Trump Threatens Iran Again: “A Civilization Will Die”
Donald Trump threatens Iran again and suggests that new powerful attacks are to be expected.
“A whole civilization will die tonight and never be able to rise again. I don’t want it to happen, but it probably will,” he writes on Truth Social.
The American president has previously said that Iran must sign an agreement that, among other things, means that the Strait of Hormuz will open before 2:00 AM tonight. He has threatened attacks on oil facilities and bridges.
Analysis: Donald Trump has painted himself into a corner
Donald Trump has painted himself into a corner with his latest threat that “an entire civilization will die tonight”. This is according to Sky News military analyst Michael Clarke.
He believes that there is a possibility that Trump will back down from the threat, but that history does not support it. He points out that the US often tends to escalate once it has mobilized militarily. One example is when the US gathered a large military force ahead of the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, but also Tuesday's attacks on, among other things, railways and the oil island of Kharg in Iran.
- They tend to press the start button rather than the stop button, he says.
The BBC's Daniel Bush is on the same track.
"He must now decide whether to follow through on his threats and escalate the war or back down and undermine his credibility," writes Bush.
He also wonders whether Trump cares about the laws of war, considering that he has threatened to target civilian infrastructure and not just military targets.
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