The scope of the denial simply knows no bounds.
This is a last graf of an email a reader sent into Andrew Sullivan (emphasis added) …
I would argue that by any fair, realistic comparison with past wars, the Bush administration has run the Iraq war with a minimum of American military and Iraq civilian casualties, and has accomplished as much as Lincoln or Roosevelt accomplished in their wars. The news media of the time never complained about America firebombing Japanese and German civilian populations.”
Really don’t know whether to laugh or to cry with this garbage.
Hmmm, destroyed fascism, created a new global state system, first major global conflict to observe the 1929 3rd Geneva Convention on treatment of POWs vs. overthrew Saddam Hussein, plunged the country into civil war, embraced torture as supposed American value.
Saved the union, dealt a death blow to slavery, held a free election during a civil war vs. overthrew Saddam Hussein, plunged the country into civil war, embraced torture as supposed American value.
It sends a shudder through me to think that anyone actually believes this malarkey and how little respect they seem to have for their countries traditions or greatest moments that they actually voice them.
