20 Years (and a few more decades) Later...

Some folks (like myself- not to exclude say... Ukrainians) are quite the outraged how Putin lied Russia into an attempted takeover of Ukraine. While this has resulted in wide international condemnation of Mr. Putin, many an American seems to have forgotten how we were completely, and not so conveniently, lied into a war in Iraq. And as we now try to somehow, someway legally address the myriad of crimes committed by our former Narcissist-in-Chief, Donald J. Trump, Mr. Bush now seemingly enjoys being fondly recast as the lovingly harmless, grandfather type who paints adoringly cute portraits and tableaus ensconced in the privacy of his bathtub, the same W Bush who needlessly lied us into a war of invasion in a country that did us no harm, and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi men, women and children for the sake of his own... vanity! Later he would 'joke' about the reasons he started the war, because by then... hey, we all needed a little humor- did we not? Gotta make some use of thousands of needlessly slaughtered innocents!

The good, honest people at FOX News (those currently being sued for lying to us about a recent election) were quite gun ho at the time to get their war on- mocking, haranguing, and ridiculing the UN weapons inspectors on a daily basis for declaring there were no weapons of mass destruction to be found. Who were these unmanly, girly boy spoilers for a good fight anyway?

Later, of course, those same good people at FOX claimed, how were they to know there were no weapons of mass destruction? "We were lied to," by the media no less! Lied to, by... themselves! Good thing that kind of thing, where FOX lies to its viewers, no longer happens! And uhhh... let us not forget that even "the paper of record," the most venerable NY Times also wanted in on the action- as did most every other traditional news outlet (as thousands protested in the streets worldwide against the most obvious of hoaxes). But on to the battlefield we did go, to dignify ourselves with untold tales of needlessly heinous torture and imaginary valor.  

And as if a twenty year look back on wars and soon to be dead presidents ain't quite enough- let's not forget this little golden nugget of history (the kind Mr. DeSantis would not want taught in your school) where a soon to be President had American hostages suffering in a foreign land wait just a tad bit longer to make him look good, you know... that great All American Icon who paved the way for the likes of W and Donald, the one who had our government actively trafficking in cocaine... 

Let's Make America Great Again! Again...