I don't think the national law of the US can authorize them to do anything they want anywhere in the world. Yeah States are sovereign on their own soil. That's a principle of International law. Yet, it doesn't allow them to do everything. The war crimes issue is interesting. If there are war crimes committed in a country, by its own government, well... one could say since it's on their soil, it's a sovereignty issue. Therefore other countries can't do anything. Of course in reality it's different. There were, in the past, interventions to protect civilian populations. So, on the international scene, that's even truer. I know the US aren't very "fan" of International law but still, I don't think they can act like there is no international law at all. Even though, if there's one country that can ignore it to the largest extent, it's definitely the USA.
The point is, we still don't know if the Iraq War is legal or not. Of course, since we're speaking about the USA, there's little doubt that we'll know the truth, one day. I don't expect them to allow international organizations to investigate on the legality of this war.
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