Judge Says Invasion of Iraq by U.S. and U.K. Unlawful

English Judge Says Invasion of Iraq by U.S. and U.K. Unlawful
By Scott Horton - November 19, 2008 - http://harpers.org/archive/2008/11/hbc-90003869

Lord Bingham, one of the English-speaking world’s most famous judges, just went into retirement, and used the occasion of his first public speech to lambast the Bush and Blair Administrations over their joint decision to invade Iraq. The Guardian reports:



Bingham’s remarks reflect the emerging consensus in the international law community that the March 2003 invasion of Iraq by America and Britain was contrary to international law....

.... In Britain the political configuration on the war issue clashes with that in the United States: Conservatives push for a probe into the launch of the war, and the left-leaning Labour Party opposes these efforts.

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Of course it was illegal. To the Hague.

Maybe somebody with some real power can do something *real* in the very near future?

I wondered if a judge ruled on this in some case in England. Turns out it's just his personal opinion and he's retired!

They might as well published the opinion of my neighbors.

There was pretty much international legal consensus that it was unjustified and illegal. It was all ignored.

Legal experts have said that the invasion of Iraq was illegal since well before the war began. It is a war of aggression, a crime against humanity.

why didn't he speak up sooner? this is a serious question, i'm not just saying it to diss the guy. i'll go read the article maybe the answer is there. but i would really like to know why so many people were silent for so long when if they had spoken up, who knows how many people would be alive today?

In fact, they're swung so hard to the right in the last decade that they're to the right of where Thatcher was. These days, they have a lot in common with your neocons.

George W. bUsh's illegal invasion of Iraq.

Thanks for the thread, L. Coyote.