TehBamski@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWhy wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?message-squaremessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1453arrow-down151
arrow-up1402arrow-down1message-squareWhy wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?TehBamski@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square146fedilink
minus-squareregdog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoBecause these are uncharted legal waters. There is no precedent for charging a former US president with a crime. Yet.
minus-squareArchpawn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoYou mean there wasn’t yet? I don’t know if that’s true, but I know there most definitely is precedent now.
Because these are uncharted legal waters. There is no precedent for charging a former US president with a crime.
Yet.
You mean there wasn’t yet? I don’t know if that’s true, but I know there most definitely is precedent now.