Umeria wrote:I guess the question is whether doing war crimes directly is better than setting the stage for even worse things to happen in the future. There isn't really a concrete answer to that question, but in my opinion doing either should result in a permanent ban from the moral high ground. That's what I'm objecting to - Bush implying that his own hands are clean.
Bush blasting at Trump from a moral high ground feels a bit like someone beating his kids blasting someone for beating his wife. Or a serial killer taking the moral high ground against a serial rapist. Just "well, you're right what that guy did was horrible, but you're really not the one to say it".