Retired Army general says US may need 'Nuremberg' like trials for Trump's 'illegal orders' in Iran war [View all]

Source: Independent.co.uk

A retired U.S. Army General has warned that Donald Trump’s actions in the war with Iran may lead to serious consequences for the president and all those who follow his “illegal” orders.

“I’m old enough to remember the Nuremberg trials and how we’ve held the Germans accountable after… the atrocities they committed during World War II,” Brigadier General Steve Anderson told CNN Tuesday. “And I’d hate to think… five, 10 years from now, we’d be doing the same kind of thing with American soldiers and leaders that made decisions that were being directed by the president of the United States that are illegal.”

The historic Nuremberg trials took place from 1945 to 1946. They saw 22 of the highest-ranking surviving Nazi officials tried for war crimes and “crimes against humanity” over atrocities committed during the Second World War. Anderson’s remarks came in response to Trump’s social media post Tuesday morning, in which he vowed that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” if Iran did not agree to a ceasefire deal and open the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m.

“I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” the president wrote.

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