And they immediately started accusing President Trump of war crimes when he threatened to take out power plants. You can look on the website of the Department of War. The longstanding rules for the conduct of war makes clear that civilian power generation is a legitimate target. A military target is a long standing military target. And the reason the president named power plants and bridges is because the obvious target is the oil facilities, the refineries and the terminal on Carg Island. (05:25–05:33)
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Asserts that civilian power generation is considered a legitimate military target under the rules of war.
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