"I did not have sexual relations with that woman." (image from independent.co.uk)
In a Salon article by Glenn Greenwald posted earlier today, Greenwald writes about the American people and media perceiving their leaders worse if they have sex with prostitutes in comparison to committing war crimes. New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign immediately in disgrace due to his sexual forays, while the Bush administration has defended itself from such criticism for war crimes because, they say, it is justified by existing objectives. It is an interesting concept, it seems as though sexual infidelity in leaders can equate to a loss of thousands of lives, in terms of public perception of said leader. Just looking at the past two presidential administrations, Bill Clinton was impeached and faced the threat of being removed from Office after he denied true sexual relations with staffer Monica Lewinsky. On the other hand, Bush has remained free from any real threat of impeachment, despite faulty justifications for going to war and questionable handling of it. In short, war crimes are simply in a far more gray area, since politicians can hide behind propaganda about the evil of America's enemies to justify killing so many people, while sex, once uncovered, is blunt, simple, and naked so to speak, something everyone can understand totally and get outraged by.
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Bush did not commit "war crimes", LIBERAL WRITERS acting as useful idiots for jihad commit them daily.
And Clinton will be forever remembered as an ASSHOLE not because he had sex outside of his marriage to that loveless hag HIllary, and not because he lied to the American people over it, but because he was too busy sticking cigars in some plump girl in his office instead of doing ANYTHING about bin laden when he had the chance.
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