Should the head of state be held accountable for the consequences of their decisions once retired?

To do as this question suggests would require a constitutional amendment because officials are not liable per se while in office. And that's actually a good provision because otherwise every sewer trout lawyer in the world would be standing in line to sue every single government official and government would simply cease functioning at all. Some would suggest that's not a bad idea....then again, so does every drunk at every corner bar.

I am not sure because its a "political post". However, in the case of Bush and Blair, they should be held accountable because it was proven time and again Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction, and yet they went ahead with it, and blown the guy into smithreens ignoring the rest of the world. Meanwhile there is "regime change" and chaos looms over the country, mayhem, murder sectarian strife continues, while Bush and Blair rehabilitated as peace makers--and Blair showered as a man of peace.

Ultimate hipocracy maybe. The war was a huge mistake, at a huge expense, yes they must be brought to justice, because in the end they became just like Saddam Hussein.

Every head of state has done things he should be held accountable for. Clinton (Lewinsky), Obama (farce of a healthcare bill), Reagan (Iran-Contra), Nixon (Watergate), Thatcher (Falkand Islands), and so on and so forth. It's a sort of immunity that comes with the responsibility of such a post.

This isn't anything new so I am not sure why this is still an issue. The weight of the responsibility gives them a sort of privilege.

While I'd love to say yes they should hold responsibility I don't think I can. Mainly because we the people voted them in. We allowed certain people to represent us and in so doing put part of the blame on ourselves.

I will not say I agreed or agree with all decisions made by those we elect, but the truth of the matter is we did elect them. Now crimes and such that they do before during or after their running time, those they most definitely must pay for. I don't even know if what I said makes sense, but that's what I believe.

Why not include Carter, Clinton, Obama, also -- all the way back to and including Abraham Lincoln. The only question I have is: lynching or firing squad? hubpages.com/hub/america-what-went-wrong-th.

Of course all roads points toward the one that did the deed. You can't blame it on the rain.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.