Update: Pulitzer Prize Winner: Bush must have been 'Just kidding'...

George W. Bush just before the invastion of Iraq:

War crimes will be prosecuted, war criminals will be punished and it will be no defense to say, “I was just following orders.”


And let's also not forget what Saint Ronnie similarly said on these matters. Seems to me the Republicans themselves have made a very compelling case for prosecuting war criminals, such as George W. Bush.

UPDATE: Pulitzer Prize winner Eugene Robinson on Bush's pre-war statement: "I think the message there is 'just kidding, folks.'" Details, video...