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Prosecution of Blair or Bush for Iraq war

"The Trial of Tony Blair" was just on BBC America.  I was wondering ... is a criminal prosecution of Tony Blair or George W. Bush for the Iraq war a realistic possibility?


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No, unfortunately (at least not for George Bush), because the United States is not a signatory and does not recommend the legitamacy or jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court at The Hague (the same folks who tried Milosovic for his crimes in Bosnia).


And as President, he is generally immune from civil prosecutions for acts as he carried out based on his official duties as President.


He may still be tried in abstentia by the International War Crimes Tribunal (unlikely) and may still be impeached, but as far as serving time in jail, don't hold your breath.


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Seems intuitively correct however unlikely to occur within their countries. More likely individual countries or the ICC would undertake trials in absentia.

The fraudulent use of taxpayer funds almost always leads the perpetrator to prison.  In this case a massive fraud has occurred resulting in death.  I'm not a lawyer but I believe that when a death occurs during or as a result of commiting another crime, murder charges are in order.

Seems like if convictions of some sort do not happen, the benchmark of bad deeds has been moved further along for some future President to approach or even exceed. 


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