(January 8, 2014 at 6:13 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:(December 19, 2013 at 11:57 am)Kitanetos Wrote: If Bush was not held accountable for war crimes, why should Obama?
Yes, presidents should be held accountable for war crimes, but we live in a country where they are not.
It is a high crime under the US Constitution to not uphold treaties (these are equivalent to US federal laws) and among those we have a commitment to prosecuting war crimes, such as torture, which waterboarding is clearly defined to be under different treaties we have signed. So every President who ignores the criminality of his (or her) predecessor is actually committing a criminal act in-of-itself.
Would you please directly link to a treaty that the USA has signed which clearly defines waterboarding as torture..and no I will not look it up myself the onus is on you.
