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Originally Posted by roughbeast
There is a difference between this scenario. and the trials of Nazis after WW2.
Individual SS members and concentration camp commanders were following orders to torture and kill prisoners on security or racial grounds. The hierarchy from Hitler down were responsible for giving those orders. Our leaders of the time in 2003, ( The jury is still out on the legality of the 2nd Iraq War), required our generals and their troops to fight a war within modern rules of engagement. If individual troops or officers did not follow the rules then they may be liable for prosecution.
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Very true. However I think the analogy still stands in that the orders come from the top, from the PM down, and a simple enquiry is not adequate. Let us test the legality of the whole dirty business in an international court, then see where that leaves us!