# Bush arrested for war crimes **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 6, 2004, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338 "2004-12-06T08:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saluki\_fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@saluki\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saluki_fan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/1 "2004-12-06T08:03:15Z")
OK, so we all know that President Bush was arrested in Canada for war crimes earlier this week. What I’m wondering is how/why he got the bruise. Also, what was the Secret Service doing at this time? ---
**Author:** ![saluki\_fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@saluki\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saluki_fan)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/2 "2004-12-06T08:10:51Z")
Wait, I just got duped by a friend. I apologize. Mods you can already go ahead and close this thread. But here’s the link and tell me it doesn’t look real. [http://world-cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/30/bush.arrest/index.html](http://world-cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/30/bush.arrest/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/3 "2004-12-06T08:16:46Z")
I was wondering. When you said "we all know that Bush was arrested for war crimes last week . . . " I was thinking NO! No I don’t freakin’ know that! How do I always miss these things?! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/4 "2004-12-06T09:39:43Z")
The link doesn’t work here in China. Can someone post a duplicate link somewhere or describe for me what was on that link? ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/5 "2004-12-06T09:51:24Z")
Holy shit. I was accused of being the Biggest Dipshit[sup=]TM by **Munch** Please don’t horn in on my dipshittitude **saluki\_fan**. :dubious: (In case you want to know, you can see it [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5552424&postcount=50) in all its glory. I’m actually kinda proud to make such an impact on someone. It’s not everyday I day I can touch so many. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/6 "2004-12-06T10:04:55Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > The link doesn’t work here in China. Can someone post a duplicate link somewhere or describe for me what was on that link? It’s a very convincing replica of a CNN World website with a story saying that President Bush was arrested for war crimes in Canada. It has a picture of the President with a bruise on his left cheek. It includes the text of the “charges” against the President, as well as the laws he “violated.” The story is immensely in-depth, and all the links on the page work (linking back to the real CNN website). Basically there is nothing amiss with the site, except that the URL is [http://world-CNN.com](http://world-CNN.com) rather than [http://www.cnn.com/WORLD](http://www.cnn.com/WORLD), which is the URL you get if you go to [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) and click on the “world” link from there. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/7 "2004-12-06T10:30:23Z")
Next time, **saluki\_fan** , check [Snopes](http://snopes.com/politics/bush/canada.asp) whenever you see, hear, or read something that sounds so bizarre. (BTW, I was born in DuQuoin and have been to SIU. Small world. :D) ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/8 "2004-12-06T11:13:17Z")
I think we should all give **saluki\_fan** a one time pass on this one as being from Carbondale is punishment enough. Trust me, I’ve been there. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/9 "2004-12-06T11:42:46Z")
> [@duffer](#): > > I think we should all give **saluki\_fan** a one time pass on this one as being from Carbondale is punishment enough. Trust me, I’ve been there. If he gets a pass for being from Carbondale, I ought to get a gift basket for being from Du Quoin. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/10 "2004-12-06T14:58:17Z")
Southern Illinois does indeed bite the big one, but unless you live in Cairo don’t come crying to me. Carbondale is a cultural oasis compared to that hole. Expect your cheese of the month baskets to begin in January, Derleth 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/11 "2004-12-06T15:05:13Z")
I just wanted to say that’s a beautifully done hoax. Someone took a lot of time with that one. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/12 "2004-12-06T16:07:35Z")
Why does SIU get a pass while thems of us from NIU don’t? What? You mean the only reason I wasn’t tossed out on my ear years ago is because nobody expects better from us Huskies, like we were some sort of Special Ed students? “Yeah, **drop** ’s a moron but he spent four years in DeKalb. You can’t set the bar too high for people like that.” ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/13 "2004-12-06T16:59:46Z")
**saluki\_fan** fell into the same trap Mary Mapes (Dan Rather’s producer) did. She wanted the story to be true so much that she didn’t bother to check the sources… ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/14 "2004-12-06T17:22:41Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > I was wondering. When you said "we all know that Bush was arrested for war crimes last week . . . " I was thinking NO! No I don’t freakin’ know that! How do I always miss these things?! > > 😃 I was thinking “I’m a journalism student. How the hell did I miss _that_?” I was about to hang up my press badge in shame. ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/15 "2004-12-06T17:39:34Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Why does SIU get a pass while thems of us from NIU don’t? What? You mean the only reason I wasn’t tossed out on my ear years ago is because nobody expects better from us Huskies, like we were some sort of Special Ed students? “Yeah, **drop** ’s a moron but he spent four years in DeKalb. You can’t set the bar too high for people like that.” When your school’s football team gets a bowl invite, you’re not allowed to get sympathy for anything. 😛 (At least they got the Silicon Valley Bowl-I was afraid they were gonna take my Dad away from home the week before Christmas, while I was up visiting. But the SVB isn’t until the 30th. Yay! Go Huskies!) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-arrested-for-war-crimes/278338/16 "2004-12-06T18:07:34Z")
> [@saluki\_fan](#): > > Wait, I just got duped by a friend. I apologize. Mods you can already go ahead and close this thread. Done.