Mehdi Hasan on George H.W. Bush’s Ignored Legacy: War Crimes, Racism and Obstruction of Justice
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- Опубликовано: 2 дек 2018
- democracynow.org - George H.W. Bush died in Houston on Friday night at the age of 94. Bush was elected the 41st president of the United States in 1988, becoming the first and only former CIA director to lead the country. He served as Ronald Reagan’s vice president from 1981 to 1989. Since Bush’s death, the media has honored the former president by focusing on his years of service and his call as president for a kinder, gentler America. But the headlines have largely glossed over and ignored other parts of Bush’s legacy. We look at the 1991 Gulf War, Bush’s pardoning of six Reagan officials involved in the Iran-Contra scandal and how a racist election ad helped him become president. We speak with Intercept columnist Mehdi Hasan. His latest piece is titled “The Ignored Legacy of George H.W. Bush: War Crimes, Racism, and Obstruction of Justice.”
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Like father, like son.- blood money.
True
PERVERTS!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡
Grandpa Sam too!!!!!
I would like to meet my son
Grandpa was a war criminal too
SO MUCH INOCENT BLOOD IN THE HANDS OF THAT DEMON !!!
Bush and Cheney was behind the 9/11 attack mainstream media won't tell you that
@@angelpaige2143 Don't forget their Israeli masters
Wasn't enough
@@richpack5927 you should have been there :)))
You’d never hear this perspective on mainstream media. Thank goodness for Democracy Now!
Wow. Appreciate the education. I am 68 and apparently had my head up my butt. Thank you so much for truth
Janet I was just out of high school and knew some of it, back when Barbra Walters was actually a more hard hitting journalist when she interviewed G HW Bush. I’ll never forget it, nor the investigations that the only 1 to pay the price was Oliver North. Not that he wasn’t guilty, he was. But they dumped everything on him regarding selling cocaine in order to purchase weapons for Nicaragua! And I didn’t pay as much attention to politics back then but knew enough to know that Bush Sr., was not some knight and shining armor but the complete opposite. His brutal policies, whether abroad or at home with his criminality of ignoring the AIDS epidemic and so on.... have not been forgotten! I am agnostic and if there is a hell, it’s where he belongs.
PS - the way he defended Jr regarding invading Iraq was revolting, especially since it was after the fact!
@@GreenDragon11 I always saw that action as Bush not getting his second term, leaving unfinished "business" so Shrub finished that for him. With a new lie about the non-existent wmds. Dirty, the lot of them.
And this is just the tip of the iceburg. He was even involved in the Kenedy Assassination!
The Bush family fortune mostly came from his Dad who worked at a company who funded the SS and helped spread Nazi Propaganda in the US. After the trials his boss was convicted on war crimes and the money went to the share holders including Prescot Bush. He also founded the USO shows so nobody wanted the Nazi connected to get out and this was swept under the rug for years.. check out the gardian article: How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
Well you should read about how Hillary and Obama created ISIS and genocided a million of us over the course of 4 years.
he never went to jail , just like his son, another war criminal
Bush and Cheney was behind the 9/11 attack mainstream media won't tell you that
Exactly but they're already out to get Putin ,and rightly but however , PM John Howard ,Tony Blair,,and the v 2 Bush Presidants launched an illegal war which renders everyone killed in Iraq and Afghanistan by these war criminals ,were in fact murdered
That's because he didn't do anything wrong
THIS COUNTRY NEVER HAD A SERIOUS MOMENT OF INTROSPECTION OR COLLECTIVE REGRET ABOUT ANYTHING FOR AT LEAST A HUNDRED YEARS IF EVER and sorry for shouting
Don't need to be sorry. It's the truth anyways.
Truth! A nation built on the bloody genocide of one people and the brutal enslavement of another cannot stand. We're getting closer to the end, every day. 😢
Time for a collective American step 4 and 5
He left a legacy of manufactured terrorism. Nothing has changed since. This is happiness to know he’s gone.
