Donald Trump’s Tuesday morning comments threatening that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” in Iran have raised alarms among military observers and retired officers, who called them “likely war crimes”. On Monday, Trump threatened to bomb infrastructure in Iran if his demands were not met. By narrow margins, the House and Senate rejected measures in early March to require congressional approval for military operations against Iran. The firing of three generals last week by the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, suggests that there may have been internal pushback from senior military leaders against Trump’s war plans. It’s built into the rigorous drilling and routines that our military are trained on from their first weeks.

Source: The Guardian April 08, 2026 09:59 UTC