Comment on Why wasn't former President Bush of the USA, charged with any crimes, when we marched into Afghanistan and Iraq by his orders, under pretenses?

• dsmk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So, tl;dr: After being hammered by strikes they made an offer to hand him over to a 3rd party?

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  • grte@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s correct. Instead Bush opted for the 20 years of occupation for whatever reason.

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    • dsmk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’m not defending the occupation and whole “nation building” (which I doubt they though would take 20 years). Just pointing out that there was a difference between Afghanistan and Iraq, and that difference was reflected by the support (or lack of) from other countries.

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• SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The United States today rejected yet another offer by Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to turn over Osama bin Laden for trial in a third country if the U.S. presents evidence against bin Laden and stops air attacks.

  It’s insane to suggest the US would ever agree to that.

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