I am a great fan of Geoffrey Robertson, but his latest statement that the actions of Israel and the US against that regime are 'war crimes' is evading the point.

When the world is confronted with an extremist theologically based group whose fundamental tenets dictate to them that they, and they alone, must conquer and rule the entire world by the dictates and values of that religious belief - and that this is a divine right and duty demanded of them - there is no middle ground.

In order to attain their religously demanded Khaliphate, it is required of them that they either genocide or enslave or somehow remove from the Earth - the entire planet - ANYONE who does not accept fully their religion's tenets... and that even includes different strands of their basic religious group.

In dealing with such people who suffer such delusions and create so much mayhem as a result - there is no possibility of there being any war crime.  It is - to them - literally a war to the finish and a war with no boundaries... and THAT is the greatest crime of all - so any action against them cannot be illegal.

Israel and the US, in terminating their insane ideology, will kill a hell of a lot fewer people than they will.