Let us remember George H. W.
Bush, a person with a deep distrust of democracy, freedom and
the institutions of our government.
One time head of the CIA, Vice-President and then President,
Bush was instrumental in creating the secret government that,
without consultation with the voters and mostly disregarding
Congress, invaded countries that posed no threat to the U.S.
The invasion of Iraq, and the invasion of Panama and Granada
come most immediately to mind.
He pardoned six men convicted of
crimes in the Iran-Contra affair. The subversion of democracy
in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador and the murder
of Central American human rights activists (by U.S. trained and
advised foreign military) happened on his watch. We are
witnessing the consequences of those actions on our southern
border today. Reagan and Bush squandered the peace dividend
left by the end of the cold war and the world is now less at
peace and a great opportunity lost.
Bush's son, George W. Bush,
was his proxy, with a Cabinet composed of the same warmongers
that served in his father's Cabinet, and the invasion of
Afghanistan and a 2nd invasion of Iraq have been the result.
These wars of choice have cost us dearly and we have gained less
than nothing in return. Why a one-term president who has no
significant public accomplishments should get such accolades, as
are currently being bestowed, makes me wonder.
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