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Why is this man crying?

George H.W. Bush gets teary talking about a time when American soldiers treated prisoners with respect.

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Maybe I’m thinking too much about waterboarding lately, but I was blown away by the video of George H.W. Bush on Fox News getting choked up when talking about the way American soldiers treated Iraqi prisoners — with dignity! — during the first Gulf War. Watch it here:

By Joan Walsh

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