Диана-Z V

By ordering attacks on Iran’s infrastructure, Trump is no longer waging a conventional war but pursuing the dismantling of a state. This mirrors Netanyahu’s objective of driving Iran into chaos and economic collapse. There is nothing honourable about this kind of warfare.

🚨 Breaking News: Iran orders the Houthis in Yemen to close the Bab al-Mandab Strait if the United States strikes energy facilities in Iran.

Hi there, Rep. Khanna. Retired Army JAG here & current prof of int'l law. And you are way out of your depth. You should consider sticking to legislating & leaving #LOAC commentary to actual specialists. Like me. Allow me to explain. First off, if a power plant is "dual use," then attacking it is, by definition, NOT an "indiscriminate bombing." Here's why. As DoD Law of War Manual notes, this term is often "used to describe objects that are used by both the armed forces and the civilian population, such as power stations" (pic 1). The Manual also correctly points out this term has no legal significance. Either something qualifies as a military objective such that directing an attack against it is permitted, or it's a civilian object such that it may not be made the object of attack. See the problem yet? That's right! If something is "dual-use," it qualifies as a military objective...and directing an attack against a military objective is, by definition, NOT "indiscriminate" (pic 2). Back to pic 1, the Manual also notes that when attacking "dual-use" objects, "it will be appropriate to consider in applying the principle of proportionality the harm to the civilian population expected to result from the attack on such a military objective." You might notice I emphasized "proportionality" & "expected" there, and I did so because it's a preview to your next massive error. Here's what you claim about proportionality in your 🧵: "Proportionality forbids attacks where expected incidental civilian harm including effects like loss of hospital power, water pumps failing, food spoilage or extreme heat or cold exposure. This is excessive compared to the concrete military gain per Article 51(5)(b)." We'll get to your selection of source (AP I) later. For now, let's focus on how badly you botched the proportionality rule. To describe what the actual rule is supposed to look like, let's go back to the Manual. As it observes, personnel engaged in hostilities "must refrain from attacks in which the expected loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, and damage to civilian objects incidental to the attack would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage expected to be gained" (pic 3). Now, I added bold text to the "expected" at the beginning & end because this highlights your next mistake. Yes you correctly note expected incidental harm is part of the equation, but you left out "expected" on the military advantage component. This is a massive error because you need to be able to tell what the expected incidental harm is & the expected (or anticipated) concrete & direct military advantage is for each attack in order to assess whether the former was "excessive in relation to" the latter. And, do you have any intel indicating what degree of incidental harm AND concrete & direct military advantage is for each attack you purport to be addressing? No, of course you don't. As such, you're not conducting a legitimate proportionality assessment. Which, is easy if you don't properly articulate law. Hell, you can make pretty much anything seem illegal if you can come up with any bullshit articulation of the legal standard you feel like fabricating. But we're not allowed to do that in actual practice. And so, you shouldn't either in public discourse, or else you're creating a false impression that potentially lawful conduct is illegal. And another thing - I noticed you left off the direct part of "concrete & direct military advantage" in your bullshit version of proportionality. That matters because remote harms need not be factored (pic 4). Some prospective harms you mentioned probably are direct enough, but others...not so much. Finally, I also noticed you claim AP I binds 🇺🇸 "as customary international law." But not all of AP I is customary, which is why I draw from the Manual instead. I'll finish off with a simple pro tip: stay in your lane. Leave LOAC analysis to @DeptofWar. And actual experts...like me.

Hey, Mr. “Specialist”. Curious about your take on Minab. But more curious how you avoid any mention of the concept of collective punishment when it comes to Trump’s blatantly illegal threats to destroy power plants. These aren’t “dual use” facilities. If they were, they already would have been struck. This isn’t a military action we’re talking about. It’s holding a civilian population hostage to military threats because the US can’t accomplish the military mission of securing the Strait of Hormuz. This context is necessary for a broader legal understanding of the prohibitions regarding collective punishment to avoid unnecessary destruction and ensure compliance with the principles of distinction and necessity. You’re the very worst kind of military lawyer. Instead of holding the US to standards designed to prevent war crimes, you seek and manufacture legal loopholes to justify murder. I’m sure you would have looked good wearing the black uniform of the SS. Because you are a disgrace to the uniform of the United States military, and the legal profession you claim to be a part of. Now back Minab. How is killing 175 children justified under the Law of War? Let’s see what your legal acumen says about targeting and the Law of War. Pro hint: look up DoD Instruction 3000.17, and explain the linkage between its cancellation and the kill chain leading to the Minab attack.

