War Crime Charges Beckon for Bushie

http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=16915

Here’s a hypothetical situation: Obama is elected president by a sweeping majority in November after a long and arduous campaign against John McCain. George W. Bush quietly leaves office and Obama is sworn in. America takes a sigh of relief knowing it has an effective leader at the helm. Upon taking office, Obama begins his removal of the troops from Iraq, but quickly learns that conditions are unstable. He continues to remove troops, knowing that we can do nothing to quell the insurrection to come. The war is coming to a close. Then something happens.

Presidents Ahmadinejad and Chavez publicly announce they want an investigation launched into the legality of the war in Iraq. Sensing the U.S. leader is new and weak and that their allegations of war crimes will resonate around the world, they announce that Bush and his senior administration officials should be held accountable to an investigation into their handling of the war.

Many other nations, embittered by years of hostile U.S. policies, jump on the bandwagon and demand an international tribunal like the Nuremberg Trials after World War II. Maybe enough countries demand an investigation that a crucial ally, like Spain or England, joins the call.

Sensing a situation of extreme vulnerability, the Republican party of the United States combats the allegations of war crimes with a media blitz. It doesn’t stick - the world demands an inquiry. Public polling indicates that even Americans themselves want to see a trial. snip

There is precedent for the case against the Bush administration in international court. The Pinochet cases and the Nuremberg Trials demonstrate this. The question is when and where this ball drops and what President Obama will do about it.

It's a damn cinch that no incoming American admin, Obama or anyone else, will take action without pressure. Too divisive, ya know.