President Trump casually endorses war crimes during White House meeting with airline execs

[babylonsister]

Aaron Rupar
Journalist, ThinkProgress.
Feb 9
President Trump casually endorses war crimes during White House meeting with airline execs
“I said, ‘keep the oil.’”


During a meeting with airline industry leaders at the White House on Thursday, President Trump lamented that the U.S. didn’t commit additional war crimes during the second Iraq War by pillaging the country’s oil.

After talking about the condition of American airports, Trump said, “We spent 6 trillion dollars in the Middle East. We’ve got nothing. We never even kept even a little tiny oil well. I said, ‘Keep the oil.’”

Trump suggested that the oil proceeds could fund a major government infrastructure project. “We’ve spent 6 trillion dollars in the Middle East. We have nothing, and we have an obsolete plane system, obsolete airports, obsolete trains, we have bad roads. We’re going to change all of that folks. You’re going to be so happy with Trump. I think you already are.”

Plundering a country’s natural resources is a war crime according to the Hague Conventions, which prohibits destroying or seizing an enemy’s property, and according the Geneva Conventions, which simply states, “pillage is prohibited.” The U.S. is a signatory to both.

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https://thinkprogress.org/trump-airline-executives-war-crimes-a33d3c610eba#.77qajbn2q

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Of course he would commit war crimes. He wants to torture, steal, etc

As he has done his whole life.

The problem is the 40 million sycophant fans of his who also want to do this.

[Trust Buster]

2. It is being reported that the Orange Turd is having dinner with Sheldon Adelson tonight.

Iran is next.

[leftstreet]

3. I thought it was about promoting democracy in the ME

Hmm, so he's saying it was about oil?

[Foo Fighter]

8. It was supposed to be a trade.

We give them democracy and they give us their oil. Seems like a fair swap, right?

[Blue_true]

4. How can these socalled Executives sit and listen to that psycho with a straight face? nt

[Lucinda]

5. KNR

[roamer65]

6. We have no legitimate president which such a name as mentioned in the title.

[babylonsister]

7. 'cept he's calling the shots, or trying to.

Just wait til Sessions gets his racist little paws on this ban.

[spanone]

9. he doesn't have one single solitary fucking clue.

[90-percent]

10. But but but

National Security experts like Paul Wolfowitz said that we could invade Iraq almost for free, as the oil revenues of a Democratized Iraq would pay for all the help we gave them.

And the question I've had the last 14 or so years; Who actually profited from the invasion?

Other than Presidents, that as a result, enjoy being completely above the law and free to commit war crimes with impunity?

-90% Jimmy