ban.the.electoral.college said:
:lol: The U.N. is responsible? Get real. GWB deployed the troops. He lied to the American people to trick us into supporting his corporate interests. He failed to produce Bin Laden. He failed to produce WMD in Iraq. For 1800+ dead and counting, what do we have to show for all this carnage? GWB is a war criminal plain and simple. He lied, 1800 died, and GWB is responsible.
Let me see... Lying to the American Public.... Well first of all, that's not a war crime... (We are still releasing classified information from World War II you know.) Second, that's debatable that he lied and there's no evidence (unless you have some) that he did. Even Saddam Hussein thought he had Weapons of Mass Destruction if that tells you anything. Remember, Kerry said "I was for the war before I was against it" In otherwords according to him Hindsight is 20/20, and he's against it.
Okay.... Failing to capture Bin Laden... So you're saying it's a war crime to not accomplish the mission objective the first day? World War II lasted from '39 to '45 in Europe and from '36 to '45 in the Pacific. Does that make the Churchill a war criminal? In fact, I think the U.N. has failed many objectives.
Hmm... For casualties in an armed conflict? So, then the presidents during the Civil War, World War II, Spanish American War, Mexican American War, Korean War, and Vietnam War were all war criminals?
If the United Nations would have acted earlier on this, and gave Saddam the Consequences they had promised, who knows how many U.S. lives would've been saved. Heck, even if we just did it in 1991 we'd probably have saved lives. Yes, I'm saying that U.N. is primarily responsible. They showed the rest of the world that there is no consequences to violating international law.
So, taking out the terrorist supporting (By allowing terrorists in his backyard and not taking action or allowing others to take action, yes he supported terrorists) murderous dictatorship in Iraq, I feel that it will stabalize the region and aid us tremendously in the war against terror. It should send a message to other countries that if you violate international law, you will face the consequences.
Okay... Now where's that War Crime? Really, show me an example of something that really is a War Crime, by definition.