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In reply to the discussion: In 2009, President Obama made a decision to not investigate the Bush/Cheney Administration. [View all]stillcool
(32,626 posts)if the Bush Administration would be charged with war crimes, would the actual victims be compensated someway. Over a million dead Iraqi's, countless Afghani's and Iraqi's tortured. Would all of those victims be able to sue the United States, based on what came out in the trial? If so, who would defend the United States? I'm sure 'national security' would make most evidence 'classified' as is always the case....so what would happen. Nothing?
I think Trump has too much criminal baggage to be able to walk away, but what about the kids in the cages? Is the United States government responsible or is Donald Trump? Would that have national security issues, or have a classified information minefield to wander through? What would be fair compensation to all the victims of the United States? We can't even compensate our own people for what we've done...or is this not about the victims at all