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What potential war crimes are we talking about?
1) attacking a country without reason --- technically, the US and Iraq were still at war. We had a ceasefire, listing certain things Iraq had to do. Iraq failed to comply (UN inspections, disarm within x days, etc). The US was, again technically, at war with Iraq, and fully entitled to attack. Also, technically, resolution 1441 allowed war; "serious consequences" *can* mean war.
2) killing innocent civilians --- I'd think it would only be a warcrime if you do it on purpose? In reality, the US/UK tried to cause as little civilian casualties as possible.
3) parading Iraqi POWs on TV --- the US/UK did not do it, the *independent* media did it. The US/UK tried to stop it, they did it anyway. Again, not something that is really *that* bad.
4) not protecting certain infrastructure/cultural sites --- excusable, seeing the chaos that resulted after Saddam's demise. Also, is this law supposed to protect against looting by the invading army, or the conquered/liberated people?
I can't think of any other crimes here... Besides, if you look at the big picture, it's obvious that potential US warcrimes are nothing compared to Iraqi warcrimes, for example.
anyone comment?
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