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global1

(25,225 posts) Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:27 PM Jun 2014

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The Dilemma: Prosecute BushCo As War Criminals Or Prevent The U.S. Economy From Crashing?.....

BushCo left a pile of manure for President Obama to clean up when he took office. What was more important at the time?

Should he have pushed to prosecute BushCo as war criminals or should he have done everything he could do (without the cooperation of the Repubs) to make sure the U.S. economy didn't crash?

We know what he chose - but looking back - I kind of wish he kept both things on the table.

Look where we are now. The BushCo war criminals are on MSM blaming the President for their lies and criminality.

How sad.....

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The Dilemma: Prosecute BushCo As War Criminals Or Prevent The U.S. Economy From Crashing?..... (Original Post) global1 Jun 2014 OP

Sounds like a false dilemma to me. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #1

+1 nt MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #2

Chew gum or walk? Capt. Obvious Jun 2014 #3

You bet, because Eric Holder has done such a stellar job ... GeorgeGist Jun 2014 #4

Yep, he should have seen to it that the mass murdering war criminals had to pay randys1 Jun 2014 #5

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

1. Sounds like a false dilemma to me.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:28 PM

Jun 2014

No excuse for shielding war criminals from justice. You only encourage further criminal behaviour that way.

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

2. +1 nt

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:34 PM

Jun 2014

Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts)

3. Chew gum or walk?

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:36 PM

Jun 2014

Can only do one.

GeorgeGist

(25,311 posts)

4. You bet, because Eric Holder has done such a stellar job ...

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:38 PM

Jun 2014

of prosecuting the Wolves of Wall St that there's no way the DOJ could have found the resources to also prosecute BushCo.

randys1

(16,286 posts)

5. Yep, he should have seen to it that the mass murdering war criminals had to pay

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 01:40 PM

Jun 2014

some sort of price.

But he didnt, so now we are where we are.

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