Trump continues to say - if they do it we should do it. "They" meaning ISIS can behead, drown and worse - so the United States should "kill the families of terrorists and waterboard and worse". "They are bad, really bad" whatevers. Trump doesn't say under what circumstances, who and how this would be carried out. The U.S. military are educated about what consists of a war crime and are directed not to engage in war crimes. If Trump directed the military to commit war crimes, the current military standard would direct them to refuse. Where that leads is to undermine the Commander-in-Chief.
On a practical note, what Trump says is exactly what children say to justify their wishes or activities. For example, he can watch that tv show, so I should be able to watch it too. She started it, so I punched her back. Trump is exactly that childish.
Finally, over a dozen Nazi leaders were hanged for war crimes. They deserved to be hanged, but, perhaps more important than their individual fates, these punishments set a standard for future world behavior. How dare Trump suggest that he would put the US Military at risk of such punishment.
I can't wait to see the debates between Clinton and Trump. Let him try to explain this.
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