Reply #17: But Bill Clinton is a war criminal. Sanctions killed hundreds of thousand

[Tom Joad]

Bill's Secretary of State said the killing of so many was "worth it". Bill Clinton also started bombing Iraq before Bushie took office.

This kind of denial will get us nowhere. We must deal with history, not wishful thinking. To say that Bill Clinton did these things is not to deny the very real crimes of the Bush Sr or Bush Jr administrations.

To think that we have to say that Clinton was a good man to make the case against Bush jr is so illogical it belongs on some freeper website. In fact, they attempt to make a similar case:
Saddam war criminal.
Therefore Bush is good, because he attacked Saddam (of course, sometimes leaving out that so many are dying and suffering as a result, and the end result for average Iraqis is that they are worse off than before).

Your argument
Bush is bad.
Therefore, Clinton is good (of course, sometimes leaving out that so many are died as a result of his policies).