The crazy bastard in the Oval Office threatened that Iran’s “whole civilization” will die tonight “ending 47 years of “extortion, corruption, and death,” if Iran does not make a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. tonight.
Iran put forth a proposal that Trump admitted was a serious step but warned it was probably not good enough. Talks with Pakistan and other regional countries was continuing, but Iran rejected any ceasefire, mandating any deal made must include completely ending hostilities.
The reactions, even those coming from inside officials, are that people are seeing Trump as an unhinged mad man, “the most bloodthirsty” voice in the room, according to an Axios report. One U.S. official said Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth “sound like the doves compared to the president.”
Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut wrote in his Substack about the president threatening to commit war crimes.
Am I sure that what he is planning to do if Iran won’t open the Strait are war crimes, you ask? Yes. And it’s not really a close call. The Geneva Conventions clearly limit bombing to military targets and some dual-use targets (sites used for civilian and military use). But Trump’s promise isn’t to target power or bridge infrastructure used by the military; he is calling reporters and telling them he is going to destroy EVERY power plant and bridge. That campaign will kill tens of thousands of innocent Iranians who work in the plants and travel on the roads. That’s a war crime.
Senator Murphy wrote that the point of Trump’s threats is to terrorize civilians, hoping to create internal political turmoil that would lead to the regime’s downfall.
A Wall Street Journal report over the weekend added some flavor to Trump’s decision. It detailed how Trump’s advisors told him the entire point of the new bombing campaign would be to terrorize civilians. Why? Because targeting civilian infrastructure would create political turmoil and maybe regime change. If this regime won’t reopen the Strait, then maybe after killing thousands of innocent people, a civil war might break out that would lead to this regime’s downfall. If this plan seems macabre and insane, it’s because…well, IT IS.