Re “U.S.-Iran combat expands across region” (July 18): “The U.S. military struck bridges, rail lines and a maritime observation tower. … Iran said it had retaliated by firing on other countries in the region that host U.S. military bases, and Kuwait said that power and water plants had been hit.”
The U.S. has threatened to target Iranian civilian infrastructure to try to force Iran to make a deal, but so far has not bombed such infrastructure. The article goes on to state “Infrastructure that civilians rely on to survive, like water treatment plants, are generally not considered legitimate military targets and striking them could be considered a war crime, legal scholars say.”
Then why haven’t the “legal scholars” and the U-T news services pointed out that Iran has already committed what could be considered a war crime war against Kuwait? Or is the term “war crime” now applied only to those whom legal scholars wish it to apply?
— Jim Berg, Carmel Valley