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Is the US committing war crimes by targeting Iran’s civilian infrastructure?
(www.theguardian.com)
Yes, next question
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2026
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Amazing to see it in the wild: a rare question headline where the answer is yes.
International law experts ‘seriously concerned’ about ‘strikes on schools, health centres and homes’ in contravention of Geneva conventions.
Well there it is folks, we just witnessed the full force of the actions taken when someone commits a war crime. I'm sure the administration will correct their future actions to avoid more "serious concerns." Nothing stops a bloodthirsty tyrant like a wagging finger.
Oh please please can another country Maduro him for violating international law. America would thank you.
the US is committing war crimes by targeting Iran’s civilian infrastructure.
fixed that headline for them.
No nation did anything to stop israel from leveling gaza.
No nation is going to do anything to stop Iran from being attacked.
There's no consequences to the people making the decisions to do this stuff, and those carrying out the orders. We all know it's horrible. Nothing will happen though.
We just have to live with the side effects and the outcome. What else is gonna change? Certainly not politics until January 3rd of next year... unless the republicans change course, but good luck with that.
It's beyond the targeting of civilian infrastructure (which is a war crime)
They're deliberately "double tapping" which is a terrorist strategy (used by other shit governments like Israel) where you attack the same location roughly an hour later even tho the strike destroyed the target.
Because after the first strike, emergency responders have arrived, and the follow up is to kill them so they can't provide aid in that strike or any other.
There's almost no clearer war crime than that double tap, and Trump's been doing them as standard procedure because no one has called him out.
Hell just keep going bigger till someone stops them, and if the US government won't do it, if other governments won't do it, it doesn't leave many options to stop him
it's like being a sniper, shooting someone in the kneecaps then shooting everyone that comes to rescue him
I am not voting for anyone in the 2028 primary who does not agree that the US should comply with International Criminal Court arrest warrants. If the subject is no longer in government, they need to be dragged onto a plane and sent to stand trial.
Starting a war of aggression is already a war crime, which means Trump was guilty before we even set foot in (or flew over) Iran. Trying to use Betteridge's Law Of Headlines to spread doubt about it is not going to be enough, here.
And then 168-some-odd schoolchildren were murdered on Trump's orders. For this act alone he should be in irons already.
It’s hard to remember he’s a massive pedophile deeply involved with Epstein when he’s committing all these war crimes right out in the open. Weird.