"I don't think that would fly." Well, it wouldn't for Bush, since America hasn't signed up, and it wouldn't for Blair at this point since it only comes in in July and won't be retrospective.

But if there's a case against either of them that would merit bringing either of them to court, that's what courts are for, testing out the evidence without any regard for how important and powerful the accused may be. "Fiat justitia, ruat coelum." Which means "let justice be done though the heavens fall", but it sounds even more splendid in the Latin.)

It'd be good to think that the domestic justice system would be strong enough and independent enough to convict them if the evidence merited it. But in the case of America, if they couldn't even convict Clinton...or Nixon...