KevinWan said:
No, it should not be an impeachable offense. Pre-emtive war is not unconsitutional or illegal by US law.
Actually, Pre-emptive war is illegal as defined by The U.S. Constitution and U.S. Federal Law with respect to the U.N. and Nuremberg Charter:
USC A4P2: Treaties adopted by the U.S. are the "law of the land". Thus, a breach of the U.N. Charter, Hague IV, Geneva Conventions, and Federal Law.
U.S. Federal Law 18 U.S.C. 2441, War Crimes Act of 1996: Makes committing war crimes illegal, defined as "a grave breach in any of the int'l conventions signed at Geneva 12, August 1949 or ANY convention to which the U.S. is a party...", punishable by fine, imprisonment or death.
We are signatories and party to the following treaties and charters which define wars of aggression as 1) a war crime 2) crime against peace 3) and crime against humanity:
1. Hague IV, Laws and customes of war on land
2. UN Genral Assembly Res. 3314
Defines the crime of aggression as “... the use of armed force by a State against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another State…or in any other manner inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations…”
3. Nuremberg Tribunal Charter
Principle VI: “The crimes hereinafter set out are punishable as crimes under international law:
(a) Crimes against peace: Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties;
(b) War crimes: …murder, ill-treatment…of civilian population of or in occupied territory; murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war,…plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages…
(c) Crimes against humanity: Murder, extermination…and other inhuman acts done against any civilian population…when such acts are done…in execution of or in connection with any crime against peace or any war crime.”
4. Geneva Conventions