!
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I need names! I am recognising Obama ans Trump but the other ones... I know vaguely the faces but that's all.
6This is your daily reminder that babies born in 2000 and don't remember the "dubya" era because they were 8 years old when it ended are turning 24 this year.
26Shit, I was twelve when it ended and I don't really remember it.
1Man, I barely remember who was president of my country before the year 2000. I don't even try to know who ruled a country behind a ocean XD
TIL I learn the meaning of dubya.1
Satan, Satan, our Lord and Saviour, Satan, Satan
9The last 5 us presidents before biden
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No one's more gangster than a president.
6Well yeah, dude was knocking down buildings in his own country.
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