In his news conference Monday, President Donald Trump threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran, action that would be so far-reaching that some experts in military law said it could constitute a war crime.

In his news conference Monday, Donald Trump threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran, action that would be so far-reaching that some experts in military law said it could constitute a war crime.

The issue could turn on whether the power plants were legitimate military targets, whether the attacks were proportional compared with what Iran has done and whether civilian casualties were minimized.

Trump’s threat was so broad it did not seem to account for the harm to civilians, prompting Democrats in Congress, some United Nations officials and scholars in military law to say such strikes would violate international law.

  • Asafum@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    “So-called world leaders around the world stated Monday that they would vigorously wag their fingers and sternly say “No! Bad Trump!” If he were to carry out war crimes (again). The administration was in tears laughing when journalists asked if they were concerned about the repercussions for committing war crimes. Steven Miller crawled out from beneath the carpet to say “what are you fucking losers going to do about it?” before leaping across the room to catch a mouse and eat it live.”