There is no doubt that if the UK's case is fairly adjudicated, it will raise many issues about the senior partner in these wars, namely the United States. Boris Johnson, the prime minister of the UK for now, says that he wants to pass legislation that -- like in the U.S. -- gives immunity for its troops. Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party has said, on the other hand, that it welcomes the scrutiny.
No soldier should be above the law. Nor should those who sent the soldiers into battle. None of these inquiries asks that more fundamental question.
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called the U.S. war on Iraq "illegal." No one, not even Bensouda, has suggested that George W. Bush, his Cabinet, and Tony Blair be brought into the dock.
If justice is to be sought, it is not at the level of someone like Edward Gallagher alone; it should be his superiors on the political side who need to answer questions about not just this or that war crime, but about the entire war and the crime of it all.
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