Time to Talk War Crimes The Nuremberg trials after World War II established universal rules against aggressive wars, principles that George W. Bush willfully violated by invading Iraq. A newly disclosed memo from January 2003 reveals Bush's contempt for these fundamental rules of international behavior as well as his plans to trick the public into accepting his actions. The evidence now is increasingly clear that in a world where might did not make right, Bush and his advisers would be in shackles at the Hague facing war crimes tribunals.