Trump doubles down on bombing Iran's cultural sites

[crazytown]

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Trump doubles down on threat to strike cultural sites in Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that Iranian cultural sites were fair game for the US military, dismissing concerns within his own administration that doing so would constitute a war crime under international law.

He also warned Iraq that the US would levy punishing sanctions if it expelled American troops in retaliation for a US strike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian official.

(snip) Trump first raised the prospect of targeting Iranian cultural sites Saturday in a tweet. Speaking with reporters Sunday as he returned to Washington from his holiday stay in Florida, he doubled down, despite international prohibitions.

“They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And we’re not allowed to touch their cultural sites? It doesn’t work that way,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington from a holiday stay at his Florida estate.

“If they do anything there will be major retaliation,” he said.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-doubles-down-on-threat-to-strike-cultural-sites-in-iran/

Suleimani killing: Donald Trump defends threat to hit cultural sites in Iran

(snip) Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One ... he sought to offer a justification. “They’re allowed to kill our people,” Trump said, according to a pool report. “They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And we’re not allowed to touch their cultural site? It doesn’t work that way.”

Targeting cultural sites is prohibited by international conventions signed in Geneva and at the Hague. In 2017, the United Nations security council passed unanimously a resolution condemning the destruction of heritage sites. The action previewed by Trump would almost certainly involve the deaths of civilians.

Human Rights Watch condemned the president’s words. “President Trump should publicly reverse his threats against Iran’s cultural property and make clear that he will not authorise nor order war crimes,” said Andrea Prasow, its acting Washington director. “The US Defense Department should publicly reaffirm its commitment to abide by the laws of war and comply only with lawful military orders.”

She added: “Trump’s threat to attack Iran’s cultural heritage shows his callous disregard for the global rule of law. Whether refusing to condemn the brutal murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi or pardoning convicted war criminals, Trump has shown little respect for human rights as part of US foreign policy.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/06/suleimani-killing-donald-trump-defends-threat-to-hit-cultural-sites-in-iran

UNESCO listed World Heritage sites in Iran



https://en.radiofarda.com/a/unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-iran/29579036.html

[C_U_L8R]

1. How about doubling down on impeachment.

This guy should be in a padded room.

[onecaliberal]

2. THAT!

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Sadly, Trump has no idea how it works. Sadder still is the fact that

Republicans will not hold him to account when he makes statements like this.

[Grokenstein]

4. Yeah, it kinda DOES work that way, Spraytan Satan. Except.

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No one's "allowing" them to kill, torture and maim "our" people (by which I presume you mean "American citizens," which would be weird since you hold every single one of us in such blatant contempt). Strangely enough, however, WE are "allowed" to do exactly those things to everyone else we see fit--even children--by Republicans. Which is one of the reasons more and more people abhor us every day.

But even if it weren't clearly against every civilized rule of warfare (as paradoxical as that sounds), America never became "great" by racing to the bottom emulating our enemies' most savage behavior. We're supposed to "be better," remember?

I know, I know...Vladimir's goal is to destroy us, and the reason you smirk when you dry-hump the flag is because you're helping him.

May your execution be televised.

[procon]

5. Trump's no better than the Taliban

If he's going to be destroying priceless cultural sites.

[greytdemocrat]

14. It's called a bluff

The question is will they be willing
to call it??

[struggle4progress]

6. "It was all very careless and confused. They were careless people, Tom and Daisy ---

they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"

F. Scott Ditzgerald

[crazytown]

9. The preceding line

I couldn’t forgive Tom or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified.

[scarletwoman]

7. Ye gods! Will no one rid of us this evil moron?

He's drunk with power and blood lust.

[spanone]

8. when you're the worse person in the world, you got nothing to lose

[UniteFightBack]

10. This rogue muthafucka needs to be restrained. He SHOULD be getting removed from office if the

Russiapublicans gave one molecule of a hair from a rats rump about this country.

[Caliman73]

11. I'll say it again, Trump is an idiot.

ONE. No, they aren't allowed to kill and maim our soldiers with roadside bombs. They commit acts of terrorism targeting our troops who continue to be in Iraq after 16 years. Our troops should be out of Iraq, which was one of the bullshit planks the lying as Trump ran on.

TWO. It most certainly works that way. We are a signatory to the international law that states that targeting cultural, historical, medical, and religious sites is a war crime. Which is why we condemn people who bomb hospitals and churches, and condemn groups who launch mortar attacks from churches and hospitals. IT IS A WAR CRIME.

THREE. Trump is an idiot. He is a dangerous idiot and needs to be removed from office.

[smirkymonkey]

16. +1000

[safeinOhio]

12. Waiting for Iran's reply.

Attack one of our cultural sites and we will attack every trump property in the world. Then hunt down your family.

[moondust]

13. You know who else does that?

Here Are the Ancient Sites ISIS Has Damaged and Destroyed

[Grokenstein]

15. You know the response.

Insecure Man-Infant-In-Chief: "They did it FIRST!!"

[ck4829]

17. Yep

[Blue Owl]

18. What an artless fuck

n/t