President Trump repeats his assertion that Iranian cultural sites would be fair game as military targets if Tehran carries through on its vow to attack Americans, dismissing views that striking cultural sites would constitute a war crime. https://t.co/39VlUNgz31
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 6, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump tells reporters on Air Force One he is prepared to go after Iranian cultural sites: “They’re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people and we’re not allowed to touch their cultural sites? It doesn’t work that way.”
— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) January 6, 2020
Reminder: Just this morning @SecPompeo insisted Trump was not talking about targeting cultural sites. https://t.co/gTP2bFtuFd
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 6, 2020
First, this was a total falsehood by @SecPompeo. Anyone can read what Trump tweeted. Second, Trump reiterated tonight to reporters on his plane that he would target cultural sites in Iran. He’s doubling down on it. https://t.co/ijYFdMW2ix
— Edward Wong (@ewong) January 6, 2020
….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
He's bringing back memories of Baghdad Bob. pic.twitter.com/szNjXxj5di
— JM (@JJmac76) January 5, 2020
Mike Pompeo: “People not only in Iraq, but in Iran, will view the American action last night as giving them freedom.”pic.twitter.com/KNJW72MGsb
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) January 3, 2020
Even the tenth of Muharram (Ashoura) processions can’t be compared to the funeral of #QassemSuleimani in #Tehran, the last huge funeral I saw in Tehran was Rafsanjani’s in 2017, it was huge, but not as today’s which I can say, cumulatively, is bigger than Imam Khomeini’s in 1989 pic.twitter.com/VTWB9dwWkp
— Ali Hashem علي هاشم (@alihashem_tv) January 6, 2020