It’s pretty common knowledge that Bush’s performance in the polls has slipped dramatically as support for the Iraq war has waned. This is completely understandable given that 2500+ Americans have died in the conflict so far with little to show for their sacrifice.

However, this is the first time I’ve seen different online publications uniformly labeling our President as a war criminal.

Benjamin Ferenccz, one of the chief prosecutors of Nazi war crimes at Nuremberg, is accusing George W. Bush of the most heinous of all war crimes - that of commencing a war of aggression. Ferenccz asserts that Bush committed this crime by bringing armed forces to bear against Iraq without the approval of the UN Security Council.

The Village Voice expressed similar sentiments, this time condemning the President for the treatment of suspected terrorist prisoners and the strategy of “extracting information… by any means necessary.” These actions are in direct violation of the Geneva Convention and the US War Crimes Act of 1996.

It would be such a spectacle to see the United States President on trial in The Hague. Here’s to wishful thinking.