Dude, the essence of Nuremberg was the prosecution of crimes against humanity. Whether or not LeMay's firebombing campaign, the British bombing of Dresden, the U-Boat campaign, American sub activity in the Pacific, and other acts of war against civilians constitutes crimes against humanity is not being argued here. It was the systematic extermination of millions of Jews and other ethnic minorities under the Nazi regime that brought about Nuremberg. Goring wasn't convicted of war crimes because he bombed London.
All of the Wiesenthal led cases after the War Crimes Dept was closed in the 1950s were prosecuted by West Germans in West Germany, a testimony to Germany's move towards atonement. Austria didn't embrace the same philosophy for almost three generations.
If we as Americans are not going to stay and prosecute, then we have to leave an infrastructure intact enough to do the job. I submit that Iraq could NOT have done that without a strong US presence remaining in the country. If we pull up stakes all willy-nilly in a hurry will Afghanistan be able to do the same? Probably not.
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