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In reply to the discussion: Trump Reiterates Threat to Target Iranian Cultural Sites [View all]crazytown
(7,277 posts)8. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One
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
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Those laws don't apply to Trump. No laws apply to Trump. Ego blastoff! Up we go!
bucolic_frolic
Jan 2020
#1
If destroying UNESCO World Heritage Sites isn't a war crime, it should be. He will cause blowback
ancianita
Jan 2020
#3
He wants another 911 on American soil so he can be what Bush II was for a short while.
C Moon
Jan 2020
#13
Trump's people are not satisfied with one or two whacks at the hornet's nest.
KY_EnviroGuy
Jan 2020
#21
Trump will join the ranks of the Taliban and Isis if he destroys the relics.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Jan 2020
#22
They first have to know it is unlawful. We need lots of publicity about the unlawfulness. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2020
#33