of prosecuting people for the crimes of the Bush era, I'm all ears. But I suspect, based on examples elsewhere in the Americas, that the political climate will protect the guilty parties for several decades, as was the case (say) in Chile or in Argentina.
Apparently, there is hardly anyone who wants to consider this political problem seriously, but it seems to me a real problem
The Bush administration came to power by means equivalent to a coup d'état, but that coup required widespread political connections, and the power base underlying it did not simply vanish with the 2008 election: we see constant signs that it still exists and still has power
My own guess is that anyone, who wants to see the Bush-era criminals brought to justice, should be working towards increased international acceptance of the notion of universal jurisdiction: then, when it has become much more than indisputably evident that the US criminal justice system will not prosecute the criminals, charges can be brought abroad
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