Trump’s ‘Take the Oil’ Plan Would Violate Geneva Conventions, Experts Say

[riversedge]

Most of Trump's problem is that he does not know he is stupid.


Trump’s ‘Take the Oil’ Plan Would Violate Geneva Conventions, Experts Say


http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/09/08/trumps-take-the-oil-plan-would-violate-geneva-conventions-experts-say/?mod=e2tw

By Damian Paletta
Sep 8, 2016 1:08 pm ET


Donald Trump’s stance that the U.S. should have taken oil out of Iraq following the 2003 invasion would have been a violation of the fourth Geneva Convention and likely other international agreements, two legal experts said Thursday.

On Wednesday during a forum televised on NBC, Mr. Trump said the U.S. could have prevented the growth of the Islamic State terror network had it used a number of U.S. troops to pump oil out of Iraq. This would have blocked Islamic State’s access to oil, which the group used in part to finance its insurgency and operations.

“It used to be, to the victor belong the spoils,” Mr.Trump said.

But Laurie Blank, director of the International Humanitarian Law Clinic at Emory University School of Law, said Mr. Trump’s proposal would be a violation of the fourth Geneva Convention, as well as international agreements made at the Hague Conventions in 1899 and 1907.............................

[Motley13]

1. Called plundering & pillaging

He thinks he is Genghis Khan.

[grossproffit]

2. He's a simpleton, and I'm being nice.

[my2sense]

3. Scary that he's still

being taken seriously. It's like we are living in an alternative universe.

[Eugene]

4. But Drumpf insists that the fourth Geneva Convention rules are outdated.

He wants to trim them back.

When the bounds of civilized conduct get in the way, ignore them.
Torture terror suspects. Kill their families. Pillage their resources.

Trump is a strongman wannabe without a clue what real leadership is.

[etherealtruth]

5. "Most of Trump's problem is that he does not know he is stupid."

Narcissists rarely do

[peggysue2]

6. Oh, come on

The Geneva Convention is so-o-o yesterday. 'Take the oil' fits perfectly into the Donald's plan to water board all enemies and do in kind what ISIL has done to their captives.

It's all good as long as we win triumphantly. The logic or decency of the plan is irrelevant. Winning and making out like a bandit is everything.

Because The Donald's a winner. (not)

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Duh.