[lizardactivist]

It's just how it works unfortunately. Imagine if the whole world should justifiably call for arresting three decades of US presidents and generals over all the murders and deaths in the middle east, how would that work? Would you agree to it?

[__turbobrew__]

The war in the Middle East is tough because it was congress who gave the power to invade, but the president also had the ability to not invade as the head of the DoD.

I’m fairly certain if GWB didn’t invade Iraq/Afghanistan he would have been impeached due to the fervour in the USA at that time. Looking back many agree that invading the Middle East was a mistake, but at the time there was only one Congress person (Barbara Lee) who voted against giving powers to invade, and that person was deeply ostracized for their choice.

Invading the Middle East was an atrocity, but who is responsible? The American public? The president? Congress?

[FpUser]

Well the world did not mind going after Milosevich for example.

[lizardactivist]

And it was good that we did go after him! But the issue is our own western leaders and generals walking free when they have the blood of hundreds of thousands innocent lives on their hands.

[FpUser]

exactly the point