The Wondering Brit

Hey, I just read about this after Big Dog brought it to my attention:

The environmental campaigner George Monbiot last night tried and failed to make a citizen’s arrest of the former Bush administration official John Bolton over alleged “war crimes” committed during the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
As Bolton, a former US ambassador to the UN, ended an hour-long discussion at the Hay festival, Monbiot, who had earlier challenged him for alleged breaches of the postwar Nuremberg Principles, defining war crimes, moved towards the stage waving a charge sheet. But security staff intervened and bundled Monbiot out of the tent as 20 supporters chanted “war criminal” and waved placards. The comedian Marcus Brigstocke, who tried to pursue Bolton as he left the other side of the tent, was also blocked by security staff.
Afterwards, Monbiot, a contributor to the Guardian, said: “I’m disappointed I couldn’t reach him, but I made what I believe to be the first attempt ever to arrest one of the perpetrators of the Iraq war, and I would like to see that followed up.”

If he had arrested him, the police are obligated to investigate – would have been funny though.

Further to all this, former White House press secretary Scott Mclellan’s new book slams the administration over the Iraq War and Hurricane Katrina.

Personally I’ve never understood why the Iraq war took place, it’s never been a real threat to the US or the West. On the other hand I fully understand Afghanistan. Don’t get me wrong, Saddam was a bad guy – but there are better more effetive wars to be fought elsewhere.

Big Dog is standing in for Rightwingsparkle this next week, so go and check it out and do comment.