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Martin Eden

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9. Vietnam was our worst war. 58,000 Americans died.

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:51 PM

18 hrs ago

Afghanistan was our longest, and shouldn't have been waged.

Iraq was based on the most lies.

But Dipshit Donald's war, combined with his shredding of our alliances, may be the most difficult to recover from. Can we ever be trusted again? We have yet to see the economic impact, especially if the dollar is dumped internationally.

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Poor "Shrub" Bush...it's slipping away... [View all] Pesky1 19 hrs ago OP

W. was a gentleman and a scholar compared to the evil monster dalton99a 19 hrs ago #1

Yeah.. and though I would not go so far as to say Cheney was not evil (or at least evil-adjacent) hlthe2b 19 hrs ago #3

And George loved his dogs and children PatSeg 18 hrs ago #5

Cheney autographed Sasha Baron Cohen's water board kit! Lucky Luciano 12 hrs ago #31

Making fun of a woman on death row? vanlassie 8 hrs ago #36

I have no idea what you are talking about nor who (Cheney or Bush*) hlthe2b 3 hrs ago #37

W was never anything resembling a scholar or a gentleman in any circumstances. He was snide, cruel (are you aware of the Martin68 31 min ago #39

remember when W mocked Carla Fae Tucker, the woman on death row? Dyedinthewoolliberal 5 min ago #40

Texas is shrinking before our eyes. Baitball Blogger 19 hrs ago #2

Texas grandpamike1 12 hrs ago #33

I remember, thinking back on it, believing that W was just impossibly awful at the time; I had no idea 0rganism 18 hrs ago #4

I thought Reagan was the worst we'd ever have to deal with DavidDvorkin 18 hrs ago #6

I feel the same. evolves 17 hrs ago #11

Worst President in the history of the US - gone Nasruddin 18 hrs ago #7

Poor guy. KnR. NNadir 18 hrs ago #8

Vietnam was our worst war. 58,000 Americans died. Martin Eden 18 hrs ago #9

For a long, long time Pesky1 17 hrs ago #10

The Electoral College put him in the first time. maddiemom 17 hrs ago #14

There's A Solution Working Its Way Around... GB_RN 16 hrs ago #23

Likeley unconstitutional under the Compact Clause, Article 1, Section 10 WarGamer 16 hrs ago #25

That's One Argument. GB_RN 13 hrs ago #30

Yes, none of the other wars dismantled the post-WW2 rules based order Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #16

It's going to take at least 50 years HighFired49 14 hrs ago #28

Bush was an absolutely horrible President edhopper 17 hrs ago #12

That fker and his handler, Cheney The Dick (R-Hell) should have been tried in The Hague for war crimes, OMGWTF 16 hrs ago #18

Don't disagree edhopper 16 hrs ago #21

He tanked the economy in 2008 too, and Chump is really REALLY trying to beat that FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #13

The Bush family were very gracious to Obama and especially their children. 33taw 17 hrs ago #15

GeeDumbya should send T💩p a fruit basket, but he would never touch it. OMGWTF 16 hrs ago #17

He paved the way for the orange menace and his p25 criminal cabal Clouds Passing 16 hrs ago #19

Remember he said DownriverDem 16 hrs ago #20

He was an incompetent buffoon that should never have been President JI7 16 hrs ago #22

I always got the impression he didn't really want the job. llmart 14 hrs ago #27

Don't whitewash Shrub WarGamer 16 hrs ago #24

Speaking of whitewash... dpibel 12 hrs ago #32

One of my favorites...from 10 years ago Roy Rolling 15 hrs ago #26

I was positive he'd be the worst in history. Sparkly 14 hrs ago #29

I got involved in paying attention to politics under Bush 2 kimbutgar 11 hrs ago #34

W was illegitimate too! czarjak 10 hrs ago #35

Been saying for a decade now Cosmocat 1 hr ago #38

How can he sleep at night... bif 3 min ago #41

Not on point , but anyway! ransomeli 2 min ago #42