George W. Bush, along with every president since Truman, has certainly committed crimes - war crimes, to be precise, as defined by the Geneva Convention.
But why would you expect him to take the rap for it? He hasn't accepted responsibility for any of the mistakes of his administration.
Your second question goes to the heart of the Republicans' success over the last 20+ years. The Republicans are VERY good at defining the parameters of debate and the Democrats are very careful at challenging them for fear of appearing "soft on terrorism" (or in the 80s, "soft on communism"). This is to the Democrats' eternal shame and is one of the main reasons why 99% of them marched in lock step with the Bush administration after 9/11. The Democrats supported the war(s), supported the Patriot Act, supported every military appropriations bill, etc.
And to be completely fair, Democratic administrations have been just as shameful as the Republicans in their support for bloodthirsty dictators, military juntas and illegitimate regimes.
The other problem is that by supporting these atrocious governments and policies, the Democrats are morally compromised and are reluctant to call the Republicans on their bullshit.
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama and the rest of the lot should all be held accountable for this war. But I'm not holding my breath.
2007-02-04 01:47:56
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answered by Anonymous
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no person can lower back it up with information simply by fact to try this Bush might could enable a team of autonomous experts habit a genuine examine into 9/11. in basic terms then can absolutely everyone be sure for themselves regardless of if Bush is a conflict criminal yet I make it easier to be attentive to if I have been Bush and that i became into harmless i might have made specific that the 1st 9/11 cost have been a hundred% autonomous of government and might have made specific no question approximately 9/11 became into left unanswered.
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answered by ? 4
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My opinion, the house AND the senate were Republican. Plan and simple. He hasn't committed actually crimes per say other than the fact that most of the time if the situation doesn't include the rich...he really doesn't care. He knew about and let them out that undercover agent. Someone who protects and keeps a country safe doesn't sit there to see what happens in a children's story before he does something. He had Intel that we were going to be attacked and he ignored it. Instead of defending America, he has our young Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers, Sons and Daughters actually protecting some other country and leaving ours more vulnerable. I can almost guarantee that if we got attacked on our soil again, he would bring the troops home.
2007-02-04 01:43:54
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answered by Juicy Fruit 4
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Because politicians rarely pay for their crimes, particularly when other politicians are willing to cover it up, participate, or look the other way. Most of them know they have their own skeletons waiting to be revealed. Doesn't matter which party. If Bush was running a corporation, he would have been canned the first year, though he would have probably received a multi-million dollar departure package because he's such a nice felon.
2007-02-04 01:40:12
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answered by Joe D 6
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No.
As for Clinton: Look at the way the Mayor of San Francisco handled his recent adultery. Then look at the way President Clinton handled his. What upset me was not that Clinton got a hummer in the oval office, what upset me was that he lied about Monica Lewinsky. I suppose if someone called you a liar, part of a vast "right wing conspiracy", ridiculed and humiliated you in public you wouldn't mind. It really bothered me that he cared so little for a woman he had shared intimacy with. It was treason, not against the United States, it was a betrayal of trust. He really owes Monica Lewinsky a public apology.
Objectively, President Bush cannot "polarize" the nation. It takes two to argue. Democrats, in general and as a party, have fallen back on their historical position of ridicule based on stereotyping people because of race, religion, sex or politics.
I will occasionally vote for a specific democrat if I believe their political position is good. Once a Democrat starts spouting the same kind of stereotypical trash they used to justify slavery, lynchings of blacks in New York city (commonly called "draft riots" by the politically correct), imprisoning the Japanese and racial segregation I quit listening.
Review Biden's recent comments, more racist stereotypical trash.
Everyone makes mistakes, it is the consistency of the errors within a specific group that creates serious problems. It is important to identify the actual group that has the issue.
For example as a society we know poverty breeds violent behavior world wide regardless of race or religion.
In the same way we know the the Democratic party in the United States attracts people who base their views largely on ignorant stereotypes regardless of race, sex or religion.
2007-02-04 02:25:48
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answered by Anonymous
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He has not committed any crimes. Anyone who thinks he has violated any of the provisions of the Geneva Conventions is obviously not familiar with them. Nor has he committed crimes against humanity. And he has certainly not broken any of the laws of our country.
It is amusing when people make those accusations but fail to provide a single, substantiable charge, backed up with concrete evidence.
The democrats are getting a free skate with their words and actions (Joe Biden the bigot and William Jefferson the thief) because the media is so obsessed with their pathological hatred for Bush they are ignoring all else.
To Kwan Kong: Bonia was the war started by Clinton that he failed to extricate the US from before leaving office. It is now a NATO peace keeping operation. The UN wasn't interested since they couldn't make any money off of it.
2007-02-04 02:05:37
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answered by Anonymous
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President Bush has committed no crime. He has made many decisions on many issues, some right, some wrong but that's his job.
When Bill Clinton committed sodomy with a person under his control, nobody said "sexual harassment". As a matter of fact I don't think he was even charged with that. He was charged with lying to the investigators. " I did not have sex with that woman". Well O.K. maybe I did. Where was the outrage?
2007-02-04 01:53:28
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answered by H.C.Will 3
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I wouldn't go as far as 007, but Bush really hasn't done anything glaringly illegal. Bill Clinton got impeached because he perjured himself in regards to the Lewinski scandal. So far Dubya, like him or not, has avoided violating our laws.
If anything he has manipulated the system by changing the rules to fit his purposes. May not be right but it also isn't illegal. That just makes him a politician.
2007-02-04 01:43:25
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answered by Weekend Warrior 2
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He has not committed any crimes! And your statement about about the dems being attacked for a wrong statement, I never hear of them being criticised by the media, the opposite in fact!
2007-02-04 02:00:16
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answered by tcbtoday123 5
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Crimes against Humanity. Crimes against America. Crimes against Europe. Crimes against Africa. Crimes against the Arctic. Crimes against Bosnia. Crimes against Humanity.
2007-02-04 01:50:29
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answered by Kwan Kong 5
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