He was retired anyways does not help much
No. He dealt with global challenges very well. Read this carefully and with an open mind. The far-left is insane. This whole video is bullshit. How on Earth they claim Bush41 is racist for carrying on the policy of enforcing drug laws that Congress passed? By the same token they attack him for nominating a black man to the Supreme Court and standing by him? Also the 1990 military operations against Iraq was a success. It liberated Kuwait and the coalition's causalities were tiny. It's insane that a dictator initiate aggression and when a world-wide coalition responds, the far-left pacifists cry "no war!" and hold that against you. Tough shit, war is a necessity to push back against aggressors. Funny how they want us to accept and deal with the consequences like hosting refugees but not intervening when suitable to deal with the problem. The trolls on the web are a whole another story. It's a trend for anti-America foreigners to accuse our leaders of war crimes without evidence. What's worst, some Americans join them in this global phony grievance-peddling.
Rest in peace, GEORGE H. W. BUSH.
Doha atletico You’re delusional and ignorant to the facts! Let’s cut the BS and accept the truth for what it is. Everyone knows that this man and his family have been criminals since the beginning of Prescott Bush or maybe even before him. Take a hike with your lies and deception because no one is buying it.
@@dohaatletico5684 casualties were tiny!!! Are you fucking kidding me. That was around million deaths because of war.. and most of deaths was on purpose.. Saddam remain in power for years and not affected a bit.
@@dohaatletico5684 He Kidnapped Young Boys, see the Franklin Coverup and loved Black boys the best. War criminal who imported Tons of Cocaine INTO this once Free country, Whacked 2 Kennedy's, Did 911 with i$LIErael, $hit on that Satanic Nazi Pedo's Grave!
there's nothing ill about cursing a dead tyrant!
Bush was SO GAY!!!! 😡😡😡😡😡
Its also sad how because people hate Trump they will say that they miss the days of the bushes.
Zorro455
Instant facepalm. Suckers!!
I wish someone would talk about what close friends Bush and Bin Laden were.
I’m pretty sure they even had friendship bracelets but when asked about them they just said it was “a wire”
The Bin Laden family goes back to the 40's anyways...
Kier starmer is also the mehdi 😂
Sends chills down my spine to know this man was in office during my early years.
It was hidden 😔 Look at those running now. We have had some truly amazing Presidents as well, Washington, Lincoln, both Roosevelt's were such great men ❤ We have had great men, horrible men & those in between. I'm so praying for a great man to be our next President.
The Biggest drug dealer in American history. CIA director Bush brought us crack cocaine by the ton.
Thank you Amy. Your work is a better source of news for people. We all know what's wrong with mainstream media.
Mehdis podcast is great
Yale isn't sending us their best people.
Luke O'Brien
💯‼️
skull and bone heads
Well done sir! 👏👏👏
Very good! Made me smile. Those old Skull and Bones guys...evidently training people how to be even more evil than the natural.
Actually there is a Depraved Dictactor Training Program at Yale.
Truth here. So very tired of all the blather.
Thank you Democracy Now for telling the truth.
Democracy Now earning some truth points with this one!
Much needed truth points!!
Truly, the real difference between Bush Sr. and Trump is a matter of aesthetics, not morality.
One of the absolute worst similarities is Dick Cheney. Dude is deranged.
Not speaking ill of the dead but he was one of the worst human being of this century who started the chaos. Trump is still a Zionists puppet
And every other US President for that matter since JFK. Speaking of JFK, Bush Sr. Is suspected to have played a leading role in his assassination
Nope. Trump is not the enemy. He's fighting against the deep state, just as JFK was trying to do.
and a few brain cells
Amy Goodman, You Are On Fire, Momma. Great Work 🇺🇸
Acording to corporate media he is Saint George Herbert Bush Aquinas of Texas.
Bush was also a gropper as well.
Mr. Bush's humanity and empathy for his fellow Americans died many years ago.
He was raised not to have any to begin... he's from evil stock, and of evil ilk.
Thank you. I cannot pretend this war criminal who gave us such hardship is a hero. He was not. His administration was a nightmare.
