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Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:06 PM 19 hrs ago

Trump Makes 'Most Blase Admission of a War Crime by a US President in History'

"President Donald Trump said the US Navy chose to sink an Iranian frigate, killing more than 100 sailors last week, because it was 'more fun' than capturing the vessel, even though the ship posed no threat."

"Though death tolls vary, Iran’s state media organization, the Islamic Republic News Organization, reported on Sunday that 104 crew members were killed in the attack and that 32 others were injured when a US submarine torpedoed the Iranian warship IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean on March 4 as it departed from the Milan Peace 2026 naval drills hosted in India."

"The Dena was more than 2,000 miles away from the Persian Gulf when it was attacked, far from the hostilities unleashed last weekend when the US and Israel launched a war against Iran. Contradicting US claims, Iranian and Indian officials have said it was not armed."

"In what political commentator Adam Schwarz described as 'the most blasé admission of a war crime by a US president in history,' Trump on Monday casually recounted the US Navy’s decision to attack the ship before a gathering of Republicans at a Congressional Institute event, a GOP-aligned nonprofit retreat organizer."

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-iran-ship-sunk-for-fun

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Trump Makes 'Most Blase Admission of a War Crime by a US President in History' (Original Post) sop 19 hrs ago OP
Trump never paid attention to the laws that got in his way. Baitball Blogger 18 hrs ago #1
He is a sick bastard. milestogo 18 hrs ago #2

Baitball Blogger

(52,183 posts)
1. Trump never paid attention to the laws that got in his way.
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:18 PM
18 hrs ago

Since everyone in the US kept giving him a pass, he just continued his practices until now, when it warrants the attention of an International crime board.

Some things could have been foreseen.

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