Bush’s top counter-terrorism official for his first year as president – Richard Clarke – tells Democracy Now that Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld committed war crimes in Iraq … and that they can be tried at the Hague:
(Clarke retired in protest at the start of the Iraq war.) Clarke is right:
- The Iraq war was launched [4] under false pretenses [5]
- Top Bush administration officials clearly committed war crimes [6] in Iraq
- War crimes generally have no statute of limitations [7] under international law
- Indeed, it is not too late to charge Bush, Cheney or Rumsfeld for war crimes even under American law [6]
And – as odd as it may sound – it’s not too late to impeach [8] Bush, Cheney or Rumsfeld … even though they have are no longer in office.
Of course, Obama is also committing war crimes. For example, the Obama administration has ordered numerous indiscriminate drone strikes … which are war crimes [9] (more here [10] and here [11]). And torture is also apparently continuing under Obama [12]. See this [13] and this [14].
And Obama should also be impeached [15].