FACTS
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Thank you so much for doing this piece on Bush Sr. I use twitter for my social media discussions and did NOT post one thing about Bush because of his involvement in 9/11. Even tho you didn't speak about it, I hope you do sometime.
Helan M Back
The President at the time was his son Bush, but Daddy Bush and his crew wrote the patriot act years before. Worth noting The VP was running most of things during 911. The VP was also the head of the non goverment organization the CFR, but this was kept secret until years after! It is interesting how the VP was running so much, this reminds me of when Daddy Bush became VP after he ran the CIA for years... The Oligarchs have a gang and it knows no party! Bill Clinton was trained by Daddy Bush for instance. And the Bush ties to ruling class goes back to his father that helped Hitler rise to power and created the USO shows, they kept that hush hush for years also! The USO shows kept ww2 troops ready to commit to a war, if they knew the founder was tied to Nazis it wouldn't work so well. The lesson we can learn from this is how much the rulling class is tied to all sides of war. They choose when we go kill each other and the rulers make big bucks! Easy to blame Hitler for ww2 as he was a horrible man, But I blame the oligarchs that not just allowed it all to happen but profited from it! And they continued to do so after, and still to this day. Bayer, IBM, Hugo, BMW, the list goes on
I do not think Bush43 was even in the decision making loop.
Best balanced news channel ever
I've become very impressed with Mehdi Hassan as a journalist. He asks hard questions of responsible officials and doesn't back down when they try to bullshit him. He is very well informed and puts many of our journalists to shame with his dogged uncompromising investigative reporting.
Hats off to Democracy Now for not falling in line and capitulating like many news stations predictively have done.
I live in Houston ! I tried to get this information out for years. I was witness to books being written with this information in them. Only to see the authors be persecuted unto suicide. Then the book companies would pull the books off the shelf ! Anyone that would tell this stuff would have the Bush family after them. When I would try to inform personally,people in Houston, they would attack me and tell me what a great guy he was. So, rather than go to jail for what I knew ,I watched from the shadows. It was news when both he and Barbara died. People who were there, at Bush`s death bed side ,said that G.H.W. Bush said, " If they only knew what we had done, They would chase us down the street throwing rocks at us."
Yesterday we had Tory ex PM John Major on radio talking about his compassion for the poor! My radio is now in several pieces. I know one should not speak ill of the dead but I would struggle to find a good one about him. Luckily I don't have to.
He never showed any compassion for anyone.
The only thing I've got is "thousand points of light" because I think people being involved in their communities is a great thing. But it was a campaign slogan so he probably didn't come up with it...and he used the idea to absolve government of responsibility for taking care of citizens.
We must say the truth, dead or alive
Democracy Now great work 👍🏻
Don't worry, he's being held accountable now.
No he isn't.
If there was an emoticon to commemorate him, a maggot will do!
They all love War!
He was the first President when I was 18. I was a staunch Republican back then. Over time I've become a Progressive Independent. It hurts to think how ignorant I was.
How far Michigan has fallen since.
He was not only a war criminal he was a child molester as well.
Thanks Democracy Now, for clarify this to us!
Family Of Criminal, Crimes Is In Their Blood.
Day of Judgement God is calling. underneath the War Pigs crawling. begging mercies for their sins. Satan laughing spreads his wings.
BLACK SABBATH recording artist.
The world shall not miss him nor shed a tear
Love Mehdi Hasan
You 'love' Mehdi Hasan 'cos you're an ignoramus. He conveniently omitted the nearly 2 million Iranians that Iraq willingly killed when they were U.S puppets.And if we're to believe Mr.Hasan's own words that he's a 'Briton', then 'his' country murdered thousands of people in both Iraq wars, endlessly supported apartheid in S.A as well as being one of the Saudi's biggest arms suppliers-and this is only the tip of the British 20th/21st centuries crimes......why doesn't Mehdi show as much moral principle as he does moral outrage by giving up his British citizenship ?????
