Trump Reiterates Threat to Target Iranian Cultural Sites
Source: Washington Post
Trump on Sunday evening doubled down on his claim that he would target Iranian cultural sites if Iran retaliated for the targeted killing of one of its top generals, breaking with his secretary of state over the issue.
Aboard Air Force One on his way back from his holiday trip to Florida, Mr. Trump reiterated to reporters traveling with him the spirit of a Twitter post on Saturday, when he said that the United States government had identified 52 sites for retaliation against Iran if there were a response to Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimanis death.
Some, he tweeted, were of cultural significance.
Such a move could be considered a war crime under international laws, but Mr. Trump said Sunday that he was undeterred.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-reiterates-threat-to-target-iranian-cultural-sites/ar-BBYDS48?li=BBnb7Kz
25th amendment time
bucolic_frolic
(43,191 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)A true tyrant like that would be undeterred by the silly ideas of a war crime, which implies the potential horrors he could inflict on the World or his own people if given the capacity to do so, which he appears to want to take by force if necessary.
We have both a war criminal and a threat to our national security in the White House. Oh my!
ancianita
(36,099 posts)on our own sites.
waveiscoming
(16 posts)Syria sites like the destruction of Aleppo historical market and ummayad mosque in Damascus with the help of this general got almost no attention.
jpak
(41,758 posts)You fool no one.
Yup
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)blew up those 3,000 year old giant Buddha statues in Afghanistan?
Many commentators at the time said that the action was one of the most brutal and senseless acts of the murderous regime had carried out.
So, Trump is proud to be more barbaric and inhumane than the Taliban.
rpannier
(24,330 posts)il douche will be in fairly large company
StevieM
(10,500 posts)I can't believe that we have reached a place where a man like Donald Trump is serving as our president.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Even more amazing is how the gop is propping this lunatic up. When the whole truth about the gop is revealed, I think the entire world will be shocked. Something went terribly wrong somewhere. tRump is out of his mind, and it is obvious to anyone with more than room temp. I.Q. The man is full of his own importance. The presidency made his ego expand to excessive size. He honestly believes he rules the world, and the gop is not even trying to save this country. WHY?? I know that I would not want to be anywhere near him, he is a moving target.
Talitha
(6,593 posts)Eugene
(61,903 posts)No doubt, this will please his lunatic base to no end. Outside the bubble, the desperation is obvious.
man4allcats
(4,026 posts)crazytown
(7,277 posts)he sought to offer a justification. Theyre allowed to kill our people, Trump said, according to a pool report. Theyre allowed to torture and maim our people. Theyre allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And were not allowed to touch their cultural site? It doesnt work that way.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/06/suleimani-killing-donald-trump-defends-threat-to-hit-cultural-sites-in-iran
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)IronLionZion
(45,460 posts)and Trump will finally get his trade isolation.
C Moon
(12,213 posts)I knew this was coming. It's his only chance to keep in office.
phandancer917
(145 posts)You may be right....and that is freaking scary
PLEASE -- to the remaining Adults in the Whitehouse - INVOKE the 25th before it is too late
McKim
(2,412 posts)Irans cultural treasures are exquisite and part of our World Heritage. The beautiful mosques, bazaars, monuments and cities are incredibly beautiful. I am still astounded by the images of my 2008 cultural tour there. We cannot let this happen!
waveiscoming
(16 posts)The leaders in iran had no problem using chemical attacks against civilians in Syria and burning sunni towns to thet ground. The genocide was largely ignored. There is no justice in this world.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)He used gas on his own people, supplied by - wait for it - George H. W. Bush and cohorts. I think the US should take care of its' own problems, before causing even more problems overseas. Let other countries keep their oil, or sell it to us. All the deaths and maimings have taken a large toll on too many people who were just doing their duty, or even trying to live their lives. Who benefits from all this death and destruction? People such as the Bush family, Cheney, Bolton and other multimillionaires. Their relatives live comfortably, no lost limbs for them, no rehab to learn how to walk again, no brain damage. It is always the little people who suffer. Now we have the world's biggest JOKE in the WH, talking trash, while protected 24 hours a day by secret service agents, paid for by taxpayers. He can talk BIGLY, but if he was confronted by real danger, those Depends would fill up in no time. Twitter should cut him off before he does even more damage.
jpak
(41,758 posts)Again, you fool no one.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,011 posts)An eye for an eye system soon leaves everyone blind.
TeamPooka
(24,229 posts)2naSalit
(86,650 posts)waveiscoming
(16 posts)Do the people celebrating him care about the chemical weapons attacks against the people of Syria. Hundreds of thousands displaced and killed.
jpak
(41,758 posts)You fool no one.
Whatabustism = GOP tool
yup
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)Apparently, they want to whack it until the whole damn nest erupts and starts a full-blown war.
They're doing everything they can to unify the citizens of Iran and Iraq along with many of the Shia Islamists on Earth (possibly as many as 200 million people) against the Western world.
KY........
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)Taliban:
Isis:
What a turd Trump is. I guess we should feel fortunate he hasn't figured out how to launch nukes yet.
trusty elf
(7,394 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)from Trump. Being ordered to commit a war crime should fall under that category.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,011 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)and UCMJ.
trusty elf
(7,394 posts)Chump is an undie turd? yep
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Vengence, wrecking deep emotional pain, and humiliation on others is dear ro him. He is an evil man.
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)the more desperate the gop will be to distract americuns from
their treachery...
keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)They would surely understand bombing the Wailing Wall.
Speak up, JaVanka.
Bayard
(22,101 posts)It will only strengthen their resolve and unite the people.
Like blowing up the Smithsonian here, or the Lincoln Memorial.