Iraq: The US Sponsored Sectarian “Civil War” is a “War of Aggression”, The “Supreme International Crime” | Global Research
More than 11 years ago, high ranking government leaders in the
United States and Britain likely broke international law in planning and
waging the Iraq War.
The great command of the Nuremberg Tribunal convened after the Second
World War to punish the evil that had shaken Europe was to abolish the
“supreme international crime” – the planning and waging of wars of
aggression. “War is essentially an evil thing,” the Tribunal held as it
passed judgment on German leaders. “Its consequences are not confined to
the belligerent states alone, but affect the whole world.”
Decades later, today, Iraqis experience the stark truth behind these
words. Iraq descends into chaos; even after 11 years of war, there is
seemingly no end to the innocents who are chased from their homes, shot
at, maimed and killed as a direct result of decisions made by leaders
thousands of miles away, in other time zones, speaking other languages,
and without apparent concern for the consequences of their actions.
The world was supposed to have learned from the catastrophes of the
20th century. But it was only a few years into the 21st before that
supreme crime was initiated yet again – this time, by the authors of
that same law, forgetting that it was another American, Robert H.
Jackson, who had placed his trust that law would put an end to
aggression once and for all.
