• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 months ago

    Sorry… you’re saying he isn’t a war criminal because he didn’t make the final decision even though he planned the whole thing? Really?

    Is Dick Cheney innocent despite being the architect of two wars that killed millions of people because George W. Bush had to say yes?

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      9 months ago

      No, I’m saying he isn’t the war criminal you think he is. Just as Dick Cheney, who can be accused of many things, didn’t make the decision to invade Iraq. Bush did.

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          9 months ago

          I said dick Cheney could be accused of many things, but giving orders to invade Iraq isn’t one of them.

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            9 months ago

            Except that’s exactly what he did. He was the architect. Architects don’t build houses, but it’s ultimately their design. If something goes wrong with the design, it’s not the construction company’s fault. You seem to think that if a house collapses because it was designed to be structurally unsound, it’s the fault of the person who bought the land.

            There would have been no secret bombing campaign if not for Kissinger and we wouldn’t have invaded Iraq without Cheney. They are absolutely, unequivocally war criminals.

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              9 months ago

              It is the fault of the person who ordered the house built.

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                  9 months ago

                  Now entering NaNa land.

                  The president is responsinle for the decisions made and the orders given.

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                    9 months ago

                    So absolutely no one else is ever responsible for anything that the U.S. ever does except whoever is president at the time. That is your assertion.