Nobody had the guts to blow the whistle?

[KharmaTrain]

28. An International Shame...

Dubya and the neo-cons had a lot of friends around the world who were complicit in these war crimes and it appears they, like our own politicians, are happy to "move on" and avoid investigating what is the biggest war crimes in the past decade. Powell's lies to the UN were met with tactic silence as the dubya regime put pressure on "friends" around the world to make their war for profit look like an "international effort".

I've long felt it was beyond our own political system to ever hold dubya and his cabal accountable...the ultimate "too big to fail". Democrats are fearful that rushpublicans will use any investigation to go after Democrats. From the executive viewpoint, you don't shit where you sleep...investigating a past administration opens the door to having yours investigated after leaving office. The dysfunction of our legislative makes it even more difficult as any real investigation will be stonewalled and watered down for political expediency....especially as long as the rushpublicans control the House.

Thus...one can only hope that the long cast of history can and will be the best punishment we can expect. The fact that dubya remains extremely unpopular and a virtual exile/recluse is his lasting legacy. Of course I'd love to see an international tribunal investigate the the Iraq fiasco, however it doesn't appear there's any appetite in the Hague than there is in this country...