Relative Accountability

Juan Cole on Desmond Tutu's call to prosecute George W. Bush and Tony Blair for invading Iraq:

I have long advocated that the criminal actions of Bush, of his vice president Richard Bruce Cheney, and of other high officials, be investigated. Bill Clinton was impeached for a fib about fellatio, but taking the US into an illegal war was treated with impunity.

Apparently financial manipulation and war crimes get a pass.