Nuremburg Principles

Just ran across some interesting info about our nation's position in Iraq.

The Nuremburg Principles were created to define what constitutes a war crime - these guidelines were necessary to bring justice to the Nazi's following WWII.
Principle I and VI are the most relevant. They are as follows:

Principle I
Any person who commits an act which constitutes a crime under international law is responsible therefore and liable to punishment.

Principle VI
The crimes hereinafter set out are punishable as crimes under international law:
(a)Crimes against peace:
(i) Planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression or a war in violation of international treaties, agreements or assurances;
(ii) Participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the acts mentioned under (i).
(b) War crimes:
Violations of the laws or customs of war which include, but are not limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation of slave labor or for any other purpose of the civilian population of or in occupied territory; murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the Seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity.
(c) Crimes against humanity:
Murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation and other inhumane acts done against any civilian population, or persecutions on political, racial, or religious grounds, when such acts are done or such persecutions are carried on in execution of or in connection with any crime against peace or any war crime.

War of aggression is a military conflict waged for the clear purposes of territorial aggrandizement and conquest. Waging such a war of aggression is a crime under the customary international law.

The Iraq war was waged unsanctioned and with no international legality. It was not out of self-defense nor did it settle any boundry dispute therefore the US invasion of Iraq can be considered a war of aggression and a violation of international law subject to punishment by the international community.

George Bush is technically a war criminal as defined by the Nuremburg Principles and the UN.

Just pointing it out.