Monday, July 10, 2006

War criminal?

Benjamin Ferenccz, a former chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg, asserts that an unprovoked or "aggressive" war is the highest crime against mankind. Could the Bush administration be charged and prosecuted for war crimes?

Ferenccz:
The United Nations charter has a provision which was agreed to by the United States formulated by the United States in fact, after World War II. Its says that from now on, no nation can use armed force without the permission of the U.N. Security Council. They can use force in connection with self-defense, but a country can't use force in anticipation of self-defense. Regarding Iraq, the last Security Council resolution essentially said, 'Look, send the weapons inspectors out to Iraq, have them come back and tell us what they've found -- then we'll figure out what we're going to do. The U.S. was impatient, and decided to invade Iraq -- which was all pre-arranged of course. So, the United States went to war, in violation of the charter.


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