"The reason why the U.S. Government must be prosecuted for its war-crimes against Iraq is that they are so horrific and there are so many of them, and international law crumbles until they become prosecuted and severely punished for what they did. We therefore now have internationally a lawless world (or âWorld Orderâ) in which âMight makes right,â and in which there is really no effective international law, at all. This is merely gangster âlaw,â ruling on an international level. ...The seriousness of this international war crime is not as severe as those of the Nazis were, but nonetheless is comparable to it. ...On 15 March 2018, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies headlined at Alternet, âThe Staggering Death Toll in Iraqâ and wrote that âour calculations, using the best information available, show a catastrophic estimate of 2.4 million Iraqi deaths since the 2003 invasion,â and linked to solid evidence, backing up their estimate."
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Eric Zuesse, Why U.S. Must Be Prosecuted for Its War Crimes Against Iraq, The Saker, (16 May 2020)
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