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Neither of those lessen the guilt that the Presidents bear, they simply expand the roster of people to try for abetting war crimes. When it comes to punishment, it's fine to start at the top and work down the hierarchies until someone feels like it's getting to be too much. Part of the point is revenge. Part of the point is to set an example. Clearly the Nuremberg trials didn't go far enough because the "Allies" didn't learn from it.
I argue for what's moral whether or not anyone else will listen. The realization that nobody who can try these war criminals will try them is another way to help people learn that we live in a fundamentally evil system that must be destroyed.