Has any american ever been charged with war crimes?

[Check12]

Who could be charged with war crimes for Iraq?

Rumsfeld?
Bremmer?
Wolfowitz?
Cheney?
Bush?

I know this is a real longshot. Is there a statute of limitations? could they be put in jail 10-20 years from now?

[John Q. Citizen]

1. By an International Court. Kessiger can't travel to certain countries

because he fears being detained for war crimes commited during Vietnam

[TomInTib]

Lt. Wm Calley (My Lai) for one. Colin Powell was his

superior.

Guess who skated?





You're right!

[JI7]

2. didn't Powell have a role in covering up war crimes in Vietnam

[mia]

3. Prescott Bush - if "trading with the enemy" is a war crime.

http://www.tarpley.net/bush2.htm

Bush Property Seized--Trading with the Enemy

In October 1942, ten months after entering World War II, America was preparing its first assault against Nazi military forces. Prescott Bush was managing partner of Brown Brothers Harriman. His 18-year-old son George, the future U.S. President, had just begun training to become a naval pilot. On Oct. 20, 1942, the U.S. government ordered the seizure of Nazi German banking operations in New York City which were being conducted by Prescott Bush.

Under the Trading with the Enemy Act, the government took over the Union Banking Corporation, in which Bush was a director....

[AlphaCat]

4. Wasn't Pvt. Slovak?

They executed him. (Martin Sheen played him in the movie and did a really good job!)

[hamerfan]

5. Desertion...

Pvt. Eddie Slovak was charged (and executed) for desertion. Great movie!!
Title: The Execution of Private Slovak

[AlphaCat]

6. Yeah it was!

Is desertion considered a war crime? I wasn't sure...

[Geoff R. Casavant]

7. Desertions isn't technically a war crime

because it doesn't really involve the enemy -- quite the opposite if you think about it.

[Lethe]

8. they gave Wolfowitz the Presidency of the World Bank

i dont think he'll be tried for war crimes anytime soon