Apologies-I didn't realise that you were a conservative who resents free speech and the right to reply-my response to you was basically factually correct,whilst Mr.Hasan's was guilty of immense,deliberate omissions.
“Biden: The Movie” costarring David Suchet of “Poirot” as Mehdi Hasan.
Mehdi Hassan and democracy now, giving you the full truth, no matter how uncomfortable it maybe.
For those of us who lived through him, we can testify he was an AWFUL president!
Despicable human being. The whole lot of them!
Bill Hicks on George Bush is a must watch If you haven't already.
His biggest problem to me was his refusal to apologize for shooting down a civilian airliner “I don’t care what the facts are.”
But he was mild mannered lol I guess that negates everything
Mark J
Most psychopaths are “mild mannered” (murderers).
@@mahlina1220 I'll have you know sir Hannibal Lecter was incredibly rude to IT support & didn't tip his waitresses. But nah point taken.
That was the game all along to act like they were mr rogers....barbara was evil as well
Noam Chomsky- manufacturing consent 101
“Don’t speak ill of the dead”
No this is telling truths about an effective King, while others ignore all wrongs.
Keep in mind the Bill Clinton kept the drug war going full steam ahead. It's not about party, it's about policy.
It’s about follow the money.
Im not crying ...Evil person thats al I have to say..!!!
true definition of disgrace
That last line was cold blooded. Thank you for honoring this man accurately.
The man had a heart made of TIN.
RIP.......RUST in peace.
I remember once as a child watching a baseball game. In the stands they pointed out Richard Nixon, a decade post Watergate. He was in a seating area in the mezzanine surrounded by fans and their families, looking just like a regular old man, the expression on his face his own half mast flag.
Political games .... Sick of Americans!!!
And who can forget the young girl who went on international media to saying in tears she saw Iraqi troops invading Kuwait take babies out of incubators in hospitals and leave them to die on the floor. Turns out she was the daughter of a Kuwaiti diplomat and had never been in Kuwaiti hospital.
Why in hell did we wait till now to "evaluate the record of a president of the United States"!!?? Lot of goddam good it does now!!!
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. -George Orwell
Thank you...all that reverance was making me ill. People have such a selective memory.
The footage that starts at 2:47 is from the area I used to live in, Al Ameriya. The shelter was close to our house so we went there on foot in the morning. Some people who were at the scenery at the time said they could hear the horrible screams from inside as people were burnt alive. Whole families were wiped out. You can find detailed info about the massacre on Wikipedia, but I quote this part: "Not all who died died immediately; black, incinerated hands of some victims remain fused to the concrete ceiling of the shelter. According to visitors' reports, a woman who lost eight children in the bombing, moved into the shelter to help create the memorial, and serves as its primary guide." Yes, Saddam was a criminal, but what do you call the one responsible for this? Not a single Iraqi took part in the 9/11 attacks, with 15 of the hijackers being from Saudi Arabia! However, George H.W. Bush chooses to take it against Iraq and its people, who still suffer the consequences to date!
I think sadamm husein and bush sr made a pact together......and i think bush sr and bush jr planned 9/11
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And 9/11 needs to be re-investigated.
When George H.W. Bush was president he ordered the massacre of Iraqi soldiers after the ceasefire in 1991, and after he had promised them safe passage out of Kuwait. This article, which went viral after the war, exposed Bush as a mass murderer and war criminal, directly involved in the “Highway of Death.” He is a “hero” only to Big Oil and the Wall Street financial empire. This account was assembled by the author and presented by her at a tribunal examining U.S. war crimes. It is still cited around the world on anniversaries of this war.
I want to give testimony on what are called the “highways of death.” These are the two Kuwaiti roadways, littered with remains of 2,000 mangled Iraqi military vehicles, and the charred and dismembered bodies of tens of thousands of Iraqi soldiers, who were withdrawing from Kuwait on February 26th and 27th 1991 in compliance with UN resolutions.www.globalresearch.ca/george-h-w-bushs-complicity-in-the-1991-highway-of-death-massacre/5661837
I just realized 45 will get a ‘uge ceremony whenever he kicks it. Wonder what that’ll look like... record breaking crowds I’m sure.
a good start Democracy Now!, but you are scratching the surface
Thank you for covering this topic.
