....targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2020

Someone better let the President know he's threatening war crimes.

- 52 sites for purely symbolic reasons would be a war crime.
- Striking cultural sites without military necessity would be a war crime
- Striking in revenge is a war crime
- Targeting civilians is a war crime

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 4, 2020

This is a war crime.

Threatening to target and kill innocent families, women and children - which is what youre doing by targeting cultural sites - does not make you a tough guy.

It does not make you strategic.
It makes you a monster. https://t.co/IjkNO8BD07

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 5, 2020

You are threatening to commit war crimes. We are not at war with Iran. The American people do not want a war with Iran. This is a democracy. You do not get to start a war with Iran, and your threats put our troops and diplomats at greater risk. Stop. pic.twitter.com/RoXRgb9GsK

— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) January 5, 2020

For what it's worth, I find it hard to believe the Pentagon would provide Trump targeting options that include Iranian cultural sites. Trump may not care about the laws of war, but DoD planners and lawyers do...and targeting cultural sites is war crime. https://t.co/HXvJM0kdl0

— Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) January 4, 2020

WAR CRIME

"Making the clearly-recognized historic monuments, works of art or places of worship which constitute the cultural or spiritual heritage of peoples ... the object of attack"

Geneva Convention Protocol I
(also: U.S. Department of Defense, Law of War Manual, 5.18) pic.twitter.com/yqKLA6JHbY

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) January 4, 2020

Let me put even a stronger point on this.

Any U.S. officials or personnel who followed through on this statement by President Trump would be liable under the U.S. War Crimes Act, 18 U.S. Code 2441. pic.twitter.com/09XImnPWf8

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) January 4, 2020

There is precedence for being charged with war crimes for destroying cultural and religious sites, so I assume threatening to do so should trip some TOS rule. I reported him, as did thousands, I am sure. I get the idea twitter belongs to Trump, and we are only the audience.

— Lee County KY (@catmanbleu) January 5, 2020

Surely "threatening to commit war crimes" is against Twitter's guidelines.

— Eva Putzova (@EvaPutzova) January 5, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump is too dumb to know its a war crime, but also too demented to care. https://t.co/WcEywGa6ht

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) January 4, 2020

The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes on Twitter.

God help us all! #25thAmendment https://t.co/nYZSvpo8rG

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 5, 2020

This is a major test for our country.

Will we allow decades of executive overreach and militarism to continue? Or will Congress step in and perform our Constitutional role to stop a war? The world is watching.

— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) January 5, 2020

You know who threatens to blow up cultural sites populated by civilians? Terrorists. Terrorists and, apparently, the current president of the United States of America.

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) January 5, 2020

At this point the US ought to be looking for ways to de-escalate matters as no US strategic purpose served by a protracted conflict w Iran that absorbs US resources. What @realDonaldTrump doing here in not in the countrys interest.

— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) January 5, 2020

Tweeting out that he will commit a major, horrible crime, is a clear demonstration that the US President is not well.

— David Rothschild (@DavMicRot) January 4, 2020

When neocolonial overlord Trump threatens to destroy sites of "Iranian culture," you know who he sounds exactly like? ISIS and al-Qaeda -- which have tried to carry out a not only physical but also cultural genocide against Shia Muslimshttps://t.co/CUK8K39mXB

— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) January 5, 2020

The President of the United States should never threaten on Twitter or anywhere else to target another countrys non-millitary cultural sites. That is an act of evil terrorism with no strategic value whatsoever other than destroying peoples heritage and history.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) January 4, 2020