On Sunday, Trump escalated his threats toward Iran, prompting Coulter to write, “I really wish ‘legal experts’ hadn’t screamed bloody murder about every little thing Trump did, so they could speak with authority now that he’s actually committing war crimes.” NBC News interviewed Stephen J. Rapp, who served as U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues from 2009 to 2015, said that attacking desalination plants that provides clean water to millions of people across the Middle East “would definitely be a war crime. “In so far as objects are concerned, military objectives are limited to those objects which by their nature, location, purpose or use make an effective contribution to military action and whose total or partial destruction, capture or neutralization, in the circumstances ruling at the time, offers a definite military advantage.
Author: Jennifer Bowers Bahney
Published at: 2026-04-05 21:17:55
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