It’s so refreshing to hear the truth! On the media he was portrayed as an angel and a very decent man. What a lie.🙂
GHW Bush said that atheists should not be considered citizens, so as far as I'm concerned the world got better as soon as Bush left it.
Walt F. I think this is a secret society thing. They say you need to believe in some sort of God. Listen to his son Bush inauguration speech
Walt F. That is an interesting statement because his wife, Laura Bush, blamed God for the death of her friend in a car wreck in which Laura was driving.
Wonderful report.
"The answer is clear: oil."
George Herbert Walker Bush: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
For those Americans who wish to eulogize George Bush Senior, I can only say some people choose to have political and historical amnesia. Thank God for RUclips and videos. As a public figure, we Americans as citizens of the world need to remember exactly what happened.
Maybe it's the case of the famous Jack Nicholson line, "You can't handle the truth!". To this I say, search and you shall find. Public figures need to be held accountable. One doesn't have to dig very deeply to discover the 41st president's crimes against humanity. Those who wish to ignore objective history, do so at their own peril! Time will tell; Hero or villain. 41 did some good things in his life. Most of the things that he did in the name of all Americans, must be scrutinized in the light of day. People need to realize that he was the actual power behind Pres. Reagan for two terms; then he served as our president is alright another four years. Many of the social, political, and historical problems we have inherited today, can and should be laid at George H.W. Bush's doorstep. To blindly believe this revisionist version of history, "the great man", is a perversion of history. We need to have the courage to seek the truth.
So the carcass of a war criminal is screwed into the ground.
Love the video. 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿
it's a shame he lived to see 94
Murder 🔥🔥🔥
The sins of the son...
The new definition of 'war criminal':
1. Be President during a war.
2. Not be a Democrat.
Wow, this is the only news outlet that gives the whole story!
I have a love hate relationship with Mehdi Hassan. It’s quite dangerous! Lol
Hail the War Criminals!
Thank you MR.Mehdi Hassan for speaking the truth n it was educational for people like me......
What a brutally fair analysis.
Good lo' Dick C., selected already to guide Bush 2 through his presidency...
mzn y
And Carl Rove who appointed Brett Kavenaugh into Bush Jr.’s judiciary open position. These Yale frat brats taking over U.S. government by storm. Pretentious and annoying, beyond despicable.
Mehdi Hasan has more names at the tip of his tongue and events that no one could make up. Thank you Mehdi.
Images of Aleister Crowley popped up in my head when I seen good old Barb at the beginning of the video. She's still looking a Sinister as ever..
Wow... I can't even find a comment to write. I guess this is why i get my news on RUclips. Great Journalism Democracy Now.
To hell
Says he's pro life
Dies anyway
Said he was pro life, caused the deaths of millions of innocent people. 😖
They're pro fetus life. Once the baby is born, they don't give a damn
Thank you democracy now
I learned a lot. Thanks!
Mehdi is a good, smart and fair reporter. I miss having al jazeera for that same reason.
FINALLY something from DN that isn't garbage. I've missed you guys.
George H.W. Bush was photographed in front of the Texas Schoolbook Depository on 11/22/1963.
Saddam’s forces left Kuwait, as he said. But US jets fired upon Iraqi forces in broad daylight as they retreated from Kuwait. One pilot commented “it was like shooting fish in a barrel” some 20,000 + (possibly many many more) soldiers died, even though they were not attacking, and posed no danger.
The world has changed no where to hide keep the great work fellas😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Thank you. Great channel.
When US talks about peace advises any country to be "peaceful"- it makes me laugh so hard. Talk about pot, kettle.
This is what a news station that is not corrupt looks like! enjoy it, because there are not many out there.
Mehdi you have spoken well.
Truth is the stronghold of Democracy ! !
definition of evil
Being the winner of a war means you get to write the history books.