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Mark Kelly: “Destroying an entire civilization would be a war crime…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Senator Mark Kelly on Stoicism, Space, and Staying Calm Under Pressure

Published | Video Starts at 55:49

And by the way, even saying a threat of a war crime is not allowed. Right. Even the threat. Yeah. First of all, doing it is a war crime. Destroying an entire civilization would be a war crime. Genocide, threatening genocide is also against the law, laws that we have. If you have a large arsenal of nuclear weapons, you say, give me all your stuff or I'm going to drop nuclear weapons on you. (55:49–56:02)

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Asserts that destroying a civilization or threatening genocide is a war crime and against the law.

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