April 8, 2026
Host, Tom Donelson, and his guest, George Landrith, discuss:
The Iranian Ceasefire.
What are the standards for war crimes when bombing a nation during war?
Under the law of armed conflict, military objectives include any object that, by its nature, location, purpose, or use, makes an effective contribution to the enemy’s military action and whose destruction offers a definite military advantage.
The Geneva Conventions provide a basis for a lot of humanitarian international law standards.
President Clinton’s NATO campaign in Kosovo in 1999 deliberately targeted Serbian bridges, oil refineries, power plants, and factories.
President Obama ordered repeated U.S. strikes on oil fields and refineries in Syria to cut off their funding to ISIS.
President Biden struck Iranian-backed militia infrastructure in Syria — command centers, logistics hubs, munitions depots.
They were not accused of war crimes.