🔴‼️Ibrahim Traore (IbTra) has banned all the business companies linked to Elon musk in Burkina Faso, this is after Elon Musk insulated South Africa, Traore has said: " tit for tat is a fair game, you cannot insult any African country and expect your businesses to continue in Burkina Faso, this is a new Africa, not the one that you are used to".... This makes sense. Especially after starlink has been used as a tool to further American agenda in multiple conflicts. #IbrahimTraore #africa

I can’t believe this is a real PowerPoint that Jared Kushner presented at The World Economic Forum. All of those little babies bombed, toddler’s with limbs amputated without anesthesia, and horrific crimes committed against innocent families, children, and Christians in Gaza… all for Kushner’s real estate venture. It was NEVER about “defeating Hamas”

BREAKING: Pakistan and Turkey deny the US to open military bases in their countries to strike Iran.

🚨🇮🇱DAY-23 HORRIFIC WAR UPDATE THE WESTERN MAINSTREAM MEDIA WILL NEVER AIR ON TV: As the sun rises over Tel Aviv after it got smashed by Iranian missiles last night, 100'S of Israelis are getting arrested by the IDF as we speak for trying to take videos/photos of the devastation. TEL AVIV IS UNRECOGNIZABLE

Looks like Israel didn't wait for Trump's deadline and started to attack Iranian energy infrastructure - so either Trump lied or he is no longer in control (if that fuckimg clown ever had been) Iran will now take Gulf States apart. - No oil - no gas - no water.

BREAKING: Israel is Running out of interceptor Missiles

#BREAKING Israelis run to shelters from Iran launches

🚨#BREAKING: At this time, at least 70 people have been injured following a collision involving a plane and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York. Officials at the on-site have confirmed that two individuals have been pronounced dead at the scene.

BREAKING: Iraqi groups have agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire to allow the full withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Victoria Base in Baghdad.

BREAKING 🚨: 🇫🇷Macron says that "Europe cannot depend on the mood of a 79-year-old man"

Just stating the obvious here but if the below is true it looks like Israel jumped ahead of Trump’s 48 hour deadline.

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: We are determined to respond to every threat at the same level that establishes a deterrent balance. The lying, terrorist, and child-killing president of the United States has claimed that the Revolutionary Guard intends to strike the region's desalination plants and cause hardship for the people of the region. First, it is the invading and anti-human US military that began the war by killing children and sacrificing 180 elementary school children, and so far, it has targeted five water infrastructure facilities, including the Qeshm Island desalination plant. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has not done such a thing so far. Second, it is this terrorist and child-killing president of the United States who has threatened to attack Iran's power plants, and it is natural that attacking electricity will disrupt many human services such as hospitals, relief stations, water networks, and desalination plants, which is an inhumane act. What we have done is announce our decision that in the event of an attack on power plants, Iran will, in a retaliatory action, target the power plants of the occupying regime and the power plants of the countries in the region that host the bases.

اسرائیل میں صرف زیتون کے درخت رہ جائیں گے ایک دوست سے بات ہوئی۔ ان کا سسرال ہسپانوی ہے۔ سپین میں تھے۔ ایک ہسپانوی یہودی سے ملے تھے جو اسرائیل سے لوٹا تھا۔ اسرائیل سے لوٹ کر آنے والے ہسپانوی یہودی نے بتایا کہ ایرانی میزائل اور ڈرونز اسرائیل میں تباہی مچا رہے ہیں۔ اموات کی تعداد بہت زیادہ ہے۔ نقصان بے پناہ ہے۔ انٹر سیپٹرز کام نہیں کر رہے۔ اسرائیلی فوج نے سخت ترین سینسر شپ نافذ کیا ہوا ہے۔ اس لئے نقصان کی خبریں باہر نہیں آرہیں۔ کہا کہ اگر جنگ دو تین مہینے اسی طرح جاری رہی تو سب یہودی اسرائیل چھوڑ کر یورپ چلے جائیں گے یہاں سے وہ آئے تھے۔ انہوں نے مزید کہا کہ وہ تو اسرائیل شیفٹ ہوئے تھے امن و سکون کے لئے۔ نہ کہ میزائلوں کی بارش میں پناہ گاہوں میں چھپنے کے لئے۔ اسرائیل تو ان کے لئے غزہ بن چکا ہے۔ انہوں نے کہا وہ خود تو واپس آگئے ہیں۔ اور دوسرے بھی تیار بیٹھے ہیں۔ اگر ایران نے دو ماہ مزید میزائلوں کی بارش جاری رکھی تو اسرائیل میں صرف زیتون کے درخت رہ جائیں گے۔

❗️ ISRAELIS WOKEN BY SIRENS AS IRANIAN MISSILE BARRAGE RETURNS

@BinsaeedRashid Old farts playing with people’s lives. Playing their own games. If you’re going to play, play fair — no nuclear strikes. Russia didn’t destroy Ukraine with nuclear weapons, so why should Israel? Let them fight on equal terms, without using nuclear weapons.

"Either Trump|Israel escalates to a nuclear war or CENTCOM is depleted and then targeted for destruction. And if he uses nuclear bombs, then Iran can justify not only "creating" them (they already have them) but deploying them against targets all over the middle east, especially Israel, ending the entire world."