Cowards, Autocrats, and Other Traitors

The stunning candor of George W. Bush’s new paintings establishes his reputation as a 21st-Century Goya, capable of uncovering the humanity in monsters.

Bush has said that he came to painting too late to save the hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars he wasted on military adventurism in the Middle East, but not too late to save himself.

https://hyperallergic.com/435436/william-powhida-cowards-autocrats-and-other-traitors/

6 comments

plsaunders2

Nov 4, 2018

Yes, in your dreams, dear Silent Lotus, George Bush apologized for the calamitous loss of life caused by his stupidity and lies... I don't think people like Bush really want justice. No, they want us to forgive them. While that's a very Christ-like attitude, why should we make it easier for him to sleep at night?

plsaunders2

Feb 11, 2019

https://apnews.com/bb8c0bf6813f446892dbb8ff9bddc1ab

Hey, Silent, I never knew that the North Carolina senator who famously called for changing "freedom" for "french" fries in the vernacular, over France's non-support, came to despise the duplicity of Bush/Cheney and the Iraqi War. He personally contacted every parent of a soldier who died there, and apologized. A principled man.