Any stalemate in negotiations to end both Iranian aggression in the Strait of Hormuz and their nuclear program should warrant the resumption of the bombing campaign against Iran. Greater destruction of Iran’s infrastructure may be needed to compel its military and political capitulation. Before the ceasefire, the hyperbolic rhetoric in vogue among the administration’s critics was that the United States’s bombing operation against Iran, “Operation Epic Fury,” had crossed, or was about to cross, a legal line into “war crimes.” What this assertion belies is an appeasement ideology masquerading as sanctimonious condemnation. In March, NBC News at the White House questioned: “Why is the president threatening what would amount to potentially a war crime with the US military?” The New York Times featured an opinion piece entitled: “America is Abandoning Morality.” That opinion piece was then followed, days later, by a New York Times news article, entitled “Trump Revels in Threats to Commit War Crimes…,” conferring further journalistic credibility on the charge.
NO, TRUMP IS NOT COMMITTING WAR CRIMES IN IRAN
Nevertheless, the contemplated targets, as the president suggested, were power plants, bridges, and other infrastructure targets that serve both military purposes and civilian life. These so-called “dual-use” targets could be considered lawfully targetable despite the protestations platformed by many in the news media.
