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I think the intresting thing here is why the US won't sign on to the ICC. I don't belive it is since it doesn't provide the accused as much protection as US courts, especialy when the US court system seems to be a bloody mess(that's another discussion). I also don't think that it's because the ICC could be used for attacking the US politicly by other countries, there's too much respect for the court in the world. The US as a whole simply doesn't have enough self-criticism to see that the people they send of to war could possibly do anything wrong. No matter what their soldiers do they will always be considerd heroes in the eyes of the US public.
I don't think that Bush or Blair should be tried as war-criminals. Starting the war wasn't a war crime, they where breaking international law but that's not a war crime. As for the war in Iraq I haven't heard of any side doing anything that could be considerd a war-crime. Maybe some incidents should be looked in to, some bombings where the ratio of collateral damage to military gain could be questioned but nothing serious. Trying to bitch about war-crimes in this war is probably nothing any serious politician will do unless new information turns up.
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Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. - Psalms 137:9
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