We're one crucial step closer to seeing Tony Blair at The Hague

[corksean]

George Monbiot www.guardian.co.uk

For years it seems impregnable, then suddenly the citadel collapses. An ideology, a fact, a regime appears fixed, unshakeable, almost geological. Then an inch of mortar falls, and the stonework begins to slide. Something of this kind happened over the weekend.

When Desmond Tutu wrote that Tony Blair should be treading the path to The Hague, he de-normalised what Blair has done. Tutu broke the protocol of power – the implicit accord between those who flit from one grand meeting to another – and named his crime. I expect that Blair will never recover from it.

The offence is known by two names in international law: the crime of aggression and a crime against peace. It is defined by the Nuremberg principles as the "planning, preparation, initiation or waging of a war of aggression". This means a war fought for a purpose other than self-defence: in other words outwith articles 33 and 51 of the UN Charter.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/sep/03/tony-blair-the-hague-iraq-war

[Frustratedlady]

1. Could this be connected to someone we know?

I can dream, can't I?

At the very least, put a scare into them.

[deminks]

3. After all, Tony was only the poodle.

Yes, we can dream. We can have the same dream.

[Diclotican]

4. corksean

corksean

At least he should be in the Haag for what he did - Im not sure if he ever wil face a trial - but it is in the right direction - when Desmond Tutu told that he wanted Blair into the Haag for crimes... He did, what no one dear to do othervice. A brave man, who might have experienced worse enemies over the years than Blair...

Diclotican