• WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The USA get one “we did something unthinkably stupid” free pass.

    They used up all those passes during the Bush administration.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Remember when we thought Bush was the low point in American history, and it couldn’t get more absurd than “Freedom Fries”? Good times.

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        1 year ago

        Don’t diminish what a shit bag Bush was.

        At least Trump didn’t invade a country and kill tens of thousands of people under false pretenses.

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      1 year ago

      they used up all those passes when they had to go to war over whether slavery is bad and should be banned