2000 stolen election, 2004 stolen election, LIHOP/MIHOP 9-11, Iraq War...

[ElementaryPenguin]

What do you believe to be the most outrageously despicable crime committed by George W. Bush?

I know this is a toughie. Authorizing torture, withdrawing from Kyoto, his ceaseless war on the environment, using terror warnings for political purposes, purging the CIA, outing Valerie Plame...the list is endless.

For me, however, even though they are all truly horrendous - if I had to choose one - I'd have to go with having the United States start a major war for the first time in its history - without any provocation - a war crime committed simply to steal oil, line the pockets of defense contractors, and strengthen BushCo politically - a war crime that has caused perhaps 200,000 innocent deaths so far - and perhaps more if we include the Iraqi soldiers that were killed in the original invasion.

[arcane1]

1. agreed, if only because that war...

was the reason behind all of the other crimes you listed

:hi:

[ElementaryPenguin]

4. Good point, A. Where've you been?

:shrug:

[arcane1]

5. here, there, you know how it is

everywhere

[teach1st]

2. Iraq was the worst...

Iraq and the lies that led us there.

[ElementaryPenguin]

8. I'm just praying that they don't top their Iraq nightmare!

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. 2000 stolen election

Because if he hadn't gotten away with that, none of the rest would have happened.

[ElementaryPenguin]

6. Destroying America's democracy is pretty hard to top...

but I think he just might have!

[MadcityRock]

7. Turning kids into killers and torturers

So they become criminals, too.

[ElementaryPenguin]

9. Yeah, and authorizing torture - torture that was used on children -

In front of their mothers...that's pretty hard to fucking top also!