The Trial of an American President

Tonight, Chris and I went to see The Trial of an American President, a play detailing the hypothetical trial of former President George W. Bush being charged with war crimes surrounding starting the Iraq War, which we now know was a complete waste of time and money, needlessly killing hundreds of thousands of American and Iraqi soldiers and Iraqi civilians. A number of real victims of the war who survived detail everything from the harsh realities of “waterboarding” to the horrifying treatment of prisoners held without legitimate reason at Guantanamo Bay. This play just made me feel even more angry about politics today. So many people would want an actual trial like this to happen, but it never will.

The play actually reminded me of how ridiculous all the anti-Hillary or “Killary” people are, saying she needs to be “locked up” for everything from her 30,000 missing emails to the four Americans, including a U.S. ambassador, who died during the Benghazi attacks in Libya in 2012. Why are these people making such a big fuss about e-mails of all things to the deaths of four Americans when George W. Bush caused the deaths of literally hundreds of thousands of Americans and Iraqis in a war that was completely fruitless? He says he consulted with God frequently when deciding on the war. I love it when conservatives try to say that God gave them some direct message about the stupid decisions they make. It’s really amazing how people turn a blind eye on the things they don’t care about or think is important and zoom in on and scrutinize what really either isn’t important or has already been resolved.

 

 

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