C. Morris
Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran. “No other recent American president has talked so openly about committing potential #warcrimes, legal experts, historians and former US officials say. Wartime American presidents and their aides have usually insisted they were trying to follow international and US military law, even if they violated it in some cases.“ | Edward Wong, NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/us/politics/trump-iran-war-crimes-truth-social.html #Law #InternationalLaw #warcrimes /1
Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran

The president said he would bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages.” Until this administration, American leaders had insisted they were trying to follow international law in war.

The New York Times
Apr 7 at 9:09pmMetatext
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“ #Internationallaws aimed at preventing the horrors of total war are codified in a series of agreements, including the #GenevaConventions, the #HagueConventions, the #NurembergPrinciples and the #UnitedNationsCharter. Deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure violate those. So does #pillaging a country, which Mr. Trump has suggested he might do by taking Iran’s oil.” | Edward Wong, NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/us/politics/trump-iran-war-crimes-truth-social.html #Trump #Law #InternationalLaw #warcrimes /2
Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes in Iran

The president said he would bomb Iran “back to the Stone Ages.” Until this administration, American leaders had insisted they were trying to follow international law in war.

The New York Times