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Thursday on MS NOW\u2019s \u201cThe Briefing,\u201d former Secretary of State\u00a0John Kerry said President Donald Trump\u2019s threat to destroy Iran would be a war crime.<\/p>\n
Host Jen Psaki said, \u201cBefore the cease fire was announced this week. Donald Trump said, I know you saw this. A whole civilization will die tonight. It is language. I don\u2019t think anyone has ever heard from a U.S. president publicly, privately, anyone in any position of power. It\u2019s a pretty hard bell to unring. Given all of the roles you\u2019ve played what did you think when you saw that?\u201d<\/p>\n
Kerry said, \u201cI was shocked, as I\u2019ve been, by anything that I\u2019ve seen or read by this administration and the first administration, and now in the second, for a Christian so called to step up on Easter Sunday and use language like that which kids are going to hear, and people all around the world will see as a reflection of our presidency it\u2019s just utterly stunning. And to be talking about, you know, we\u2019re the city that hosts the Holocaust Museum. We\u2019re that place that, you know, worked so hard to liberate Europe or free Europe from fascism and so many other contributions we\u2019ve made around the world. And you step up and not only use language like that, but say a whole civilization is going to die that sounds to me like it\u2019s the prelude, to, the coming one of the greatest war criminals in history. When you kill a civilization, you are doing something precisely against all of the international norms, standards, values and hopes and aspirations.\u201d<\/p>\n
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