Game, Mr. President Trump; Right to Shoot, Bomb and Massacre enemy leaders are for all nations & not exclusive right of the US and Israel?

  While Israelis believe higher world authority has given them the right to be above international law, the US President and US administration along with legal expertise believe that the world is governed by US domestic law and international law is for the other less privileged nations on the planet. This   can be the only reason for continued assertion of US domestic law or US interpretation of international law when it comes to war crimes of terror acts committed by the current US President and his administration.

The sense of impunity enjoyed by the US was evident during genocide carried out on Palestine, when the US’s ally Israel was held accountable, the US sanctioned the people who held up the standards of international law, as a direct retaliation the US President called for sanctions against  individuals at ICC, ICJ and UN. This sense of privilege a feeling that the US law is above international law and as the US law can be overwritten by Presidential Executive orders, it naturally leads to the conclusion the US President rules the world. That is clearly what President Trump understands and express the same when he says, “I can take Cuba and do whatever he pleases with it, Keep it, Make it”.

This is the problem, the US understanding of international relations and their lack of accountability or adherence to international law especially by the US President, the US Congress or US’s ally Israel. Since, this has been happening for decades, the US assumes its position of impunity and power of Presidential Executive Order has been normalized in international governance. Unless an international institution, group or individual points out legally to the United States that its domestic law and politics is not above international law; this chaos created by the US Presidential Executive Orders is going to continue.

If anyone feels I am making a mountain of molehill, lets look at laws governing action at Sea, both civil or military. All countries that are part of United Nations would adhere to United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), but is not the default for the United States. As the United States has not ratified UNCLOS though it has signed it. To ratify the treaty, it would need two third of the votes in senate and this has not been achieved. The reason for some US senators blocking UNCLOS treaty is because of concerns about national sovereignty, mandatory dispute resolution, and economic-restrictions on deep sea mining.

At the same time, the US is undeniably the world’s leading maritime power, enjoying the largest Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and possessing the world’s largest and powerful navy. The US relies heavily on use of the seas for its economy as well as its national security, but it is not part of UNCLOS. Yet, because of its naval power it assumes all international waters are its for the taking and probably the reason why in Gulf of Oman or Arabian Sea the US Navy reigns not under UNCLOS but under domestic law probably in line with San Remo Manual on International law applicable to armed conflict at sea and The Department of Defence law of War Manual. It seems like the US believes in stretchable elasticity of US Domestic law and it having jurisdiction over any law governing territorial sovereignty or jurisdiction of other nations.

Without ratifying UNCLOS, the United States assumes its Naval force can travel to any part including Exclusive Economic Zones and enforce UNCLOS as interpreted by domestic laws. It is clearly evident when coastal States claim authority to regulate spying, surveillance or weapons exercise and the US asserts these to be international and questions the need for permission.  The USS John Paul (US guided missile destroyer) was continuously monitoring transiting from Persian Gulf towards the Malacca Straits and this passage through EEZ of India and concern regarding the same was raised to US government. It is possible that US may attempt to side line its interpretation on UNCLOS stating that its EEZ is open for all vehicles to travel, this is correct and exact solution to the concerns of other nations. For when military vessels travel through EEZ under the US control these vessels are monitored by US agencies. Another important aspect is that with regard to the technology for surveillance there is no comparison between the US assets and that other countries. For next year the US Navy has sought for $377.5 billion to restore maritime dominance and the current year, 2026.

With best surveillance technology and so what the US can achieve through access to EEZ of other countries can not be achieved by the same countries with access EEZ of the US. This makes US very smug for it uses domestic interpretation to destroy UNCLOS regulation and claims giving equal access when it knows that it is not true. What is needed is to protect nations from possible abuse of their sovereignty through US technology and love for surveillance. All nations, especially smaller ones can be protected only through adherence to UNCLOS regulations and hence there is need for calling out US and its transgression, especially as surveillance through  any means has been the main war strategy that has been used by US to monitor and then bomb countries.

American narration and fallacy of Cherry Picking or False cause fallacy

At present a narrative is being built by American experts, media and professional as per which it seems like current American blockage is the Start of attack on Iran. There is serious debate on whether blockade is legit as it is a measure taken against a belligerent State, Iran, by another belligerent State, the US. But, this a convenient interpretation of reality. The reality as it unfolded on Iran through actions of the US President and Israel started way before the current US blockade.

The Start-A Crime of Aggression by US President on Iran, Feb28th 2026.

The Crime of Aggression is defined in Article 8bis-Crime of Aggression. According to it:

1. For the purpose of this Statute, “crime of aggression” means the planning, preparation, initiation and execution, by a person in a position effectively to exercise control over or to direct the political or military action of a State, of an act of aggression which, by its character, gravity and scale, constitutes a manifest violation of the charter of the United Nations.

