IF USA Cares About Int'l War Crimes Law-We Would Do Better By Delivering Cheney To The Hague-Instead

[Maedhros]

27. One can use the same arguments vis-a-vis Bush/Cheney war crimes and Assad's alleged use of CW

Many are saying that if we don't punish Assad for allegedly using chemical weapons, then we will encourage him and other dictators to use them again in the future.

That same logic holds with respect to the illegal war prosecuted by the Bush Administration. By not holding the Bush Administration accountable for its war crimes, the Democratic Congress ("impeachment is off the table&quot and the Obama Administration ("we have to look forward&quot are encouraging future Administrations to engage in the same behavior.

It's hypocritical to wave the bloody shirt over Assad while we let our own mass murderers walk free. The American military juggernaut is capable of inflicting, and in the recent past has indeed inflicted, orders of magnitude more casualties than Assad could aspire to in his most fervent dreams.