As the US does not recognise the International Criminal Court, there is no possibility of US citizens who commit crimes in Iraq – this is happening – being brought before it. Countries have signed waivers not to extradite US citizens indicted by the court. Otherwise, they will not receive military aid from the US. Furthermore, no effort seems to have been made to get the Iraqi court service going. I know a judge who was helping them was killed over the weekend. However, something more has to be done to show that the occupying force considers the rule of law to be of some importance. The prison at Guantanamo Bay, however, sets a terrible example.