Glad to find out I’m really not the only person that wondered this: what about the other guilty men? Granted, G.W. and co. didn’t gas anybody; they didn’t invade Kuwait – just Iraq. However, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians have died as a result, and thousands of US soldiers have been killed. After torturing, murdering, and brutally killing innocents, why are we supposed to forget the depth of badness done by the Bush regime after a dictator created by us is killed?

Who encouraged him to invade Iran in 1980 (his greatest war crime)? The US did. Who sold him the chemical weapons components he used against Iran and the Kurds? The US did. Our support of the dictator now disposed of by the US wasn’t talked about during his trial; it wouldn’t have been, as that would directly involve the USA with his war crimes.

Let’s imagine, for a moment, a world where people are responsible for their actions. Next let’s imagine a powerful world leader, directly responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths in an illegal war based on lies and ulterior motives (sounds similar to that Saddam fellow, eh?). It seems obvious that a person displaying such an abuse of power resulting in the deaths of so many people should somehow be forced to accept responsibility for such an action. Makes sense, doesn’t it?

In the real world, this rarely happens. Saddam ultimately (unwillingly, he had no choice) accepted punishment for his actions – in part for the deaths that were directly attributed to his actions as a leader. So what about all the other bad guys, the ones that are responsible for the brutal deaths of so many innocent people in Iraq as a result of an egregious abuse of power? When will they be held responsible? Is Iraq the only place in the world where the government believes in this strange “leaders taking responsibility for their actions” concept?

If leaders were held responsible for their actions, then G.W. and co. would have thought twice about lying to America and attacking a country illegally. Because, as we just recently experienced, when you’re the big man in charge – you never imagine its going to be your neck in the noose.