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Anonymous 1d

Except possibly my GOAT William Henry Harrison (he was in office for a month before dying)

Anonymous 1d

im a bit drunk so this may not make as much sense as i think it does but like do yall think it’s even possible currently to be the president of the us and not be a war criminal

Anonymous 20h

Is Grant a war criminal?

Anonymous 1d

No, this is not correct. Not every President went to war, and therefore, not all of them can be war criminals.

Anonymous 1d

What about John Quincy Adams

Anonymous 20h

I think like being a world leader of a very established power tends to come with the automatic caveat that you will eventually end up a war criminal probably

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Anonymous 1d

But he did 0 war crime.

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Anonymous

#1 1d

like even if a genuinely very decent person were to take office

Anonymous

#1 1d

i feel like we’re just so entangled in everything going on in the world that its almost impossible for us to not be doing war crimes

Anonymous

last_republican_on_yikyak 1d

Who

Anonymous

#3 1d

do u know the hamilton parody about whh

Anonymous

#1 1d

I do not

Anonymous

#3 1d

omg its so funny

Anonymous

#1 1d

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Du1i6qvk5qE

Anonymous

#3 1d

For the record I also think US presidents are war criminals, I just think he didn’t really have time to do war crimes

Anonymous

#1 1d

It’s impossible for a world leader to make decisions that result in 0 deaths, but it’s hypothetically possible for 0 war crimes to happen under a US president

Anonymous

#4 1d

Which presidents didn't oversee a single war during their term?

Anonymous

#7 1d

Martin Van Buren?

Anonymous

#4 1d

You don’t have to have sex with men to be gay

Anonymous

#1 1d

Don’t bomb kids the musical

Anonymous

#11 20h

General Order No 11 probably was lowkey but he wasn’t president when he did that and then Lincoln reversed it really fast so it was like a mini war crime

Anonymous

#1 20h

Here’s a good idea don’t kill civilians and next time your people won’t get fucked over

Anonymous

#11 20h

… what

Anonymous

#1 20h

That’s why it was passed, after the Lawerence Massacre and other Unionists and civilians being killed by CSA soldiers that was passed by General Ewing (unless I’m mixing up two General Orders)

Anonymous

#11 20h

ohh lol no there’s 2 General Order 11s that’s the other one

Anonymous

#1 20h

that was Ewing’s order, Grant’s order expelled all the Jewish families from his district bc he thought they were behind illegal cotton smuggling

Anonymous

#1 20h

Oh😭 that’s my fault then my bad

Anonymous

#11 20h

lmaooooo no they have the same name so i totally it

Anonymous

#1 20h

*get it

Anonymous

#1 20h

Yeah I thought you meant that one but as I was typing I was like what other general order did he meant since Grant didn’t pass this one

Anonymous

#11 20h

also fun fact Grant wrote an apology letter for it later in life

Anonymous

#1 20h

I looked it up so it was during the Vicksburg stuff and seems like he got pissed odd at the illegal cotton smuggling and moved 30 Jewish families and Lincoln later record it and he appointed regret it says and had numerous Jewish officials during his presidency and attended a synagogue service in 1876

Anonymous

#11 20h

yeah it worked out pretty good for everyone in the end

Anonymous

#1 20h

he seems like he was a decent guy

Anonymous

#1 20h

The southerners say otherwise😭 but they deserved their shit torched for being so whiny

Anonymous

#1 20h

Just at a quick glance I wonder if it was like “oh the one guys doing it, maybe they all are” and the stress from the campaign it was a quick move without thinking it fully through

Anonymous

#11 20h

yeah that’s basically what he said in the letter

Anonymous

#11 20h

😂😂😂😂

Anonymous

#1 19h

They were behind the cotton plantations thriving lol