Unlike any other leader till date, President Trump has been very vocal and proud about the attack he carried out in Iran, bombing of nuclear facility, massacre of Iranian leader along with other important official heading different sections of military and intelligence.  Even before all this was carried out, he not explained how bomb would be falling and how all Iranian leaders will be eliminated he asked the Iranians after such extensive blood shed had been carried out, they should go out into the streets and complete the job of Regime Change.

2. “act of aggression means use of armed force by a State against the sovereignty, territorial, integrity and political independence of another state…”

 The three elements that are required for the crime of aggression: a) the perpetrator must be a political or military leader, i.e. a person in a exercise of control over or to direct the political or military action of the State b) the court must prove that the perpetrator was involved in the planning, preparation, initiation, or execution of such a State act of aggression and c)  such a State act must amount to an act of aggression in accordance with the definition  contained in General Assembly Resolution 3314, it must, by it character, gravity and scale, constitute a manifest violation of the UN charter.

On February 28^Th US President did carry out a series of attack on Iran nuclear facility, civilian facility, military sights, and also an attack on a Girls’ School in Iran, though US is trying to wash its hands off the massacre. The action of US President is in line with him carrying out A Crime of Aggression.

Whatever steps taken by Iran are defensive ones and in response to being attacked by the US.

Narrative around US Blockade as a smart intelligent step taken

US supporters are building a narrative to indicate how smartly US has blocked the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea. The present action by the US is not legit and the article in Lawfare [1] is an interesting example how crimes of aggression is being ignored and focus is pinpointed at the blockade and it being a smart military move. This is far from reality and a certain US build up.

US and Israel Goal Genocide of Nations

Both the United States and Israel have gone far beyond existing UN framework or idea of international governance or issues that can be faced. According Article 2, General Assembly Resolution 3314, “The first use of armed force by a State in contravention of the charter shall constitute prima facie evidence of an act of aggression…” This is simple and narrow definition of what actually happened to Iran on 28^th February.

It was a planned, coordinated, effort, with permission from countries whose air space had to be used by US and Israel, though they may have been unaware of the details. But, the extent of evil planned was clear to both US and Israel and no other nation has done such extensive acts of aggression on another till date.

1. They assassinated the spiritual and national leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei   along with his family members from two or three generations all slaughtered at one go.

2. Murdered Senior leaders of powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

3. Other high ranking Iranian officials murdered included Security Chief Ali Larijani, intelligence minister Esmail Khatib and head of paramilitary Basij force, Gholamreza Soleimani.

4. US and Israel targeted key sites linked to Iran’s nuclear programme and bombed them, though these sites were legit for civil purposes.

5. US and Israel carried out terror attacks on Kharg Island oil facility.

6. World’s largest Natural Gas facility in Iran was attacked through terror act.

7. Another act of aggression on 4^th March, outside its territory, an Iranian warship was sunk by a US submarine in the Indian Occean near Sri Lanka. At least 87 people were killed. This incident could be considered one of its kind, for from 1950 only fewer than 15 major surface combatants were lost to enemy fire, the lost vessels were small; frigates, corvettes, fast attack craft. 

What the US President did to Iran during Peace time is pure evil, no amount of his weird smiles or dance moves will change that. He will always be answerable to Universal Justice as will the US Congress.

The US President and his folk would love to classify this as Just War, for they believe they have the right redefine what is Just War through US President Executive World and the international community will abide to their call.

International community, unless the US and Israel are told their boundaries they will never change, if the don’t then world will consider that international community is giving a green light for the war strategy of eliminating enemy leaders or “Kill en masse” and if possible, with their family members, as is green light being given to attack schools, bomb residential places where intelligentsia reside and kill them with their families.

Most of all it seems, Killing for Regime Change is a main approved goal by the Democracies of the world, as neither the US or Israel have faced any legal liability for their actions and they continue to assert their sense of impunity.  Keep threating that they “Will Return Iran to Stone Ages” this stated by the US President and repeated by Israeli Minister.

If the world decides to follow this strategy of the US President and Israel, then given the fact that Israel population accounts for 0.15 percent of the world population and white population in US accounts for less than 17 percentage of global population, it would not be such a formidable task to replicate.

If, people have not replicated the ‘strategy’ it is because that is what no one wants to do, to think like US President or Israel, as it is a very dark spot to be in. But, if you push your luck too far, remember you are too few to actually replace your loss, in speed and in kind.

Stop the privileged impunity enjoyed by the US President, US and Israel!

 

Molly Charles