Scott Detrow

Let me bring this back to the specific instance that we started this conversation with.

If the United States goes forward and bombs critical energy infrastructure, bombs desalination plants, the types of infrastructure that civilians need to live in a region like the Middle East, what do you think would happen next?

What would you want to see happen next?

That was Gabor Rona.

He's the director of the Law and Armed Conflict Project at Cardozo Law School.

We reached out to the White House about Rona's comments, specifically about attacks on civilian infrastructure being a war crime and German war criminals after World War II.

In a statement, the White House pointed to Iran, saying the country has committed, quote, egregious human rights abuses for 47 years and that President Trump's military campaign is, quote, making the entire region safer and more stable.

This episode was produced by Henry Larson and Jeffrey Pierre with audio engineering by Peter Helena.

It was edited by John Ketchum.

Our executive producer is Sammy Yannigan.

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Thank you so much.

It's Consider This from NPR.

I'm Scott Detrow.

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