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Scarborough: U.S. Strikes On Iranian Oil Infrastructure Would Be ‘War Crime’
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelsein

Posted on 04/02/2026 12:05:15 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

On Tuesday's Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough blithely delivered his legal judgment on potential U.S. strikes against Iranian infrastructure, declaring: “that’s a war crime, by the way.”

The remark came after a clip of NBC correspondent Garrett Haake pressing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on President Trump’s warning that Iran should make a deal or face overwhelming U.S. military force.

HAAKE: “Why is the president threatening what would amount to potentially a war crime with the U.S. military?”

LEAVITT: “...the United States Armed Forces has capabilities beyond their wildest imagination, and the president is not afraid to use them.”

Co-host Mika Brzezinski framed the exchange as involving possible U.S. attacks on “civilian infrastructure.”

Scarborough’s response was categorical:

SCARBOROUGH: “That’s a war crime, by the way.”

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1 posted on 04/02/2026 12:05:16 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: patro; abb; SE Mom; HarleyLady27; connyankee; Behind Liberal Lines; KC_Lion; frank ballenger; ...

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


2 posted on 04/02/2026 12:05:47 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Scarbourough, himself, is a fricken’ “war crime”....


3 posted on 04/02/2026 12:07:39 PM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Ukraine strikes Russian oil infrastructure all the time to hearty approval.


4 posted on 04/02/2026 12:07:44 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

But Iran SLAUGHTERING 45,000 of their own people is NOT a war crime right murdering Joe


5 posted on 04/02/2026 12:07:46 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Unless Joe Biden, or Barack Obama had done it. Then it would have been just fine.


6 posted on 04/02/2026 12:08:09 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I wasn't expecting a kind of Spanish Inquisition.)
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To: All

Go ahead and call the war police


7 posted on 04/02/2026 12:08:22 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

What about all the Iranian strikes on civilian facilities all over the world?

What penalties have/will they suffer from the world?


8 posted on 04/02/2026 12:08:49 PM PDT by Real Cynic No More (Things are fraying my nerves!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

“Trump did something.”
“War Crime.”


9 posted on 04/02/2026 12:09:10 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Didn’t someone have a girlfriend that mysteriously died ?


10 posted on 04/02/2026 12:09:25 PM PDT by revivaljoe ( )
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

That’s according to a “fact” that he pulled out of his arse. (after Eva Braun sitting next to him removed her hand from being up their working his mouth first of course)


11 posted on 04/02/2026 12:09:34 PM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I wonder if Mika misses being with a real man?


12 posted on 04/02/2026 12:09:46 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Nobody should be on the air with an IQ less than 65.


13 posted on 04/02/2026 12:10:08 PM PDT by InsidiousMongo
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Are they still on the air?


14 posted on 04/02/2026 12:10:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Scarborough is way behind the news cycle. We already removed military protection for Kharg. We will no doubt soon control the valves, and we have no intention of blowing up Iranian oil.

The IRGC thugs however are just crazy enough to blow up their own freaking oil. That is how crazed they are. So, not only would that not work to try and fake out the entire world, but they then would have zero revenue to flow into anyone’s coffers in Iran, not theirs and not even the population remaining. Crazed armageddon type clowns. Perfect for scarborough to conflate with US activity- because he is stupid enough to do so- a real dumba@@.


15 posted on 04/02/2026 12:10:59 PM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Lol. But you POS media propagandists never mention the IRGC’s war crime ballistic cluster bombs landing in civilian populated homes in Israel. Friggin SCUM!


16 posted on 04/02/2026 12:12:21 PM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood )
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

What an insufferable ass!


17 posted on 04/02/2026 12:12:53 PM PDT by KevinB (Nepotism = affirmative action for white people. )
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To: pookie18

18 posted on 04/02/2026 12:13:01 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Agreed


19 posted on 04/02/2026 12:13:35 PM PDT by Son-Joshua ( )
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

That will finish off the petrodollar for sure after Iran takes out all the wells in the middle east.


20 posted on 04/02/2026 12:20:50 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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