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"With the news of Barbara Bush's passing on Tuesday, lawmakers and officials from around the world shared fond words about the former first lady."
Bush, described as "a relentless proponent of family literacy," died at the age of 92, a spokesman for the family confirmed.
The BBC adds:
She was a fierce advocate of civil rights and went against many of her husband's Republican party supporters with her more liberal view on abortion rights.
In a statement from the White House, President Donald Trump said Mrs Bush would be long remembered for her devotion to country and family, "both of which she served unfailingly well".
Barack and Michelle Obama described her as "the rock of a family dedicated to public service" and as "an example of the humility and decency that reflects the very best of the American spirit".
Another former US president, Bill Clinton, said Mrs Bush was "feisty in support of her family and friends, her country and her causes".
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 18 2018, @08:42PM
You can't be a "war criminal" unless you lose a war to a democracy.
If you win, obviously you get to decide who is a war criminal. Of course you aren't a war criminal!
If you lose to a non-democracy, you may get killed but you won't be a war criminal. The non-democracy has no need to bother with the designation. If they want you dead, they just kill you.
If you lose to a democracy, then you are a war criminal. It doesn't matter what you did. The democracy wants you dead, generally, but feels a need to justify this. They thus create a farce of a trial, find you guilty, and execute you. The more pacifist/liberal/feminine portion of the population can be partially satisfied that everything was done in some supposedly "legal" and "just" manner. Really, it's just the winner delivering the final necessary blow to the loser, but a democracy requires pageantry.