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Trump ignores the experts’ ‘war crime’ bluster — and we should, too

In 1931, a German publisher released a book titled “One Hundred Authors Against Einstein,” in which the great physicist’s fellow experts argued against his theory of relativity.

“Why 100?” Albert Einstein reputedly responded. “If I were wrong, one would be enough.”

I thought of this the other day when more than 100 professors of international law signed a letter denouncing President Donald Trump’s Iran strategy, claiming that his declared plans to strike the regime’s critical infrastructure, like power plants and bridges, might be considered war crimes.

Well! One hundred professors of international law, experts all.

Yet Trump on Monday dismissed their studied objections out of hand.

“No, not at all — no, no,” he said, adding that the Iranian people “want us to keep bombing . . . because their life is in much greater danger” from the regime. 

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“Allowing a sick country with demented leadership to have a nuclear weapon, that’s a war crime,” he declared.

Why won’t Trump listen to the experts?

A better question is, why in God’s name would he?

I mean, the track record of the world’s “experts” hasn’t been sterling lately. 

Not........

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