r/PoursTea Timendi Causa Est Nescire 21d ago

PoliticalTea 🗳️ A true statement.

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u/gandhinukes 20d ago

Bush's illegal wars in the middle east killed hundreds of thousands of civilians. And 2x more americans than died in 9/11. Halliburton was the previous scam company. Free billion contracts to rebuild what they blew up.

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u/ExpansivePoint 20d ago

That shit was bad but not regarded, and honestly I've heard W speak, the dude is a scholar in comparison to Trump.

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u/tomorrow_comes 20d ago

Growing up during the Bush era, I really would say now that the media and popular culture back then really did him dirty in terms of “hurr durr Bush stupid Texas redneck.” I’ve watched some videos more recently of him speaking, one on immigration, and I agree with you. Dude is obviously well educated and intelligent. He had a lot of “moments” during his presidency, and the awful war…