Are Tony Blair and George Bush 'war criminals'?

[ingemann]

Yes, but honestly so was every PM or President in NATO, when we started the Kosovo bombings, anyone starting a war of agression is a war criminal. Of course that have nothing to do with whether the war was a good or bad thing, and unless you lose or your own population decide to punish you, it's not like anybody who matters cares about whether you're a war criminal.

Just as crime have one rule; don't get caught, war crimes have their own one rule; don't lose.

[ingemann]

anyone starting a war of agression is a war criminal.

A "war of aggression" against a tyrant is not a crime, neither is one against a planned ethnic  cleansing, like the Kosovo bombings.

Of course it is, let's say that I find out my neighbour beat his wife and children, and I decide to help him stopping it, by beating him and promising the next I will do worse. This may be fair or even understandable, but it doesn't change that the act is a crime.