War Criminal Comments on the Pursuit of Human Rights in the World

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Recently, the Dallas Morning News published an interview with George W. Bush:

Exclusive: As his presidential library debuts, George W. Bush prepares to return to public stage on his own terms

By TOM BENNING
Staff Writer
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Published: 13 April 2013 11:35 PM


UNIVERSITY PARK — More than four years after George W. Bush left the White House — settling in Texas with a desire to leave politics behind — the former president remains reluctant to give up the liberation of “not feeling like I’ve got to be in the limelight.”

But as the George W. Bush Presidential Center prepares to open, Bush and his confidants don’t hesitate to defend a presidency that’s taken its share of lumps over the years.

The former president is doubling down on “compassionate conservatism.” He’s listing no new regrets. He’s focused on the center’s policy institute, which builds upon the main themes of his presidency. And he delights in taking on preconceived notions of him — on everything from his fiscal record to his artistic talent.

Taking measure of a driving philosophy behind his presidency, Bush said in an exclusive interview with The Dallas Morning News that discussion of his legacy should start with a fresh look at his record.

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http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20130413-exclusive-as-his-presidential-library-debuts-george-w.-bush-prepares-to-return-to-public-stage-on-his-own-terms.ece?action=reregister

This brought up the George W. Bush Institute and its "work": http://www.bushcenter.org/ . A cursory examination of the Bush Center Blog (http://www.bushcenter.org/blog) yielded this unbelievable bit of video:

At this point, it is important to remember the scale of death and destruction for which George W. Bush et al are responsible and, therefore, why they should be prosecuted:

Documented civilian deaths from violence: 111,951 – 122,466
Further analysis of the WikiLeaks' Iraq War Logs may add 12,000 civilian deaths.

http://www.iraqbodycount.org/

Total Coalition Military Fatalities: 4804
Iraq Coalition Casualties Contractors: 468
Iraq Coalition Casualties U.S. Wounded: 32223

http://icasualties.org/

Journalist Fatalities: 150
Media Support Worker Fatalities: 54



Iraq war and news media: A look inside the death toll
By Frank Smyth/CPJ Senior Adviser for Journalist Security

The U.S.-led war in Iraq claimed the lives of a record number of journalists and challenged some commonly held perceptions about the risks of covering conflict. Far more journalists, for example, were murdered in targeted killings in Iraq than died in combat-related circumstances. Here, on the 10th anniversary of the start of the war, is a look inside the data collected by CPJ.

At least 150 journalists and 54 media support workers were killed in Iraq from the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 to the declared end of the war in December 2011, according to CPJ research.

Fatalities in Iraq far surpass any other documented war-time death toll for the press. CPJ, founded in 1981, recorded the deaths of 58 journalists during the Algerian civil war from 1993 through 1996, another 54 fatalities in the undeclared civil conflict in Colombia, which began in 1986; and 36 deaths in the conflict in the Balkans from 1991 to 1995.

Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, has compiled lists of journalists killed in conflicts prior to 1981. The organization lists 89 journalists killed in the Central American conflicts from 1979 to 1989; a total of 98 killed in the Argentine conflict from 1976-1983; another 68 killed in World War II; and 66 killed in Vietnam from 1955 to 1975.

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http://www.cpj.org/security/2013/03/iraq-war-and-news-media-a-look-inside-the-death-to.php

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1. Well I guess he got back from vacation...

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2. He looks terrible

and is shlurring hish wordsh. Seriously, either put on a tie or lose the jacket and button-down and just wear a polo or izod. And no, I'm not buying that he gives a shit about human rights, except from a much delayed guilt when the drugs and booze wears off.