Even if the UN Security Council could establish an ad hoc tribunal to try the abuses of American officials in Iraq, this would still address only the guilt of individuals, not the problem of each American's own responsibility for having participated, directly and indirectly, in a culture that generated the torture of prisoners.
Politická moc činí Spojené státy - ať už v dobrém, nebo ve zlém - imunními vůči stíhání.