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arely staircase

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2. Bush's invasion of Iraq was a war of aggression and a crime

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Feb 7, 2015, 12:03 PM

Feb 2015

He will probably never be punished in a court of law but at least he and his cronies can't leave the country for fear of prosecution abroad, so that is something I guess. But I don't think it is wise or really honest to try to draw parallels to the medieval/communications age broadcast of the horrific burning death of a man in a cage for public spectacle.

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Juan Cole: Is ISIL’s ‘Shock and Awe’ more Awe-ful because One Victim? [View all] marmar Feb 2015 OP

if one dies it's a tragedy... magical thyme Feb 2015 #1

I have it in my sig line. valerief Feb 2015 #7

actually I was thinking of Stalin magical thyme Feb 2015 #15

I was thinking similar NewJeffCT Feb 2015 #18

Yes, because anything worth saying has been said many times before, like Kennedy's, valerief Feb 2015 #21

Bush's invasion of Iraq was a war of aggression and a crime arely staircase Feb 2015 #2

Kick. polly7 Feb 2015 #3

Or the fake body counts from 'nam erronis Feb 2015 #23

K&R JEB Feb 2015 #4

His questions make some people uncomfortable and include facts about policies and Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #5

And many Americans just don't want to hear it...... marmar Feb 2015 #6

Jingoism works! valerief Feb 2015 #9

What Cole has said and I will add, what Obama has said recently, can get in the way Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #19

What's his point? nt Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #8

I believe it's this, and that what has, and is being done in the name of polly7 Feb 2015 #10

Stipulated. Can we DO something now? Dreamer Tatum Feb 2015 #13

It isn't Cole that has to do something. polly7 Feb 2015 #17

K&R G_j Feb 2015 #11

Sick irony is that ISIS' actions are used by the US as justification for more aerial bombing. nt Romulox Feb 2015 #12

Academic and moral arguments about our past deeds are valid. TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #14

Dear Juan, it's not 'one victim' B2G Feb 2015 #16

Such as this from of all places, RT: 7962 Feb 2015 #25

Yes, it is. Anyone who can look someone if the face and burn him to death is a psychopath. McCamy Taylor Feb 2015 #20

This point needs repeating killbotfactory Feb 2015 #22

Bullshit equivalency. But then juan Cole is full of shit anyway, so what else would he say 7962 Feb 2015 #24

We weren't shown video of women and children in Falluja Warpy Feb 2015 #26

+1. n/t Jefferson23 Feb 2015 #27

Exactly, Warpy. polly7 Feb 2015 #29

Aljazeera: If terror is political theatre, ISIL is an Oscar winner pampango Feb 2015 #28