Blix: U.S. Itself Could Prosecute Bush

Speaking to a British newspaper, a former U.N. nuclear weapons inspector said that if former President George W. Bush is to be prosecuted for misleading the American people against Iraq, the United States itself must carry it out.

 LONDON, England —  Speaking to a British newspaper, a former U.N. nuclear weapons inspector said that if former President George W. Bush is to be prosecuted for misleading the American people against Iraq, the United States itself must carry it out.

Dr. Hans Blix told The Daily Mail that Bush could not be put on trial at an international tribunal because Congress has never signed on to such a process.

“Bush, at least, could not be tried before the International Criminal Court in the Hague because the U.S. is not a signatory to it. But I wouldn’t say it’s impossible,” he noted, adding. “A national tribunal maybe.”

Dr. Blix — the 81-year-old Cambridge-educated international lawyer — explained that in his opinion, both Bush and former Prime Minister Tony Blair “misled themselves, and then misled the public” on the claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq.

That said, Blix, who led the investigation into the original claims and found no such weapons, is not spearheading any effort to have either leader held legally accountable for their misleading their countrymen.

Instead, Blix devotes his time to lobbying for nuclear energy as a solution to climate change, according to The Mail.