No, Attacks on Civilian Infrastructure Are Not Banned Under International Law |
President Trump’s deadline for Iranian capitulation regarding the Strait of Hormuz is just over nine hours away, and he is reaffirming vows to destroy bridges and power plants unless this chokepoint on international trade is opened. (There is, natch, another unhinged post about about how “a whole civilization will die tonight.”)
In response, according to various reports, António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, has publicly admonished the president that “attacks on civilian infrastructure are banned under international law” (that’s how PBS described what Guterres said without quoting him).
This is not true. I won’t get into what I addressed yesterday