![]() But no, we’re told we have to have respect. The accounting for his crimes should also be done in public. But for the rest of us, the rest of the world, we must remember that his incalculable crimes were committed in public, from the highest chambers of power, in the most dominant nation in the world. Leave the stories about how classy Bush supposedly was, how cool is marriage was, how he built a father-son relationship with Bill Clinton, how he was nice to Barack Obama, how he always wore those funny socks - leave all of that to the family in their private memorials. ![]() and international news media are engaging in sick propaganda. The Houston Symphony paying tribute to his love of colorful socks. Newscaster: The 41st president honored today not just as a statesman, but as a father and neighbor. Newscaster: George Herbert Walker Bush today is being remembered as a great man and as a gentle soul. Bush: I just want to get up into heaven and I don’t get there by bragging on myself. Values that to the end, reflected what was most important to him, his family. Newscaster: Throughout his long life, George Bush was admired as a man of decency, modesty, and uncommon achievement. This is the eulogy that George Herbert Walker Bush should be receiving this week. George Herbert Walker Bush came from a powerful family, was born with a silver spoon in his mouth to a father who cozied up to Nazis, who desecrated the grave of the indigenous leader Geronimo and whose businesses contributed to the imperial agenda to force the poor of the world into indentured servitude for the powerful. This legacy can be seen in the scourge of AIDS, the presence of a sexual harasser, Clarence Thomas, on the Supreme Court who in a sick irony of history replaced Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court Justice, and a noble man. It can be seen in the international criminals that he pardoned after Iran-Contra and the systematic violence of the so-called War on Drugs. It can be seen in the never-ending killing fields of Iraq. His legacy can be seen in the poverty and corruption of Central and Latin America. George Herbert Walker Bush was in unrepentant war criminal who spent the overwhelming majority of his life making the world a worse place, a more dangerous place, and he leaves behind a global trail of tears, of bloodshed, of death and destruction. And right now, at this moment, every media outlet in this country, every politician, Democrat and Republican, is engaged in collective eulogy based on lies - lies about who Bush was, lies about his policies, lies about the mass-killing he oversaw during his life at the highest levels of power in the U.S. JS: The national religion of the United States is American exceptionalism, and we are now in the midst of a grotesque canonization of one of its imperial saints: George Herbert Walker Bush. ![]() A hero’s welcome heralded by cannons and a 21-gun salute. Peter Alexander: As the sun set over Washington Monday, President Bush’s coffin arrived at the capitol. I’m Jeremy Scahill coming to you from the offices of The Intercept in New York City. You got a fucking dart in your neck.ĭJT: You are crazy. SWS: You just took one in the jugular, man.ĭJT: Oh my God. They say it could puncture the skin of a rhino from a hunt. That’s the most powerful tranquilizer gun on the market. Seann William Scott as Peppers: She’s a beauty, ain’t she? Acclaimed Iraqi poet and scholar Sinan Antoon describes his life under the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Saddam, the horrors of the Gulf War, and how Bush’s destruction of Iraqi civilian society led to the rise of ISIS. Gupta discusses Bush’s support for Manuel Noriega and his eventual invasion of Panama, the pardoning of Iran-Contra criminals, the dirty wars in Central America, the support for Saddam Hussein, and the launch of the Gulf War. Independent journalist Arun Gupta covers decades of Bush, from his time at the helm of the CIA to the presidency. This week on Intercepted: an honest memorial service for an unrepentant warmonger who dedicated his life to militarism, war, coups, regime change, and the lies of “American exceptionalism.” Jeremy Scahill details the crimes of Bush, the sick propaganda of the corporate media memorials, and the trail of blood, death, and tears Bush leaves behind. The United States is now in the midst of a grotesque canonization of one of its imperial saints, George Herbert Walker Bush.
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