It sounds like you have an axe to grind against Americans, and in particular, white men.

We try to have reasoned discussion in this forum so perhaps Hacker News is not the best fit for you. Have you tried r/politics on Reddit?

"But -- oh, I forgot, he's American. He's a white guy. He's part of the elite. He gets to wash away his mistakes. We all know that the only people in America who are accountable for their mistakes are the poor minorities."

This is the type of comment that goes against the spirit of HN, not what mychael posted. If the above quote doesn't sound needlessly inflammatory and discriminatory to you, you need to get some perspective.

It's disappointing to read this kind of curt dismissal here, and I feel that it goes very much against the spirit of the Hacker News forum. Instead of directing people to other venues, please take responsibility for your own actions and do your level best to elevate the conversation.

Unless you're alleging that he knew the statements about WMDs in Iraq were false, and you have evidence to support that claim, you're lying when you claim:

> He repeatedly lied, over and over, before, during and after the war to enable the greatest crime of the 21st century.

Krauthammer is the son of Jewish immigrants, wherever that fits into the hierarchy you're describing. What does "white guys" mean anyways?