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Note that in all the various calls for war crime prosecutions for the Iraq war, Colin Powell is rarely if ever named as one of the accused.

by jl6 5y ago

sofixa 5y ago
Quoting Wikipedia: > Powell's chief role was to garner international support for a multi-national coalition to mount the invasion. To this end, Powell addressed a plenary session of the United Nations Security Council on February 5, 2003, to argue in favor of military action. Citing numerous anonymous Iraqi defectors, Powell asserted that "there can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more." Powell also stated that there was "no doubt in my mind" that Saddam was working to obtain key components to produce nuclear weapons.[61] It's hard to deny he worked hard to justify an illegal war of aggression, which, as we've established is a war crime.
- jl6 5y ago
  It should be really easy to find some examples of people attempting to put him on trial, given such a slam dunk case.
  - sofixa 5y ago
    Please name one american war criminal higher than a soldier killing innocents in the dozens ( like someone who ordered a war or a strike or torture or kidnapping or whatever) who was actually tried and served time for his crimes. That just doesn't happen with US war criminals, so the question is moot.
    - jl6 5y ago
      I didn't ask for a successful prosecution, I just asked for examples of people attempting to put him on trial. Here are 4 arguments, drawn from 10 seconds of Googling, put forward for trying Bush and other members of his administration. The usual names are here - Cheney, Rumsfeld, Tenet: https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/criminal-complaint-in-geneva-against-george-w-bush-what-has-trial-done/ https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/criminal-complain... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jul/08/usa.warcrimes https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jul/08/usa.wa... https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-play-putting-george-w-bush-on-trial-for-war-crimes https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-play-putting-george-w-bush... https://www.salon.com/2014/12/20/put_the_evil_bastards_on_trial_the_case_for_trying_bush_cheney_and_more_for_war_crimes/ https://www.salon.com/2014/12/20/put_the_evil_bastards_on_tr... And here's a "tribunal" in Malaysia who actually did convict Bush and Blair in absentia: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2011/11/28/kuala-lumpur-tribunal-bush-and-blair-guilty https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2011/11/28/kuala-lumpur-t... Notably absent from all these perp lists? Colin Powell.

Note that in all the various calls for war crime prosecutions for the Iraq war, Colin Powell is rarely if ever named as one of the accused.

by jl6 5y ago

Note that in all the various calls for war crime prosecutions for the Iraq war, Colin Powell is rarely if ever named as one of the accused.

sofixa 5y ago

Quoting Wikipedia: > Powell's chief role was to garner international support for a multi-national coalition to mount the invasion. To this end, Powell addressed a plenary session of the United Nations Security Council on February 5, 2003, to argue in favor of military action. Citing numerous anonymous Iraqi defectors, Powell asserted that "there can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more." Powell also stated that there was "no doubt in my mind" that Saddam was working to obtain key components to produce nuclear weapons.[61] It's hard to deny he worked hard to justify an illegal war of aggression, which, as we've established is a war crime.

jl6 5y ago
It should be really easy to find some examples of people attempting to put him on trial, given such a slam dunk case.
- sofixa 5y ago
  Please name one american war criminal higher than a soldier killing innocents in the dozens ( like someone who ordered a war or a strike or torture or kidnapping or whatever) who was actually tried and served time for his crimes. That just doesn't happen with US war criminals, so the question is moot.
  - jl6 5y ago
    I didn't ask for a successful prosecution, I just asked for examples of people attempting to put him on trial. Here are 4 arguments, drawn from 10 seconds of Googling, put forward for trying Bush and other members of his administration. The usual names are here - Cheney, Rumsfeld, Tenet: https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/criminal-complaint-in-geneva-against-george-w-bush-what-has-trial-done/ https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/criminal-complain... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jul/08/usa.warcrimes https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jul/08/usa.wa... https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-play-putting-george-w-bush-on-trial-for-war-crimes https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-play-putting-george-w-bush... https://www.salon.com/2014/12/20/put_the_evil_bastards_on_trial_the_case_for_trying_bush_cheney_and_more_for_war_crimes/ https://www.salon.com/2014/12/20/put_the_evil_bastards_on_tr... And here's a "tribunal" in Malaysia who actually did convict Bush and Blair in absentia: https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2011/11/28/kuala-lumpur-tribunal-bush-and-blair-guilty https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2011/11/28/kuala-lumpur-t... Notably absent from all these perp lists? Colin Powell.