Take for instance his scheduled appearance in Switzerland to speak before a group called United Israel Appeal. The speech was scheduled for February 12th, but it has now been cancelled. It has been cancelled because substantial demonstrations against his appearance were being scheduled (with everyone encouraged to bring a shoe to throw at him).
Several groups were also planning to try and bring charges against him for approving the use of torture in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it is doubtful that the charges would have been accepted by the Swiss government, even though torture is against international law and the Geneva Conventions (and Bush has admitted ordering the torture of prisoners).
But whether it was the possibility of charges (unlikely) or the large number of planned demonstrators (more likely), it is obvious that there are still a lot of negative feelings toward Bush -- both in the United States and in Europe.
It looks like its going to be a very long time before the Bush legacy can be rehabilitated, if it can be at all. I doubt that anyone alive today will live to see it.
I continue to be extremely disappointed with both the Obama administration and Democrats in Congress for refusing to hold Bush and Cheney accountable for war crimes. This was an important moral test, which Democrats failed miserably.
ReplyDeleteI can't argue with that. No one, not even a president, should be above the law.
ReplyDeletestill think the first thing Obama should have done was charge him and his asshole buddies with war crimes.
ReplyDeleteA word to the wise is sufficient.
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