I can't with these headlines about Bush's "masterful foreign policy". He was a warmonger whose violence created unliveable conditions in Iraq hurting civilians, like my family who didn't have access to life saving drugs or basic food. Fuck him. And fuck media's historical erasure
My grandfather, who I never had the opportunity to meet, died completely unnecessarily because he couldn't access very basic drugs due to embargos restrictions.
The first gulf war helped solidify the demonization of Muslims and Arabs in the mind's of (mostly white) Americans creating far reaching consequences. It also set the stage for Bush Jr to launch another racist war WHICH IS STILL HAPPENING IN CASE YOU FORGOT.
And don't pretend like Obama didn't actively continue the war and expand it by using drones to bomb brown folks around the world.
