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> He was a killer. George W. Bush killed more Iraqi people than Saddam ever did and caused massively increased suffering throughout the region for decades afte

> He was a killer. George W. Bush killed more Iraqi people than Saddam ever did and caused massively increased suffering throughout the region for decades after. > You feel personality causes a person to... No, my point is that personality has nothing do do with it. Nations act out of national interest. Psychoanalysis of "enemy" leaders is what the US does to help the American population hate that person enough to go to war. We're told that any foreign leader we're supposed to hate has a diagnosable psychiatric illness. Not only is that false (they are typically rational and just acting in their own interests) it is disrespectful of people who actually do have mental health challenges.

unityByFreedom 9y ago
> George W. Bush killed more Iraqi people than Saddam ever did and caused massively increased suffering throughout the region for decades after. Let's say there's a hostage situation at a bank robbery. The police manage to catch or kill the two robbers, but in the process five civilians are killed. Who's at fault there? What if nobody in the community responds, and the attackers get away with money and kill all the hostages? You think the robbers will just stop after one bank, knowing that they can get away with it? > No, my point is that personality has nothing do do with it Then why did you bring it up? Everyone else was talking about Saddam's actions. You're the one who simplified it to his personality. If you don't believe his invasion of Kuwait and killing of the Kurdish people make him a bad guy, worse than Bush, then I simply disagree.